Microsoft is widely criticized as being behind the curve on developing an operating system for tablets.
This machine powered up instantly, was lightweight, and ran an operating system related to Symbian.
Mr Weadock said that there were disadvantages in integrating a browser with an operating system.
They do not have anything up and running in terms of an operating system.
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These services must typically run off an operating system in order to connect to web protocols.
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While Honeycomb represented an operating system just for tablets, Google doesn't believe that apps should follow suit.
In the clip, Jobs raves about the commercial potential of an operating system that Wozniak has created.
Another key point will be how such an operating system, full of data applications, might increase data traffic.
Still, both VMware and Parallels argue that their software is a bargain compared with buying an operating system.
The firm is also developing an operating system--"floating windows"--that will allow PC users to "see through" overlapping computer windows.
How do you compete with an operating system that can be found in virtually every computer in the world?
"Basically you're encapsulating an operating system and applications within a virtual machine instead of separate physical servers, " said Marks.
Ubuntu Touch is an operating system for mobiles and tablets coming in October.
When it is the "cornerstone" of an operating system upgrade, according to Microsoft.
Can you imagine going through an operating system upgrade every year or two for all the devices in your home?
The unit recently staged something of a comeback by betting on smartphones running Android, an operating system developed by Google.
"When you use virtualization to build malware, there are no hooks, nothing you can see within an operating system, " she says.
Windows Phone 7 actually had a fair amount going for it as an operating system, and 8 builds on its advantages.
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Vista is more than an operating system that will eventually live on nine out of ten personal computers in the world.
Samsung is committed to providing customers with the best mobile experience by continuously offering an operating system upgrade for its devices.
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Google's longtime competitor, Yahoo, makes an operating system for the big screen.
Chrome started off as a browser and later became an operating system that powers laptops manufactured by Samsung and Hewlett-Packard Co.
Nokia's other option is to take on an operating system from Google or Microsoft, something the company resisted before Mr. Elop's arrival.
Vertu had chosen Android over Windows as an operating system because it was more established, chief executive Perry Oosting told the BBC.
This means that, once an operating system is dominant, developers have little reason to make their applications work with other operating systems.
"There's no doubt what we're looking at here is a platform that's similar to an operating system like Windows or OSX, " says McCrea.
It takes courage to eliminate code from an operating system to make it more stable and reliable, as Apple did with Snow Leopard.
And if you think of it like Microsoft Windows is an operating system that runs on several computers, like HP, Dell, and Toshiba...
Mozilla has responded by borrowing a page from the Google (Chrome)book: build an operating system that is essentially nothing more than a browser.
In my story, I threw Xbox into the Windows division (treating as an operating system with a consumer tie), but separated the Web stuff.
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