...Symbian OS is officially the property of Nokia. It means that any other company will have to take permission from Nokia before using this operating system. Nokia has remained a giant in low-end mobile market, so after Java symbian was the most used in the mobile phones till a couple of years ago. Still Symbian is widely used in low-end phones but the demand rate has ben continuously decreasing. By upgrading Symbian mobile OS, Nokia has made it capable to run smartphones efficiently. Symbian ANNA and BELLE are the two latest updates which are currently used in Nokia’s smartphones. Overall, the Symbian OS is excellently designed and is very user-friendly. Unfortunately, Symbian OS graph is going downwards nowadays due to the immense popularity of Android and iOS. Some of the phones currently running on Symbian OS are Nokia C6-01, Nokia 603, Nokia 700, Nokia 808 Pure View, Nokia E6 (ANNA) and Nokia 701 (BELLE). Symbian is a popular choice among nokia dual sim mobile phones as well. September 20th 2008 was the date when Google released the first Android OS by the name of ‘Astro’. After some time next upgraded versions ‘Bender’ and ‘Cupcake’ were also released. Google then adopted the trend of naming android versions after any dessert or a sweet in alphabetical order. The other releases are Donut, Éclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. Jelly Bean is so far the latest android version from google. Since the platform is not closed like IOS, there...
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...File System Comparison POS/421 Windows Server Networking January 30, 2012 Ali Shokraee File System Comparison This paper is going to compare the different file system structures used for the different version of Windows Operating Systems. This will go from the Disk Operating System (DOS) of the early years to the latest Windows Server 2008. The desktop OS and the servers OS will be compared and contrasted in this paper. Different Types of File Systems There were many different types of file systems that were used over the years that Microsoft was in business. This ranges from the DOS years to the most current version from Microsoft, Windows Server 2008. The following table (table 1) shows the different File Systems that Microsoft has used and the Operating System (OS) that uses that type of File System (NTFS.com, 2011). |File System Structure |Operating System | |FAT12 |All Versions of MS DOS | |FAT16 |All Versions of MS DOS | |FAT32 |DOS v7 and Higher, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 | | |Server, Windows Vista, Windows 7 | ...
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...he iPhone (pron.: /ˈaɪfoʊn/ eye-fohn) is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It runs Apple's iOS mobile operating system, known as the "iPhone OS" until mid-2010, shortly after the release of the iPad. The first iPhone was released on June 29, 2007;[14] the most recent iPhone, the sixth-generation iPhone 5, on September 21, 2012.[15] The user interface is built around the device's multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard. The iPhone has Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity (2G, 3G and 4G). An iPhone can shoot video (though this was not a standard feature until the iPhone 3GS), take photos, play music, send and receive email, browse the web, send texts, and receive visual voicemail. Other functions—games, reference, GPS navigation, social networking, etc.—can be enabled by downloading apps; as of 2012, the App Store offered more than 700,000 apps by Apple and third parties.[16] There are six generations of iPhone models, each accompanied by one of the six major releases of iOS. The original iPhone was a GSM phone, and established design precedents, such as screen size and button placement, that have persisted through all models. The iPhone 3G added 3G cellular network capabilities and A-GPS location. The iPhone 3GS added a faster processor and a higher-resolution camera that could record video at 480p. The iPhone 4 featured a higher-resolution 960 × 640 "retina display", a higher-resolution rear-facing camera and a lower-resolution front-facing camera...
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...affect strategic planning and decision making of Palm Inc. Strengths 1. Years of experience For Palm, years of experience at software development, marketing and device development are really a great strength. Palm start in 1992, 18 years let Palm experienced a lot of technological change, also made Palm earn a lot of experience. They know many marketing skills, they can avoid mistakes from previous products. So experience is one of the most important strength a company should have. 2. Loyal customers Customer is God. Everyone knows this truth. If you grasp customers’ hearts, you win. Palm is a company of 18 years history, so Palm has many loyal customers. Like Apple, if you get used to the IOS system, you can not get out of it, so the same as Palm OS system. Palm still have this part of people. 3. Value A company’s value comes from two parts, one is intangible value, another is tangible value. After those years, Palm already had its value. Intangible value such as reputation can make public believe in Palm. 4. Controlled both hardware and software 5. Success in Treo product line Palm got a hug success in 2006, it’s a good signal for Palm. Treo smart phones let Palm earn 30 percent of market share in the United States and bring Palm back to life. Having this success experience, Palm can learn from it and come out more great ideas and make them come true. Weakness 1. Lack of innovation •...
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...Arvind Kumar 7th semester [C.S.E. 1707372 Department] ABSTRACT iOS is Apple's mobile operating system developed originally for the iPhone, and later deployed on the iPod Touch and iPad as well. It is derived from Mac OS X, with which it shares the Darwin foundation, and is therefore a Unix-like operating system, by nature. In iOS, there are four abstraction layers: the Core OS layer, the Core Services layer, the Media layer, and the Cocoa Touch layer. The operating system uses roughly 500 megabytes of the device's storage. Version 4, announced in April 2010, introduced multitasking as well as several business-oriented features, including encryption for email and attachments. At the WWDC 2010 keynote on June 7, 2010, Apple announced that iPhone OS had been renamed iOS. Apple licenses the trademark for "iOS" from Cisco Systems (who own IOS), the same company with which Apple had earlier settled a dispute over the "iPhone" trademark. iOS 4 was released on June 21, 2010, three days before the iPhone 4. Staggering product launches reduces strain on Apple's servers. iOS 4 is the first version of the OS to be a free upgrade on the iPod touch; Apple had charged $9.99 for earlier upgrades. Apple previously announced that iPad users with 3.x software would receive a free upgrade to the next major (4.x) release. New features...
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...Introduction The purpose of present study is to examine the preference of IOS 8 between Android 5.0 Lollipop. While it is know that both platform has their own user and fans but Android and IOS have their own design style and preferences . IOS is a mobile performing system build and establish by Apple INC. IOS formerly Iphone OS and allot exclusively solely for Apple Hardware. It is running the system that present time powers many mobile device’s company , along with IPhone ,Ipod and IPad. Originally revealed on 2007 for the Iphone. Later on it drawn out to support for other Apple device like Ipod September 2007. After 3 years on January 2010 for Ipad and second generation Apple TV along on September 2010.On January 2015 Apple App Store involve more than 1.4 million IOS application , 725,000of which are native for iPad . IOS interface is based on the concept of using multi touch gesture , direct manipulation , flat designs . Interface control elements consist of sliders, switch and buttons. Communication with OS build gesture such as tap, swipe ,pinch and reverse pinch , all which have unique meaning in a period of the OS performing system and multi touch interface. Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google. With a user interface based on direct manipulation, Android is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, with specialized...
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...computer hardware and Smartphone industries by designing, manufacturing and marketing high quality products. Apple keeps up with the fast paced changes in technology, constantly offering updates and releasing new devices. The purpose of this analysis is to determine best practice and lessons learned to apply to enterprise information systems management. Through a thorough investigation of the organization, I was able to determine that Apple, Inc attributes a great deal of its success to its heavy reliance upon their customer relationship management (CRM) system. Apple puts its customers at its forefront and designs its practices and products around their wants and needs. Apple also depends on its enterprise resource planning tool, SAP. SAP is interfaced throughout multiple parts of the organization including order confirmations, shipment confirmations and inventory management, allowing Apple to function like a well oiled machine. Apple did not get ahead by selling more products than its competitors; instead they offer higher quality products at higher prices. The analysis of Apple taught me that quality supersedes quantity in information systems management. Though Apple has dominated the technology industry, they have made several mistakes that have also shaped the organization. Apple...
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...Future of Symbian OS lthough Symbian is still the most popular OS in the world, it is often overshadowed by Apple␣s iPhone and Google Android operating system. Its future looks very dim as it has lost 18.8% of its market share in 2011 Q2 shipments compared to 2010 Q2 shipments (BBC, 2010). Symbian once dominated the smart phone market, having shipments more than all of its competitors combined. Symbian benefited from better battery life and lower hardware requirements that its competitors since it was born. But it is no longer competing to be the best phone OS, or the best smart phone OS, it␣s now competing to be the best OS for internet phones (TechCrunch, 2010). Great internet phones like iPhone and Android include better web browsing, better multimedia, and apps of all shapes and sizes and as well as better UI to make all that content accessible. Symbian has never been an OS for internet phones. The Symbian definition of a smart phone was a phone with PDA functions. The browser was always a second class citizen, a third-party component ␣ Opera by default in the early days (TechCrunch, 2010). And long before it was made open source, the platform had a well earned reputation for being hard to program but this was hugely beneficial to Symbian as a business in the early days. 80% of Symbian␣s revenues were earned through consulting for licenses (TechCrunch, 2010). Symbian␣s licensees each had their own proprietary telephony chipsets that needed to be integrated and their own...
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...Operating system : An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs. The operating system is an essential component of the system software in a computer system. Application programs usually require an operating system to function. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include accounting software for cost allocation of processor time, mass storage, printing, and other resources. For hardware functions such as input and output and memory allocation, the operating system acts as an intermediary between programs and the computer hardware, although the application code is usually executed directly by the hardware and will frequently make a system call to an OS function or be interrupted by it. Operating systems can be found on almost any device that contains a computer—from cellular phones and video game consoles to supercomputers and web servers. Examples of popular modern operating systems include Android, BSD, iOS, Linux, OS X, QNX, Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone, and IBM z/OS. All these, except Windows, Windows Phone and z/OS, share roots in UNIX. Smartphone A Smartphone, or smart phone, is a mobile phone built on a mobile operating system, with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than a feature phone. The first smartphones combined the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA), including email...
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...Nokia Rise and Fall EMSE 6005.10 – Organizational Behavior For The Engineering Managers Professor Andy Sakka Abhishek Thakur Akshat Amrut Oswal Nokia history: Nokia was founded by Fredrik Idestam, a mining engineer in 1865. The name Nokia was decided in 1871 when he opened his second paper mill on the bank of Nokianvirta river. Nokia started out with making paper which incidentally was one of the very first technologies used for communications. Fredrik Idestam was the chairman of the company till 1896 when he retired, and Leo Mechelin took over as the chairman. Under Mechelin, Nokia started a new business unit of electricity generation. In 1898, Eduard Polon founded the Finnish Rubber Works, which later became Nokia’s rubber business. They were making everything from galoshes to tires. In 1912, Finnish Cable Works was established by Arvid Wickstrom, which later became Nokia’s cable and electronic business. In 1967, all three of these jointly owned companies came together to form the Nokia corporation. Nokia’s first thrust in telecommunications came when they began developing radio telephones for the army and emergency services. During this period, the company was involved in many businesses including paper products, tire manufacturing, footwears, communication cables, televisions , electricity generation machinery, robotics , chemicals, plastics and many more. By 1987,, Nokia became one of the leading manufacturers of TV in Europe. By 1990, Nokia decided to concentrate...
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...Apple’s Business Models Analysis and Suggestion with Web 2.0 Strategy Contents 1. Abstract 3 2. Apple’s Business Model 4 2.1. Elements of successful business model 4 2.2. Apple’s innovation on its business model 4 2.2.1. Customer Value Innovation 4 2.2.2. Profit Pattern Innovation 5 3. Challenges Analysis 6 3.1. Apple’s challenges 6 3.2. Porter’s Five Force Model analysis 6 3.2.1. Threat of new entrants 7 3.2.2. Threat of substitute products or services 7 3.2.3. Bargaining power of customers (buyers) 7 3.2.4. Bargaining power of suppliers 8 3.2.5. Intensity of competitive rivalry 8 3.3. Innovation Matrix 9 4. Suggestion and action plan 10 4.1. Apple’s Fishbone Diagram 10 4.2. Monetizing for Apple with Web 2.0 strategy 11 4.2.1. N-sided platform 11 4.2.2. Multiple revenue stream 11 4.3. Platform Innovation 11 4.3.1. Production 11 4.3.2. Creative and Media 11 4.3.3. Accessories 11 4.4. Online Promotion 12 4.4.1. Action Plan: 12 4.5. Sustainable Competitive Advantage 12 4.5.1. R&D input 12 4.5.2. Better customer value 12 4.5.3. Sustainable profit pattern 12 5. Business Model Canvas 13 Conclusion 14 Reference: 15 1. Abstract Apple’s huge success set off a global widely discussion on its secret. According to this essay, it is not difficult to find its success story was attributed to its unprecedentedly innovative business model, which was not rare in the typical case analysis...
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...smartphone into classrooms as a learning tool. Many schools do not allow this to happen in their curriculum because they can become a distraction, but I believe that smartphones can be beneficial for classroom learning. The first touch screen smartphone was Ericsson R380, which ran the Symbian operating system in 2000. This smartphone had no speakers, headphone jack, expansion card slot, Bluetooth, camera, or GPS (global positioning system). The R380 did support e-mail and SMS (short message service) and it also had voice memo, an organizer, and calculator software. In 2007, the release of Apple’s iPhone was the device that really brought smartphones into the mainstream. The following year, Android smartphones were released, slowly becoming the overall number one OS (operating system) in the United States. (Shinder, 2013) Shinder states, “That as smartphones gain innovative technologies and functionality, they become more complex, resulting in numerous issues and problems.” She goes on to say, “Options and features added to their operating systems make interfaces more complicated to use, which may frustrate users.” (2013) One of the biggest problems that users had about the Windows Mobile OS was that it was too complicated and difficult to use while, iPhone’s simple interface has been credited with...
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...Symbian is an open-source (EPL) mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture.[5] Symbian was originally developed by Symbian Ltd.,[6] as a descendant of Psion's EPOC and runs exclusively on ARM processors, although an unreleased x86 port existed. The current form of Symbian is an open-source platform developed by Symbian Foundation in 2009, as the successor of the original Symbian OS. Symbian was used by many major mobile phone brands, like Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and above all by Nokia. It was the most popular smartphone OS on a worldwide average until the end of 2010, when it was overtaken by Android. Symbian rose to fame from its use with the S60 platform built by Nokia, first released in 2002 and powering most Nokia smartphones. UIQ, another Symbian platform, ran in parallel, but these two platforms were not compatible with each other. Symbian^3, was officially released in Q4 2010 as the successor of S60 and UIQ, first used in the Nokia N8, to use a single platform for the OS. In May 2011 an update, Symbian Anna, was officially announced, followed by Nokia Belle (previously Symbian Belle) in August 2011.[7][8] On 11 February 2011, Nokia announced that it would use Microsoft's Windows Phone OS as its primary smartphone platform, and Symbian will be its franchise platform, dropping Symbian as its main smartphone OS of choice.[9][10] On 22 June 2011 Nokia made an agreement with Accenture for...
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...Background of the company First, we should know about the overview of the company that include the impact of information systems in the organisation and its relevance to the different activities undertaken by the company. Apple Inc. was incorporated in 1976 as a computer company in California. Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. Apple Company cares about design of the products and produces a line of personal computers as well as portable digital media devices, software, mobile phones, and related accessories. For example, Apple’s products have Macintosh line of desktop, the iPod digital music player, the Mac OS X operating system, the iTunes Music Store, the Xserve G5 server, and Xserve RAID storage products (http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/31/Apple-Computer-Inc.html...
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... Best mobile devices regardless the price and geographical location * Provide extensive internet solutions on mobile devices * Enter into the markets by providing business mobility solutions to the corporate users Analysis: I believe that Nokia’s strategy is a winning strategy for the following reasons: * Business solutions: Innovative Business mobility solutions will attract the corporate users, since Nokia devices are based upon a very stable platform, and Nokia has a very long history of producing stable devices. Nokia-Siemens merger has already been successful with the introduction of N97 (latest Nokia phone for corporate users). * Symbian OS: Symbian OS is the operating system used by nearly 46.7% of the mobile device platforms. With the introduction of Symbian 10, which is the OS owned and used by Nokia , a good...
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