What’s the Best Mobile Operating System? Android FTW!
The mobile wars are heating up! Microsoft is aggressively luring app developers for its Windows Phone 7 OS, while Android quietly gains market share. Blackberry expects big things out of OS 6, while The Big Apple deals with antenna issues, the yellow screen of death and the (remote) possibility of a recall. Interesting times indeed.
As part of our newly-launched “What Do uThink?” series (more on this shortly), we decided to ask our community 
which mobile OS they considered to be the best. Here are the results:
- Android – 38%
- RIM Blackberry – 28%
- Apple – 16%
- Symbian – 12%
- Windows Mobile – 6%
“What do uThink?” is a weekly poll, where we’ll be asking the uTest community their preferences and feedback on various apps, operating systems and other technologies. To encourage voting, we’ll be awarding monthly and quarterly prizes to randomly selected participants. This quarter, for instance, we’re giving away an iPod Touch. The weekly polls open every Tuesday afternoon and voting takes place in the uTest Forums available to registered testers) as well as on our Facebook page. Got it?
Good. Now back to the mobile OS results…
As you can see from the fractured vote count, there’s a strong case to be made for each mobile operating system. Below are some updated excerpts from the Forums thread where this question first appeared.
The case for Android, posted by “pedro gonzalez”:
“As a Google OS, Android knows better than any other OS how to manage Google maps, Gmail, Geolocators, browsers, and a lot of other Google applications. I’m a Gmail user, so the Gmail sync is one of the most valuable things for me.
There are a lot of tools for developers/testers within SDK, in addition the testing part is much better in Android, since the OS is much flexible than others (less limitations allow the programmer-tester to be creative).
Android is not as mature yet as other OS (Blackberry for example was released 10 years ago), although Android is getting better and better each release. For example, Adobe’s Flash player is supported in mobile devices for the first time ever from the last Android release.
There are a lot of cons too regarding the OS maturity (like the total 254Mb limitation), but it seems that the Android guys are working on this.”
The case for Apple, posted by “madhukarjain”:
I also voted for Apple….
Once you use it you will know why Apple can become a part of you’re life, so much that you can’t think of switching to another phone.
From GPS naviation to gaming to stock trading to radio…..you name it and Apple has an App for it and mostly for free, even if not free then most apps are 99 cents which is worth the money for its use.
Many people might disagree and will consider Blackberry or Android as better, but once you use its full capacity then you realize whats the Magic of Apple.
The case for RIM, posted by “jayadinu”:
1.Obviously its performance
2.GSM for its roaming ability
3.Camera and video capability
4.Full QWERTY keyboard
4.Push Email services and many other factors like “A very good deal that I could afford “
Care to weigh in on this debate? The comment box is all yours. Want to vote in the next weekly poll? Visit the uTest Forums or check out our Facebook page.
Please intervene the debate between my brother and i, which OS is best (Rim or Android)?
Personally I think Palm will smash the others next year with HP’s help and some new phones. There’s some interesting analysis in this blog here with a funny video http://bit.ly/bwiZyB, they don’t think Palm’s any good either
Also Kenny, Android is better than RIM. By a million miles.
I will always choose Windows Mobile, and I think all the other os’s are gimmicks.
Windows Mobile has more 3rd party apps and freeware than ANY other mobile os- hands down, and it always will. It’s been out for way longer, and continues to develop. If you don’t like adding apps, or don’t mind paying for them- then, by all means, go with the others..
Also, Windows Mobile is so powerful, you can install an emulated Linux or Android on top of it!
Furthermore, a Windows Mobile device is like having a miniature PC in my hands- nearly all the programs are backwards compatible.
Tell me ONE (1) other MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEM that can play Atari, Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Master System, Sega Genesis and PLAYSTATION games, smoothly, all for FREE!!
I can also use REMOTE DESKTOP from my PHONE. That’s right, I can remotely control my desktop from my WinMO. Can Iphone do that? Android? Blackberry? Palm? ???
Please.. I don’t want to like the mighty Bill Gates giant any more than you guys do.. but the other os’s are trendy gimmicks. Windows Mobile is where it’s at. Find me ONE thing the other os’s can do that WinMo can’t. One.
I just don’t get the hype. I guess WinMo is too advanced for the average user? It LITTERALLY does everything- if you know how to use it.
and another note- It’s not a new, foreign, proprietary os to learn from scratch. Anyone’s who’s familiar with a Windows PC can immediately dive into Windows Mobile, editing and hacking and downloading and manipulating files. The most intuitive mobile os is the one we are familiar with on our desktops- WinMo. No, I do not work for Microsoft. It really is the shit, if you want a palm held computer that does everything your desktop does+a phone. If you just want a really fancy phone that does a few things- get anything else.
Fresh Brood…. I’m not going to down you for being so dedicated to windows mobile… but really…. It’s so completely old school. Do they even support Flash yet? brb…. Ok. Just checked… lol Litterally and no they don’t they are so behind that you can’t even cut and paste. And you said you can install emulations of Linux or Android.
But, that’s just it. An emulation isn’t the real thing. Meaning you won’t have absolute compatibility with much if any of the apps and software you attempt to use on your emulations. you say that Wondows-Mobile has more 3rd party apps. I’ll be honest. I’m not sure how true that is. You could be absolutely right and I’d be in the dark about it. Which tells me its not so great that my friends tell me about it. But I will say. I’ve never seen an app I couldn’t find for Android. And look how young they are…. There is NOWHERE to go but up. If I couldn’t find an app for Android I wouldn’t be so worried about it seeing as it’s the easiest os to create and edit apps and software for. Their SDK is supplied with the phone…. The End…
-Scott-
keep it up give more information of products latest mobiles launched
android………FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!