Today Apple added some excellent features to its iPhone platform, so we were forced to update our smartphone beginner’s guide chart. Here it is:
Use the above chart to easily gauge the differences in the current smartphone platforms on the market, or jump to our original guide for a deeper phone-by-phone lesson.
Note: We just updated it to reflect webOS 1.4. Symbian isn’t going to be included until some massive revision is announced. Sorry!
Rossco
Friday, April 9, 2010 at 11:58 AMJust because Symbian^3/4 is not here yet does not make Symbian^1 not a current smartphone OS. What about Maemo?
Psyg
Friday, April 9, 2010 at 12:01 PMSeriously… you think Windows Mobile 6.5 has only 1000+ apps? Do your homework and stop eating an apple a day, because it’s not good for you.
6.5 CAN do multi-touch… haven’t you people heard of a device called the HD2?
So Open Source/Free apps don’t exist on WM6.5? You guys better check out XDA Developers then…
Glenn sweeney
Friday, April 9, 2010 at 1:11 PM1000 aps for windows mobile 6.5 .. what are u tripping?
type in windows mobile 6.5 software download
the sites list More than 6700 free windows mobile games, tools and themes. Download software for HTC Touch Diamond / Pro / HD / Fuze, Samsung Omnia and other smartphones…
oh wait next one 20k aps
its been over 100k aps from before the iphone was born.. what world do you guys live in ?
Matthew Herne
Friday, April 9, 2010 at 4:12 PMYou guys need to learn to read.
It clearly says “App Store Size” i.e. Windows Marketplace for Mobile. It doesn’t count how many apps you can find on Google, otherwise the list should include Cydia apps for iPhone. Also, just as a side note, many of those “6700 free windows mobile games tools and themes” actually don’t work on devices like the HD2 because of the screen res.
Also, Windows Phone 7′s multitasking looks to be much more heavily managed than iPhone OS 4.0. There isn’t a whole lot of information about it yet, but MS appears to be going along with Push rather than multitasking. Not to mention Copy/Paste.
Des
Friday, April 9, 2010 at 12:08 PMWhy is iPhone 4.x listed as supporting multitasking while Windows Phone 7 isn’t?
As far as all the available information indicates, they both handle multitasking in a similar manner so either they both support (limited) multitasking or neither do.
Christian
Friday, April 9, 2010 at 1:08 PMCan someone please advise which OS is on the Nokia n97 or n97 mini?
Minh
Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 7:02 PMThat would be Symbian.
Glenn sweeney
Friday, April 9, 2010 at 1:08 PMWhat a joke.. how can gizmodo a supposed authortity make so many mistakes in such a simple table.. for gods sake fix it ppl.
Windows mobile 7 = iphone os 4 multitasking
.. and why wouldnt .net silverlight be downloaded from the web not work? silverlight = managed flash .. windows mobile 7 = silverlight compatible.. so obviously silverlight web pages / flash style games will work on it.
You guys really need to get someone who konws what they are talking about to fill in these tables. Its dissapointing how bad gizmodos journalistic integrity can be at times.
Ben Dews
Friday, April 9, 2010 at 4:25 PMPalm webOS supports video, ive got it in australia and it does! someone in its country of origin should know that.
it also supports sideloading of unsigned apps
Gregory Opera
Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 1:31 PMSince when does BlackBerry OS 5 support Flash content? I recently upgraded my BlackBerry Bold 9000 to BlackBerry OS 5 and I can tell you with absolute-certainty that Flash is NOT supported!