Despite dropping the ball on the operating system front, Nokia is the king of cell phone hardware.
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It's based on the operating system that runs the PlayBook, and these "super phones, " as he reportedly called them, will have fast dual-core processors inside.
Nearly every one is designed to run on Windows, and they can't run on the Mac operating system, unless you install Windows on the Mac.
In the fourth quarter, 50 percent of phones sold ran on the Android operating system, compared to 30.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, but down from 52.5% in the third quarter.
Ubuntu is based on the Linux operating system and its development and use is governed by an open ethic that emphasises the sharing of core computer code.
Google's mobile software is based on the Linux operating system and was created in conjunction with a group of more than 30 technology companies called the Open Handset Alliance.
Microsoft as we know has a lock on the PC operating system, on Office and does well in games.
Apparently, Russia also shares those worries as the country has produced its own take on the Android operating system minus Google's data collection.
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Motorola will base some new phones on the Linux operating system.
For example, Apple's NetInfo technology is now available on the Linux operating system and Sassafras Software has built AppleTalk networking into its KeyServer product, Bereskin added.
On Thursday Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook Home, a family of apps that would sit as a integrated layer on the Android operating system.
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DEC's high-end workstations and the servers that use its blazingly fast Alpha 64-bit microprocessor and run on the Unix operating system open up new markets for Compaq.
So Nokia hung its future on the Windows operating system.
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Developers build applications on the Android operating system.
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Analysts at comScore had explained that they were expecting users to converge on certain ecosystems, meaning that consumers would choose to buy tablets, smartphones, and whatever other mobile devices they use running on the same operating system.
With new handsets based on the QNX operating system not due until early 2012, and questions over whether application designers will be willing to support the platform, we believe there are serious concerns for RIM over the next year.
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Based on the Android operating system, Cisco Cius is an open platform for communication and collaboration whose form factor and applications are designed to more securely connect employees on-the-go with the right people in real-time, and to provide those workers with the ability to access and share the content they need from any place on the network.
Nokia has unveiled its first two smartphones running on the Windows Phone operating system, the Lumia 800, and Lumia 710, in its race to re-capture marketshare from competing device makers like HTC and Apple.
We wanted to be able to offer our customers a range of devices of varying sizes, features and pricing options on the latest Android operating system and I think our offering is one of the strongest on the market in this respect.
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The Q10 runs on the latest iteration of the BlackBerry 10 operating system, which made its debut last month on the full touch-screen Z10.
It continues to be relevant because of preloads on the most-used operating system in the world.
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The first is the commoditisation of the operating system on both the workstation and the server.
The segment offers operating systems, network services and workgroup computing software solutions based on the Linux open source operating system.
In mid-May the OLPC group unveiled a deal with Microsoft to put the Windows XP operating system on the XO.
Cheriton has been working on the guts of its operating system since 2004, when the company was founded.
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Waiting in the wings are any number of open-source smartphones based on the nifty Linux operating system.
Amazon announced that the Fire would run on the Android Gingerbread operating system.
These super phones will be based on the advanced QNX operating system.
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