A new era started when mobile handsets manufactures began to think about introducing more capabilities for their devices, the post-PC era was coming. The post-PC era started when the same services that computers could offer such us web browsing were included in smartphones, when the new millennium arrived, the 2000s, the smartphone industry took advantage over the huge PC industry (PCMag.com, 2014).
As manufacturers decided to offer more productivity options to consumers in software hand to hand with more powerful hardware, satisfying the consumers became a major concern for these companies. Being Android the most used operating system of our time the research question “To what extent do Android OS custom ROMs benefit the final users and Google as the system developer company?” is focused on exploring the way users found a way of getting what they want at any cost, in this case a better user experience without losing the main capabilities provided by Google as the system developers, and how both parts, users and Google, can get the best and also be affected by the growth of custom ROM developing.
It is substantial knowing how Android and its large user community, as Google, is affected by the fact of these system being open source and the way manufacturer make clients feel satisfied with their handset offerings, and in the same way how can both be largely benefited by the same causes.
III. Android Operating System and its History
Android is a mobile operating system based on the Linux kernel, it has a marketshare of approximately the 80% being the most used mobile operating system now (Banerjee, 2013). Android was first developed by Android, Inc in 2003 founded by Andy Rubin. Almost two years later Google, Inc boug...
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... the long term we see that the competition between Google and Apple will benefit all of us. Apple has maintained its effective and definitive standards. It has no competitor in the last seven to eight years. It has dominated the market with distinction. On the other hand Google has been focusing on open standards. This is the reason that the publishers changed their minds in the smart phone industry. (Imbimbo, 15)
Apps are somewhat hard to make because of software differences, they have a simpler code, which creates less time to make. The products that the software covers are also apart of their credibility as a brand. iOS covers the product line of apple which includes Macbooks, iPads, iPhones, and iWatch. While android covers a larger base of products, they lack the software reliability from their users of product. Samsung is a great example of this problem with recent blowing up of their products, which doesn 't only affect their brand name but also the software that backs up the product.
The industry continues to see exponential growth each year with Samsung and Apple committed to the introduction of new products and services. Both makers, promote and support third party application development, enhancing the content and usability of their smartphones. Apple allows developers to sell their apps in the iTunes store for a 30 percent cut. Third party software development is one of the ways makers are committed to their industry and products. RIM’s release of their first tablet, the PlayBook, fell short of users expectations primarily due to its lack of content and applications. RIM did not promote third party software development. Both the Samsung Galaxy and Apple iPhone offer similar services they each have unique features that differentiate one from the
This paper discusses about the historical event that takes place within the operating system and their recent development and progression. Therefore it is essential to have a clear comprehension on the operating system that is still accessible to recognize its fundamental strengths and weaknesses. Hence, it is imperative to evaluate the operating system we are reviewing to distinguish between them. Meanwhile, this paper also inspects on the difference between the open source and proprietary operating system. The discussion is mainly about the feature and application used in different operating system.
“An Android™ phone, sometimes called a Droid™ phone, is a mobile telephone that uses the Google-develope...
...r an aggressive promotion criteria to ensure that the company captures new customers in the monopolized areas. In a bid to eradicate monopolization, there was a need to compete with competing organization on the current trends. An analysis of recent trends conducted to determine the customers’ preferred specifications in a mobile phone revealed a growing tendency of android phones. These gives rise to the need of investment in android mobile phones to keep up with the changing trends. It will involve scrutiny of various competing products and ensure that we start production of the android phones to have a competitive edge in the telecommunication market.
With the development of technology, smartphones seem to be deeply occupying our life. When it comes to smartphones, the first two brands that come into our mind would be Apple and Samsung. These two technology companies are the most popular and excellent in the world. Every year when they are going to release new products, without any controversy, their products will draw people’s attention a lot. In fact, the competition between Apple and Samsung has been ongoing for a long time. Different people have their own biased to choose their phones, as some people may prefer iPhone series; instead, other people may favor Samsung more. Each of them has their own merits to attract the public to buy them. I use a picture as my text to illustrate the
With the development of technology, Smartphone seems like occupying our life such deeply. When it comes to smartphone, the first two brands come into our mind would be the Apple and Samsung. These two technology companies are most popular and excellent in the world. Every year when they are going to release the new products, without any controversy, their products will draw people’s attention a lot. In fact, the competition between Apple and Samsung has been taking for a long time, because different people have their own bias to choose their phone, some people may prefer iPhone series; instead, other people may like Samsung a lot. Each of them has their own merits to attract public to buy them. I use a picture as my text to illustrate the competition
Looking at the rise and fall of RIM in the market with this dynamic, it is worth asking: How long will Google's Android and Apple last? The question sounds absurd now considering their respective success. Yet asking the same question about RIM just a few years ago would have also evoked similar howls of laughter.
Technology has become a huge part of everyday life, and people seem to have one great debate and are fighting over which is the best phone, iPhone or Android. The Apple iPhone is a cellular smartphone that was created and is maintained by Apple Inc. Android is another type of smartphone that is accessible to consumers, but the operating system is powered by Google and many different companies produce Android devices. The different operating systems and interfaces have created a long and carried out debate to which was superior. iPhone is the better phone and there are many reasons as to why it is superior to its rival, Android. The iPhone’s sleek and beautiful design has users’ hands fondling the device and never putting it down. The operating system is very distinct, but is straightforward with its functionality. People who purchase the iPhone believe that they have received their money’s worth and more when owning and iPhone. The iPhone is better than Android when compared because of the beautiful design and attractive display, the operating system and its functionality, and the device’s personal worth is definitely worth the money spent to own one.
The smartphone industry is characterised by high competition especially amongst manufacturers with Samsung (30%) and Apple (13%) dominating the market (Gartner). It recently experienced a disruptive shift with the success of Google's Open Source Operating Software (OS), Android, which many manufacturers now use rather than their own proprietary OS. Thus XYZ must not only compete with manufacturing titans but also find innovative solutions to develop software able to compete with Android and iOS.
When searching for the latest device you have a choice between apple, and android. These two are similar but very different. Infact these both have two different operating systems. For instance Apple uses IOS 9, apple phones can use this software. On android the software 5.0 is used. All these phones run different programs, you need to make sure that is the right phone for you. There are many different features and styles of phones you can get. Also these all come at a price. This paper will talk about all these topics to make sure you have an idea on what device you would like to buy.
The mobile application development especially that of the operating systems, has taken an ugly turn for both the Apple and the Android devices. Since Apple has come up with IOS 1.x (colloquially known as IOS 1 back in 2008), Google came up with the first iteration of its own operating system, the Android version 1.0 in the same year. It was just the beginning of the war which was going to rage on for the years to come.
Samsung and Apple hold the top two spots in the smartphone vendor market worldwide largely due to their flagship phones both paired with the most powerful, yet user friendly mobile operating systems available (Jones, 2016). Samsung released its first Android smartphone in June 2009, however, it was not until the release of the Samsung Galaxy S a year later, that Samsung smartphones could compare to the iPhone. In fact the design of the phones and other Samsung devices were similar enough to spark a patent battle lasting from 2010 to 2015 between the two companies. Not only did this battle create more competition between the companies, it also fueled the competition between consumers.
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