Whilst we have a very few operating systems for our computers,
the mobile market is packed and jammed with a whole lot of operating systems. Thanks to a tight competition in smartphone market.
There is a whole lot mobile OSs out there.
Symbian (Nokia)
Android (Google)
iOS (Apple)
Blackberry (Blackberry)
Windows Phone (Microsoft)
Palm WebOS (HP)
Bada (Samsung)
Maemo (Nokia)
MeeGo (Nokia and Intel)
and many others to come....
However unlike our desktops or laptops we cannot just go ahead and install any operating system that we want on our mobile phone.
Life would have been so much different if the manufacturers just shipped a phone with all the hardware and leave the choice of OS to customers.
(Nokia N900 fans might argue with this but I'm only talking about official support.)
I fancy this conversation.
Customer : How much for this cell?
Seller : $300 only sir.
Customer : How much for "X" OS?
Seller : $50 without SIM. But its free if you sign "Y" contract for two years.
: Try this "Z" OS sir. Its better and costs less too without SIM.
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After all the bargains, you come out of the shop with the OS you wanted!
I hope it is not too long before this comes to reality. (N900 is spot on there!)
What do you think?
