CHAPTER 5

M O B I L E D E V I C E O P E R AT I N G S Y S T E M
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 MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEM

• A mobile operating system (OS) is software that allows smartphones, tablet PCs and

other devices to run applications and programs.
• A mobile OS typically starts up when a device powers on, presenting a screen with
icons or tiles that present information and provide application access. Mobile
operating systems also manage cellular and wireless network connectivity, as well as
phone access.
PRIMARY OPERATING SYSTEM IN
MOST MOBILE DEVICES TODAY

Microsoft Windows Phone

Apple iOS

Android
 WINDOWS PHONE
Microsoft released a hugely revamped version of its Windows platform for mobiles in late 2010, after its
software fell behind iOS and Android.

Redesigned and rebuilt from the ground up with a greater emphasis on the user experience, the
result was an operating system called Windows Phone.

Window Phone is recognisable from its tile-based interface - dubbed Metro - which features
removable and interchangeable squares sections on the home screen, each with its own purpose
and function.

It also has aggregators called 'hubs', that group together all photos from all applications, or all
music into one library, meaning your Facebook photos can be found with your camera photos and
your documents from different sources grouped together in one, easy to access location.

Windows Phone comes with a mobile-optimised version of the Internet Explorer for accessing the web,
and Exchange, which supports secure corporate e-mail accounts with push support.
 APPLE IOS
The Apple iOS multi-touch, multi-tasking operating system is what runs
the Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod. A special version of the software is
what powers the Apple Watch too.

iOS responds to the user's touch - allowing you to tap on the screen to
open a program, pinch your fingers together to minimise or enlarge an
image, or swipe your finger across the screen to change pages.

The Apple iOS is not allowed to be used in third party systems, so you
will only be able to use it on products made by Apple. It comes with the
Safari web browser for internet use, an iPod application for playing
music and Apple's Mail for managing your emails.

You can download millions of applications currently available on the App

Store directly to any device running iOS, be it an iPhone or an iPad.
These encompass everything from recipe books to guitar tutorials to
games.
 ANDROID
Android OS is owned by Google and powered by the Linux kernel, which can be found on a wide range of
devices.

Android is an open source operating system which allows developers to access unlocked hardware and
develop new programs as they wish.

This means unlimited access to any anyone who wants to develop apps for the phone and places very little
restriction on its licensing, so users benefit from masses of free content.

Android is currently the dominant smartphone platform due to its tremendous traction with a wide
spectrum of users.

Some of the best features of Android include the ability to customise multiple home screens with useful
widgets and apps that give you quicker, easier access to the content and functions you most care about.

It also has an excellent capacity for multitasking - with the ability to close programs by simply swiping
them away.

Last but not least, the Android Market, which is the Android equivalent of the Apple App Store is home to
millions of apps, many of which are completely free.
COMPARISON OF MOBILE OPERATING
SYSTEMS
DESIGN AND APPS - STOCK AND
FEATURES
INTERFACE DOWNLOADABLE

SIRI VS GOOGLE BIOMETRIC

NOTIFICATIONS
NOW VS CORTANA SECURITY

CONNECTED WHAT ABOUT

CUSTOMISATION
DEVICES TABLETS?

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 METHODS FOR INSTALLING
APPLICATION AND CONTENT SOURCES
• Push technology, or server push, is a style of Internet-based communication where the request for a given
transaction is initiated by the publisher or central server. It is contrasted with pull/get, where the request
for the transmission of information is initiated by the receiver or client.
• Push services are often based on information preferences expressed in advance. This is called a 
publish/subscribe model. A client "subscribes" to various information "channels" provided by a server;
whenever new content is available on one of those channels, the server pushes that information out to the
client.
• Push is sometimes emulated with a polling technique, particularly under circumstances where a real push
is not possible, such as sites with security policies that require rejection of incoming HTTP/S requests.
• The tight lapse that Apple has on apps and the ability to push updates out to most of the devices, more
quickly, gives it a definite advantage over Android, Windows and Blackberry.
PULL VS PUSH
 FROM PULL TO PUSH
The Web has served us well for over two decades, serving up content that does everything from 
helping us become better people to teaching us to change diapers. 
The current Web is “pull-based,” meaning we visit websites or download mobile applications. The
future of the Web is “push-based,” meaning the Web will be coming to us.
In the next 10 years, we will witness a transformation from a pull-based Web to a push-based Web.

As Facebook, Flipboard, and other modern Web services demonstrate, this “push-based Web” is all
about catering to us, rather than waiting for us to search:
In the future, content, products and services will find you, rather than you having to find them.

Puma will let us know to replace our shoes and Marriott will automatically present you room options if
you missed your connecting flight.
Instead of visiting a website, we will proactively be notified of what is relevant and asked to take action.

The dominant function of the Web is to let us know what is happening or what is relevant, rather than
us having to find out.
http://readwrite.com/2015/03/13/mobile-future-notifications-not-apps/
 UNDERSTANDING ANDROID
VERSIONS
Android has seen many versions since
Physical layout of an Android Device
version 1.0 was released in 2008.
• Since 2009 they have been named after • Android devices use touch screens.
desserts or sweets alongside their Most have no physical keyboard, but
corresponding version numbers. For you can also find a number of models
example, the first public version of with a slide-out keyboard or an
Android was named “Cupcake.” Since attachable keyboard dock for tablets.
then we’ve seen Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Around your device you'll find the
Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream ususal physical buttons for power
Sandwich, Jelly Bean, KitKat, on/off, volume on/off, audio connector,
Lollipop, Marshmallow, and Nougat. micro-USB (for charging, connecting
to a PC and in some devices connecting
to HDMI using an adapter). You'll
typically have both back- and front-
facing cameras.
HOW TO USE ANDROID'S HOME SCREENS
The Home Screen
• Unlock your device and you’re greeted by the home screen. Think of this as a desktop of sorts, but
unlike a traditional PC, you can have as many home screens as you want, which you simply swipe
left or right to access. You can place a whole variety of app shortcuts (which we’ll cover in Lesson
2), app groups, and widgets on your home screen(s).

Home Screen Layout and Operations

• You just have to press the screen gently, no need to push hard, when you operate the
device. After you've unlocked the device then you'll be presented with the home screen.
In Android you have actually 3-7 home screens, depending on your Android device
model. You move between them by sweeping the screen to the right or to the left. The
one in the middle is often THE Home screen.
• The user can change many things, for example add widgets with live data (for example:
weather, stocks, news), live wallpapers, apps, folders, etc. So what you'll see here are
examples of home screens, but the general layout principles holds across all of them.
Each home screen has a number of columns and rows, depending on the screen size and
resolution. For a phone the grid may be 4*4, a tablet may have its home screens divided
into a grid with 8 columns and 7 rows.
 MANAGING APPS, WIDGETS, AND FOLDERS
1. Find your apps. 2. Add an app shortcut or widget to your home screen.
• To find available pre-installed apps on your smartphone, tap the little • To add an app shortcut or widget to your home screen, simply touch
circle icon with the six small cubes in the bottom middle of your home and hold the item you wish to select. This action causes the
screen. This is your app drawer. All pre-installed apps will be shown smartphone to vibrate and the shortcut automatically appears on your
within this drawer, as well as available widgets for all of your main home screen.  To move one of the apps to another home screen,
smartphone’s utilities and functions.You can navigate to your apps and just touch and drag that icon with your finger. If this seems tricky,
widgets by using the menu items at the top of the app drawer screen make sure you’re dragging the icon over the little blue line that
(see below). If you add a new app, it will also appear here. appears on the side of your screen. If you cross the line, you’re good
to go.

4. Remove an app shortcut or widget.

3. Stack apps to clean up your home screen.
• To remove an app or widget from your home screen, touch and hold
• To consolidate like apps into categories, simply touch, hold and move
the item. A “remove” notation will appear at the very top of your
one icon on top of another. For instance, you might want to categorize
screen. Drag the icon toward the word “remove” and it will turn red.
Facebook and Twitter together. To do it, just drop one icon onto the
Move the icon into the red and it will vanish from your home screen.
other, and the newly merged icon will show you exactly what’s
Note: This does not permanently delete the item from your phone—it
included in that folder. Then you can name the folder whatever you
just removes it from your home screen. The app or widget will still be
like (I called mine “Social).
available within your app drawer.

5. Get more apps!

• Want to get more out of your Republic phone? Check out the Google Play store where you can find games, music, books, movies
and much more. Whenever you add a new app, the icon will appear right there in your app drawer.  To move it where you want,
simply follow the steps above and you’ll be good to go.

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 IOS TOUCH INTERFACE
• The Home screen on iPhone and iPad isn't meant to be a destination — a place to
store widgets or spend time. It's meant to be a portal to all your apps, built-in and
downloaded from the App Store. Whether you get to those apps by browsing your
Home screen pages, by searching with Spotlight, by jumping straight to actions with
3D Touch, or by calling up Siri, Home screen is where it all begins.

https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/interaction/3d-touch/
 MANAGING HOMESCREEN APPS ON IPHONE 

• The iPhone's multitouch screen makes it easy to move or delete apps, create and
delete folders, and create new pages. If you've got an iPhone with a 3D Touch screen
(just the 6 and 6S series models, as of this writing) be sure not to press the screen too
hard, since that will trigger the 3D Touch menus. Try a light tap and hold instead.
• Rearranging Apps on iPhone
It makes sense to change the location of apps on your iPhone. You'll want something you use all
the time on the first screen, for instance, while an app you only use occasionally might be hidden
away in a folder on another page. To move apps, follow these steps:

When all Drag the app Click 

When the app
Tap and hold apps start to the new the Home but
is where you ton
the app you wiggling, the location you
want it, let go  to save the
want to move app is ready want it to
of the screen new
to move occupy
arrangement.
 CREATING AND DELETING FOLDERS ON IPHONE

• Storing apps in folders is a great way to manage apps. After all, it just makes sense
to put similar apps in the same place. To create a folder on your iPhone:

Instead of dropping the app

into a new location, drop it onto
Tap and hold the app you want When the apps are wiggling, a second app (every folder When you take your finger off
to put into a folder drag the app needs at least two apps). The the screen, the folder is created
first app will appear to merge
into the second app

Deleting folders is easy. Just When you're done, click the In the text bar above the folder,
Repeat the process to add more
drag all the apps out of a folder Home button to save your you can give the folder a
apps to the folder if you want
and it will be deleted. changes. custom name
 CREATING PAGES ON IPHONE AND
DELETING PAGES ON IPHONE
• You can also organize your apps by putting them on different pages. Pages are the
multiple screens of apps that get created when you have too many apps to fit on one
screen. To create a new page:
Deleting Pages
Tap and hold the app or folder you want to move to the new
page Just drag every app or folder
off the page (by dragging it to
the left edge of the screen)
When the apps are wiggling, drag the app or folder to the right until the page is empty. When
edge of the screen it's empty and you click the
Home button, the page will
be deleted.
Hold the app there until it moves to a new page (if that doesn't
happen, you may need to move the app a little more to the
right)

When you're on the page where you want to leave the app or
folder, remove your finger from the screen

Click the Home button to save the change.

 DELETING APPS ON IPHONE

If you want to
get rid of an A pop up will
app, the Tap the X
confirm that
you want to
process is delete the app
and its data
almost
simpler:

When the apps

Tap and hold
start wiggling, Make your
apps that you
the app you
can delete have choice and the
want to delete
an X in the
corner
app is deleted.
QUESTION 1

• Apply 4 steps on how to place android widgets on the home screen.

1. Press and hold an empty spot on any panel. Tap the widgets icon at the bottom of the
screen.
2. Scroll right and left to find your widget. Tap and hold the widget icon.
3. A miniature version of your panels (including your home screen) shows. Drag the icon
to the desired panel and desired location on the panel.
4. Release your finger from the icon to place the widget at that spot. You can find your
widget now on the desired panel.
QUESTION 2

• Apply 4 steps on how to arrange apps on iphone home screen.

1. Tap on an app and hold your finger on it until the icons start shaking.
2. When the app icons are shaking, just drag and drop the app icon to a new location.
3. When the icon is in the place you want it, take your finger off the screen to drop the app
there.
4. To save your changes, press the home button.
QUESTION 3

• Apply 4 steps on how to create folders to which apps will be added in Android operating
system.
1. In home screen, long tap an app.
2. Drag the app onto another app.
3. Tap and drag other apps into the folder.
4. Tap at the top of the folder to type in a folder name.
QUESTION 4

• Demonstrate 4 steps on how to uninstall apps from the iOS device.

1. Locate the app on home screen and press the icon and hold down for a few seconds.
2. Icons on the screen will start ‘wiggling’ and there will be a tiny ‘X’ mark at the top
right hand corner of every icon, press this ‘X’ mark.
3. A pop-up window will appear asking if you want to delete the app. Hit the icon which
says ‘Delete’ and the app will be removed from iOS device.
4. Press the home button and the icons will stop wiggling. The screen will go back to
normal and remove the app that just deleted.
QUESTION 5

• Apply 4 steps on how to place widgets on the home screen.

1. Find a blank space where you wish to place the widget.
2. Press and hold on the blank space, then tap widgets.
3. Select the widget you want and press and hold it.
4. Release the widget in the free space
QUESTION 6

• Apply 3 steps on how to remove widgets from the home screen.

1. Touch and hold on the widgets from home screen.
2. Drag the widgets to the remove bar at the top of the screen.
3. Release it. The widgets will be removed from home screen but will still available at the
widgets tab.
QUESTION 7

• Apply 4 steps on how to arrange apps on iphone home screen.

1. Tap and hold the app you want to move.
2. When all apps start wiggling, the app is ready to move.
3. Drag the app to the new location you want it to occupy.
4. When the app is where you want it, let go of the screen.
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