![]() Inconsistent, confusing, and badly in need of a built-in task manager, but at the same time, extremely versatile, powerful kind of like a toddler on coffee with too many toys, surrounded by sharp table corners. ![]() Windows Mobile – probably gets a lot more hate than it deserves. Limited, crash-prone, and unstable, but at the same time endearing, cute kind of like a little puppy that isn’t housetrained yet. PalmOS – probably loved more now than back when it was current. My thesis is that iOS, Android, and other smartphone operating systems today are standing on the shoulders of these two giants – two giants which today have almost been entirely forgotten. This is only the very first article in a series of articles about the PDA – focussing on both PalmOS and Windows Mobile, the two most successful PDA operating systems. I will have none of that, and my PDA collection begs to differ too. Yes, if you were to believe the web, iOS and/or Android invented everything when it comes to mobile operating systems. ![]() This effect was subtle at first, but now, it’s everywhere. While the parties in this war fight it out in the US court system, the web has latched onto this conflict like a starved leach to a nice juicy ankle, and this focus on just iOS and Android has had a rather unpleasant side effect. Today, the technology world is gripped by what can only be described as a dirty war between iOS on one side, and Android on the other. ![]()
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