What we consider OS now a days.

[L4nd0]

looking at it, I see persons saying that, nokia has not update their OS over the years and all manner of foolishness (imo), I'm here to say if your gonna degrade the firm and solid foundation of nokia then u will have to " lick out" against others.

Iphone
From it reign in 2007 till now the OS have not made any incredible improves. All improvements made where to fill the disappointments of not being in the previous version. example cut & paste, it was not in the 1st edition and the the 2nd edition is advertised with it as a major improvement. this is what the company apple uses to captivating your mind and pockets into buy 1,2,3.........even 4 of the same items.......back to the os story With each new iphone that is released there is basically ntn much added so it is highly similar to the previous version thus caring my point of buying the same item. Being one of the trademark PC (computer) makers this is a marketing scheme to fool consumers into buy product they don't immediately need.

to be continued....

[kalel17]

Well the definition of the OS itself can vary with the different OS out there. The iOS and Android os both seem to be refering to the application layer, UI and kernel of the systems. WebOS is more about the UI and application layer, while symbian itself only consisted of the application layer and the kernel, no UI.

Since symbian is just the kernel and the application layer with the added telephony and basic graphics framework, the talk of the system being outdated and primitive is not at all true. Symbian was originally created with all the foundation needed for manufacturers to add their own proprietary UI to plug into the OS based uikon framework. Sony ericsson went with UIQ for their touchscreen pdas while nokia went with series 60 avkon for their keypad based phones. The avkon ui framework is 11 years old essentially making it the oldest UI and application framework running on smartphones today. Essentially the UI is very old and needs changing but because of how rigid avkon is not much change can take place unless it is ripped out and replaced by a more flexible alternative.

In s3 OS uikon and avkon is both present along with the new qt based Orbit application framework. Orbit is basically a socket for a plug, and that plug will be the DirectUI user interface layer which is what the s4 UI is completely based on.

S3 is the biggest modification of symbian since the binary break back in 2004 which, ironically, was actually a complete change of the symbian kernel... however the ui did not change. This goes to show that the UI itself is different from the OS.

For webos now: it is essentially a set of webpages running atop a linux kernel, nothing fancy.

So there, the definition differ somewhat.

[L4nd0]

Well the definition of the OS itself can vary with the different OS out there. The iOS and Android os both seem to be refering to the application layer, UI and kernel of the systems. WebOS is more about the UI and application layer, while symbian itself only consisted of the application layer and the kernel, no UI.

Since symbian is just the kernel and the application layer with the added telephony and basic graphics framework, the talk of the system being outdated and primitive is not at all true. Symbian was originally created with all the foundation needed for manufacturers to add their own proprietary UI to plug into the OS based uikon framework. Sony ericsson went with UIQ for their touchscreen pdas while nokia went with series 60 avkon for their keypad based phones. The avkon ui framework is 11 years old essentially making it the oldest UI and application framework running on smartphones today. Essentially the UI is very old and needs changing but because of how rigid avkon is not much change can take place unless it is ripped out and replaced by a more flexible alternative.

In s3 OS uikon and avkon is both present along with the new qt based Orbit application framework. Orbit is basically a socket for a plug, and that plug will be the DirectUI user interface layer which is what the s4 UI is completely based on.

S3 is the biggest modification of symbian since the binary break back in 2004 which, ironically, was actually a complete change of the symbian kernel... however the ui did not change. This goes to show that the UI itself is different from the OS.

For webos now: it is essentially a set of webpages running atop a linux kernel, nothing fancy.

So there, the definition differ somewhat.

so it is basically different for each mobile company?

so webOS is a moble cloud OS?

[kalel17]

so it is basically different for each mobile company?
so webOS is a moble cloud OS?

offline webpages

You might come across an OS on the web once in a while that runs in the browser, thats how webOS functions. Actually you can even build your own webos style system all you need is some linux distro, some programming knowledge in c, expert knowledge in web and sufficient time.. you can for example take an arm compatible debian os, strip it of all it's components except the browser and a few essential services, create your own UI using web tech, link that UI in the browser, do some more magic and you have a mobile os.... its a bit more difficult really with code optimisation etc but you get the idea.