
Compare the mobile operating systems from a developer viewpoint. iOS vs Android vs BlackBerry OS vs Windows Phone vs Symbian OS vs Bada
| Android | Bada | BlackBerry OS | iOS (iPhone OS) | Symbian OS | Windows Phone 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compatible devices | HTC, Samsung Galaxy, Motorola | Samsung Waves 3 | BlackBerry torch, bold, curve... | iPhone, iPod, iPad | Nokia Lumia 710, 800, N8, N9 | Windows Phone, Nokia lumia 710 |
| Latest version | 4.0.4 | 2.0.3 | 7.1 | 5.1 | Nokia Belle (Symbian^3) | 7.10.8107.79 |
| Release date | 2012-03-29 | 2011-12-16 | 2011-05-01 | 2012-01-09 | 2011-08-01 | 2012-01-04 |
| Development language | Java | C++ | Java | Objective-C | Java - C/Qt - Python | Visual Basic / Visual C# |
| Open source | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| SDK access price | free | free | free | $99/year | free | free |
| SDK platform availability | ||||||
| Windows | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Mac OS | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Linux | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Technical details | ||||||
| Multitasking | Yes | Yes limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Adobe Flash support | Yes | Yes FlashLite 3.1 (Flash9 - AS2) | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Market place | ||||||
| Market name | Google Play | Samsung Apps | BlackBerry App World | App Store | OVI Store | Windows Phone Marketplace |
| Number of apps | 600000 + | 3000 (Q1 2011) | 16000 | 1000000 + | 65000 + | 2400 + |
| Units sold in the world | 4.8 millions | 4.5 million units (Q2 2011) | 1.2 millions | 8.4 millions | 24 millions | 1.7 million units (Q2 2011) |
| Developer share revenue | 70% | 100% (-$200 fee/10 applications,updates) | 70% | 70% | 70% | |
| Additional | ||||||
| Site relatif au SDK | http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html | http://developer.bada.com/devtools/sdk | https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/devzone/ | https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/ | http://www.osymbian.com/tutoriaux.php?id_tutorial=91 | http://msdn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/windowsphone/ff637027 |
| Website | http://developer.android.com/ | http://www.bada.com/ | http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/ | http://developer.apple.com/iphone | http://symbian.nokia.com/ | http://www.windowsphone7.com/ |
| Wikipedia | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bada_%28operating_system%29 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_OS | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_OS | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone_7 |
| Last update | 2012-04-05 12:55:34 | 2012-02-22 15:47:56 | 2012-02-22 15:43:14 | 2012-02-22 15:52:41 | 2012-02-22 15:42:38 | 2012-02-22 15:49:39 |
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