Apple iOS 5 is the newest version of the operating system by Apple for iOS devices. It was unveiled on 6 June 2011 and will be available for end users by the fall of 2011. Android 3.1, code named as Honeycomb is the operating system built exclusively for large screen devices like tablets. Android Honeycomb was released in April 2011. Android 3.1 is the improved version Android 3.0, which as a very new system had some flaws and most of them were rectified in the Android 3.1 release. Most of the latest tablets other than Apple’s iPad, RIM’s PlayBook and HP’s Touch Pad are based on Android Honeycomb. While iOS 5 is a universal OS for all iDevices, Android 3.1 Honeycomb is a tablet specific operating system. One of the major difference between iOS and Android is that, unlike iOS Android is an open system.
iOS 5:
iOS is the latest Apple OS version announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011 in San Francisco on 6th June 2011. The new operating system includes over 1500 APIs and more than 200 new features, out of which 10 most important features were demonstrated at the conference. They are the Notification Center, iMessage, Newsstand, Reminders, Twitter integration, enhanced Camera features, enhanced Photo features, improved Safari browser, PC free activation to iOS devices and new Game Center features. The other features include TV mirroring, Wi-Fi sync to iTunes, iCloud sync, etc. iOS 5 was released to App developers on 6 June 2011 and available for users by end 2011.
Android 3.1:
Honeycomb is the first Android platform by Google entirely designed for devices with large screens such as tablets and it is the first version of the platform designed to support symmetric multi processing in a multi core environment. Google took the advantage of the larger real estate of the tablets in mind and built the Honeycomb; you can experience that with the newly designed UI. Android 3.1 is the first major upgrade to Honeycomb, this is an add on to the Android 3.0 features and the UI. It enhances the capabilities of the OS for both users as well as the developers. With the update, the UI is refined to make it more intuitive and efficient. Navigation between the five home screens is made easy, a touch of the home button in system bar will take you to frequently used homes screen. The home screen widget can be customized to add more information. And the recent apps list is expanded to more number of applications. The update also supports more varieties of input devices and USB connected accessories.
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