Mobile OSes: developer comparison
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Compare the mobile operating systems from a developer viewpoint. iOS vs Android vs BlackBerry OS vs Windows Phone vs Symbian OS vs Bada
Compare the mobile operating systems from a developer viewpoint. iOS vs Android vs BlackBerry OS vs Windows Phone vs Symbian OS vs Bada
Link | Android | iOS | Ubuntu Touch | Bada | BlackBerry OS | Symbian OS | Windows Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image |  | |  |  |  |  |  |
| Compatible devices | Any non-apple smartphone. Tablets may run desktop Windows, and TVs may run Android. | iPhone, iPod (Touch models only), iPad | Some Android devices | Samsung Waves 3 | BlackBerry torch, bold, curve... | N8, N9 | Windows Phone, Nokia lumia 710 |
| Latest version | 12.0 "Snow Cone" | 14.7.1 | 16.04 OTA-18 | 2.0.6 | 10 | Nokia Belle (Symbian^3) | 10.0.14393.321 |
| Release date | Sep. 8th 2020 | Jul. 26th 2021 | Aug. 14th 2021 | Feb. 28th 2013 | Jan. 30th 2013 | Oct. 2nd 2012 | Oct. 11th 2016 |
| Open source | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| SDK platform availability | |||||||
| Windows | Yes | No | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes | - | No | |||
| Linux | Yes | No | Yes | No However, You can still use Wine | No You can still use wine however | Yes | |
| Market place | |||||||
| Market name | Google Play | App Store | Samsung Apps | BlackBerry App World | OVI Store | Windows Phone Marketplace | |
| Number of apps | 3800000+ | 1000000 + | 3000 (Q1 2011) | 70 000 + | 65000 + | 2400 + | |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... |
| Sideloading Support | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Not discontinued | Yes | Yes | Yes | - Discontinued, but still open source | No | No | No |
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