INFO 525 | e-Readers: An introduction to Android and iOS technologies

INFO 525 Digital Technologies is an elective paper in the PGCertIS at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. 

In this blog I will provide an environmental scan of Google's Android and Apple's iOS technologies.

Software giant’s Google and Apple are becoming prominent players in the development of mobile operating systems (mOS) technologies.  In what was once a strictly mobile phone market, mOS now features in many smart devices including Apple’s iPad, Barnes and Noble Nook e-reader and Samsungs Galaxy Tab.

There is significant variance between the development of the mOS technologies including foundational architecture, third party access/licensing and the types and brands of devices supported.

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Sources:

All slides:

Google vs Android image:

http://www.lifeofandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/android-vs-apple.png

Slides 2 & 3:

http://google.about.com/od/socialtoolsfromgoogle/p/android_what_is.htm

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-android-technology.htm

http://kobobooks.com/android (Slide 3 only)

Slide 4:

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/Miscellaneous/Conceptual/iPhoneOSTechOverview/IPhoneOSOverview/IPhoneOSOverview.html

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/android-vs-apple-the-2011-cage-match/43682

Slide 5 & 6:

http://androidcommunity.com/apple-ios-vs-google-android-in-latest-changewave-research-report-20110718/

 Slide 7:

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-07-27/news/29820903_1_android-tablet-tablet-market-ipad-sales