Comparing the Four Main Mobile OSes

Comparing the Six Four Main OS Systems

Deciphering the Mess - App stores and all.

Intro

• Chad Udell

• Solutions Architect - Float Learning

• Blog at Visualrinse.com and FloatLearning.com

Layers of the mobile world

• Carrier

• Network

• Device

• OS

• Platform

Layers of the mobile world

• Carrier

• Network

• Device

• OS

• Platform

• 2010 - 15% of all phones sold are smartphones

• 2011 estimates - 40% of sales will be

•who are the players?

#1

#1 - Blackberry

The Smartphone Grand-daddy

• Biggest Marketshare (21%)

• Oldest Approach to Smartphone-ism (2002)

Basics• Mature OS (4.6

widespread, 5 is ready)

• Java Based OS

• A tad archaic in its user experience

App Development

• Store is a second party approach

• Enterprise provisioning and push is a plus

• Encryption and security at

expense of flashiness

Web Development

• Browsing isn’t its strong suit

• Ajax based RIAs are a pain

• Next OS is web focused

• Even still, no Flash

#2

#2 - iPhone

The Established Cool Guy

• Sizable Marketshare (14%)

• Was a gamechanger, now ‘the man’

Basics• Mature OS (3.x, 4,

coming soon)

• Objective C based Custom OS (iOS)

• Made for the internet and

media consumer

App Development

• Registration Requirement

• Store is 100% them

• Enterprise provisioning and push is a tad weak

• 200,000+ apps and

growing

Web Development

• A solid, but sometimes slowish browser (Mobile Safari)

• Ajax based RIAs run great!

• No Flash! >:-\

#3

#3 - Android

The Upstart• Rapidly Growing

Marketshare (3% Q2 2009, 9% Q1 2010)

• Outselling iPhone

• Multiple OEMs, Carriers

• An ‘ecosystem’

Basics• OS is still solidifying (1.5,

1.6, 2.1, 2.2)

• Java based Open OS SDK, C is ok

• Built on a Linux kernel

• Made for the post iPhone consumer

App Development

• $25 Registration Fee

• Open-ish store, AdHoc distro is welcome

• Enterprise provisioning and push is largely MIA

• 50,000+ apps and growing

Web Development

• A modern mobile browser (Chromium Mobile)

• Ajax based RIAs run great!

• Flash! :-)

#5

#5 - Windows Mobile

Lost and Searching?

• Diminishing Marketshare (9%)

• Number of new handsets is down

• OS 7 looks promising

• Just fired the dev staff?!

Basics• OS is somewhat stagnant

• Scaled back windows OS

• 7 (when it comes) is a Zune/Silverlight hybrid

• 7’s backwards

compatibility is in question

App Development

• No Reg Requirement

• Open-ish store, AdHoc distro is welcome

• Enterprise provisioning and push is one of the

strengths

Web Development

• Antiquated browser

• CSS and JS is pretty tough to get working

• Old version of Flash! :-(