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Android |
An Open Source mobile device operating system originally developed by Google and supported by the Open Handset Alliance |
02 |
BlackBerry OS |
A proprietary operating system supplied by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry handheld devices |
03 |
iOS |
A proprietary operating system based on Mac OS X supplied by Apple for its iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch handheld devices |
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Linux |
An operating system based on the Linux kernel |
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Mac OS |
Proprietary ‘Classic’ operating system supplied by Apple on Macintosh computers up to 2002. Deprecated – use code 13 for all Mac OS versions |
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Mac OS X |
Proprietary ‘OS X’ operating system supplied by Apple on Macintosh computers from 2001/2002. Deprecated – use code 13 for all Mac OS versions |
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Palm OS |
A proprietary operating system (AKA Garnet OS) originally developed for handheld devices |
08 |
webOS |
A proprietry Linux-based operating system for handheld devices, originally developed by Palm (now owned by LG) |
09 |
Symbian |
An operating system for hand-held devices, originally developed as a proprietary system, but planned to become wholly Open Source by 2010 |
10 |
Windows |
A proprietary operating system supplied by Microsoft |
11 |
Windows CE |
A proprietary operating system (AKA Windows Embedded Compact, WinCE) supplied by Microsoft for small-scale devices |
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Windows Mobile |
A proprietary operating system supplied by Microsoft for mobile devices |
13 |
Mac OS |
A proprietary operating system supplied by Apple on Macintosh computers |
14 |
Windows Phone 7 |
A proprietary operating system supplied by Microsoft for mobile devices, successor to Windows Mobile |