As it stands, the BlackBerry 10 platform has all the right building blocks you would expect as part of the core OS and firmware.
It extends on the simplistic beauty of its core OS with a suite of intuitive gestures and haptics, creating what is ultimately a lovely package.
With the Galaxy S4, Samsung has built up so many features that consumers will be spending far more time in apps designed by Samsung than with Google (not counting the core OS).
Issues in the core OS would need to go out to all the manufacturers, then checked against their own UI and apps, then to network testing, and only then to the customers.
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It makes sense that a company like BlackBerry would want to focus primarily on the core OS and features first and tackle smaller things like extra settings and options iteratively as the platform grows and progresses.
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Nokia will continue to support the core Maemo OS, however, as demonstrated by today's update.
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Jobs apparently reconsidered after he returned to Apple's helm, but Mac OS X brought forward most of the core UI conventions of the original Mac OS, partly in order to allow longtime Mac and cross-platform developers a way to bring their wares to it.
Since development is currently focused on getting the core of the desktop OS up and running, there's no tablet-specific Unity UI to see here.
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It could also lead Samsung down the path of potentially getting more power over Google as it leverages the core components of the OS but moves more of its own tools in as replacements or addition to what Google already offers.
The N100's vitals, if you need a refresher, include Windows CE 5.0 Core Version as the OS, a 2.8-inch TFT, 300MHz processor, SiRFstar III chipset, 64MB RAM, and an included 1GB microSD card -- all in a slight 2.4 x 3.5 x 0.6-inch package weighing just under four ounces.
It'd be easy to lay the blame for these software quirks on its dusting of a UX, but it's more likely that the company simply neglected to fully optimize its Tegra 2 core for this skinned OS. It's not as if sleeker, more responsive and critically praised slates aren't within reach.
The OS has evolved from MeeGo OS using Mer Core and Qt with Jolla technology including its own brand new UI.
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Jonathan Broskey, a former Apple employee who now heads the Army's Apple program, argues that the Unix core at the center of the Mac OS operating system makes it easier to lock down a Mac than a Windows platform.
That's because a lot of core functionality is still missing from the OS, such as the ability to play music files or import real-life contacts, and there's a long way to go if it's to be signed off as "code complete" in October.
There is a reason 8 can run on old machines as well as what seem to be the standard of 1.5-2.6 GHz dual core processors and that is because the OS has been retooled to use less resources and still have enough power to do everything a user needs.
There are some things we can glean from the specifications of the device, however, including the lack of a front-facing camera on the 8S. Given that the Microsoft-owned Skype looks likely to be a core feature of the new Windows mobile OS, it seems a shame to not include -- if not the wide-angled front-facer of the 8X -- then something a little tamer.
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The Unity Next project will incorporate several core components from the Ubuntu Touch interface, inching the Linux OS closer to its goal of a truly unified codebase.
According to the specifications leaked, Tinhte reckons the phone houses a 4.6-inch display at 720 x 1184 resolution (roughly 320 DPI, picking up Android's XHDPI classification -- thanks Rawat), while a quad-core 1.4 GHz processor works on keeping the Ice Cream Sandwich OS running smoothly.
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