Google has just introduced Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ OS for Android phone users. Google team demonstrated interesting features of new Android operating system at Google Developers’ conference.
Now, mobile phone users are actually confused about Google’s Android 2.2 OS and Apple’s upcoming iPhone 4.0 OS. There is no doubt that Android 2.2 has some of the best features, but iPhone 4.0 also has some cool features.
Let’s compare these two mobile operating systems.
| Operating Systems
|
Android 2.2 |
iPhone 4.0 |
| Compatible Phones
|
Nexus One, HTC EVO 4G, etc. | iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4G |
| Tethering
|
Yes | Yes |
| Multitasking
|
Yes | Yes |
| Multi-touch
|
Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated Game Center
|
No | Yes |
| Folders
|
Yes | Yes |
| Copy – Paste
|
Yes | Yes |
| SDK
|
Yes | Yes |
| Flash Support
|
Yes (Flash 10.1) | No |
| Browser
|
Android Browser | Safari |
| Books
|
No Dedicated App | Yes (iBooks) |
| App Store
|
Android Market | Apple App Store |
| OS update
|
Yes | Yes |
| No. of Applications
|
50000+ | 200,000+ |
| Release Date
|
Not Announced | June 7th |
As you can see in above table, both Android 2.2 and iPhone 4.0 have almost similar features. Android OS is relatively new OS as compared to iPhone OS, and still it has managed to grab so much attention in last few months.
Android 2.2 and iPhone 4.0 are not released yet, so we can’t really comment on their performances, browser speeds or user friendliness. However, iPhone OS 4 beta is available for developers, and many iPhone developers have given positive feedback for the new iPhone OS.
The good thing about Android operating system is that users get lots of options (in terms of devices) to try the operating system, where as iPhone users have no/limited options.
Well, now it’s up to you. What do you think about these two mobile operating systems? Will Android 2.2 beat iPhone OS 4 in the future?