moble operating system

A mobile operating system (Mobile OS) is the software operating system that operates on mobile devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, PDAs, and hand-held computers. Mobile OS is a mobile version of an operating system found on computers.

Here is the list of most common operating systems (OS) found on smartphones and it’s manufacturers.

• Symbian OS – Nokia’s Cell Phone operating system
• Android OS – Google’s free, open-source cellphone operating system
• iPhone OS (iOS ) – Apple’s mobile operating system
• BlackBerry OS – Proprietary mobile operating system, developed by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry
• Windows Phone 7 ( Windows Mobile ) – Mobile operating system developed by Microsoft
• Palm OS (Garnet OS)- mobile operating system initially developed by Palm
• Palm webOS – Mobile operating system from HP/Palm
• Bada - Mobile operating system developed by Samsung Electronics
• Maemo OS – from Nokia (open source, GPL)
• MeeGo OS – from Nokia and Intel (open source, GPL)