Mobile platforms, commonly known as mobile operating systems, control mobile handsets in the same way as an operating system (OS) such as Mac OS, Linux or Windows controls a desktop computer or laptop. Mobile platforms are undergoing rapid change with the growth of the smartphone industry. Here we’ve analysed the different operating systems in the market today: iPhone and iOS 4 Apple’s iPhone iOS is the most popular mobile operating system for smartphones. As a developer, one needs to use Mac tools on an Apple Mac to write applications for this platform. This is a problem as most developers use PCs and PC based tools. This means additional cost (to acquire hardware), as well as additional skill development. iOS is based on the Mac OS X. To develop programs, engineers have to use objective C for the procedural code and the Xcode designer to generate the user interface. Objective C is a lot like any modern object-oriented language and doesn't take long to master. One can c...
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