Operating Systems for Wireless Mobile Devices

Dr. Tal Lavian

http://cs.berkeley.edu/~tlaviantlavian@cs.berkeley.edu

UC Berkeley Engineering, CET

Why does the OS matter?

Focus of the class today!2

Why is Mobile OS Different?(from a desktop operating system)

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*Screen size Processing power Memory

What does Mobile OS do?4

•Provides management of operations and control•Coordinates the use of hardware for application programs•Shares the resources of a device

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Mobile OS Features 5

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Mobile OS - Apps6

Mobile OS – Apps (contd.)7

Mobile OS for Smartphones – Market share

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(Source: Market Research 2011)

Market share – most recent data 9

(Credit: comScore)http://www.zdnet.com/smartphone-operating-systems-the-rise-of-android-the-fall-of-windows-7000011004/

Market share – most recent data 10

(source: Wikipedia Feb 2013)

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Mobile OS – Who is Number 3? 16

http://www.zdnet.com/smartphone-operating-systems-the-rise-of-android-the-fall-of-windows-7000011004/

The new and coming contenders for third place in 2013 will be Firefox OS, Sailfish OS, Tizen, and Ubuntu. 

Summary

Mobile OS different from that of PCFierce competition for market share

motivated by expectation of huge market growth

Next week: Android OS, iOS, and others!

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