For this lab students will need to do a quick survey of the available platforms

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For this lab students will need to do a quick survey of the available platforms for mobile computing and determine the following for a business with around 250 employees working in a mobile business environment: Platform size - Dimensions Operating System Vendor Peripherals Minimum software and applications Ease of use Corporate compatibility Make a recommendation of a system that will provide the best cost/performance option. Be sure to justify your one-page recommendation. Submit this as a Microsoft Word Document. When finished, make sure to click Submit. Optionally, click Save as Draft to save changes and continue working later, or click Cancel to quit without saving changes.

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1.Andriod os

vendor:google

versions:cupcake,donut,eclair,gingerbreadetc

platform size android 5.1.1 66852371 bytes

peripherals:speakers,portable chargers,cases etc

minimum software:android studio is the ide for android platform

ease of use:much better than ios

corporate compatibility:secure tailred to meet buisiness needs.

2.Bada

vendor:samsung electronics(launched in samsung wave in 2010)

dimensions:320x213,640x427,800x533

minimum software:bada software development kit

ease of use:limited range of users

corporate compatibilty:discontinued os in 2013

3.blackberry os

vendor:research in motion

minimum software:blackberry enterprise edition

corporate compatibility:famous for corporate use as it offers synchronization with microsoft exchange and other business servers.

versions:10,10.2.1,10.3 etc

ease of use:limited to blackberry handheld devices

4,Iphone os,ios:

vendor:Apple

versions:ios 4,8,10 etc

corporate compatibility:employees use iphones and ipads like anything,so demand is more in corporate sector.

ease of use:ios needs a little learning prior to use

minimum software:xcode

5.windows mobile

vendor:microsoft

versions:4.2,5.1.5.2etc

ease of use:simple to use

corporate compatibility:a large number of windows phone users are enterprenuers

minimum software :windows CE

The other mobile operating systems popular are

symbian os(Nokia)

webos(palm/hp)

meego os(nokia and intel)

palm os(garnet os)

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