Phone: phone type
According to the operating system division, can be divided into: intelligent and non-intelligent mobile phones
Generally: Symbian6.0, Windows CE, Palm, Linux, the open operating system for smart phone handsets collectively.
According to the features of cell phones can be divided into: Fashion phones, business phones, mobile camera phones and music
Camera phones: at least 200 W pixels above, with auto-focus function, a flash function
Music phone: can play at least three kinds of formats (except MIDI) more than audio files, the machine at least 128 MB of memory and above, or to support expansion card
Business phone: to provide a range of business based on the phone platform applications, such as e-mail, calendar, mobile office, etc.

According to network segmentation, can be divided into 3G handsets, GSM and CDMA mobile phones

Phone: cell phone operating system
The cell phone operating system generally used in high-end intelligent mobile phones. Currently, in the smart phone market, the Chinese market is still personal information management-based phones, as more manufacturers join the market competition has begun showing a decentralized state. The capacity from the market, competition and the application of perspective, the entire market is still in the start-up phase.
The current application of the operating system on cell phones mainly PalmOS, Symbian, Windows CE and Linux four.
Related terms:
Palm OS
Palm OS operating system developed by Palm Inc., and licensed to Handspring, Sony and Qualcomm, and other equipment manufacturers, the operating system more inclined PDA operating system.
Palm OS PDA market in a dominant position. Palm's product line itself, including smart phones, and also announced that the first smart phone developers Handspring acquisition, the independent software sector.
Symbian system
Symbian is a real-time, multi-tasking pure 32-bit operating system, with low power consumption, occupy less memory characteristics, is very suitable for the use of mobile phones and other mobile devices, through continuous improvement, can support GPRS, Bluetooth, SyncML, and the 3G technology. The most important thing is that it is a standardized open platform, any person can think that the development of equipment to support the Symbian software. And unlike the Microsoft product, Symbian mobile devices will be common technology, which is the core operating system and graphical user interface technologies separately, can well adapt to different ways of imported platform, it will allow manufacturers to produce their products more friendly interface, in line with the personalized the trend is also different users to see symbian system look like the main reason. Now for the development of this platform has begun java procedures prevalent on the Internet. Users can install the software and expansion of mobile phone function.
In Symbian development stage, has three branches: namely Crystal, Pearl and Quarz. The first two major market for communications, there is also the largest in the mobile phone, smartphone operating system in the future as the main force. First based on Symabian phone system is 2000 listing of Ericsson, a handset. Truly more mature and has attracted people's attention at the same time while the 2001 listing of the Nokia 9210, it adopted the Crystal branch system. The 2002 launch of the Nokia 7650 and 3650 is the Symbian Pearl points of the aircraft, 7650 is the first based on 2.5G networks smartphone products, they all belong to Symbian Version 6.0. Sony Ericsson also introduced a model using Symbian Pearl branch version has been developed to 7.0, is designed for 3G networks and the development can be said to represent today's most powerful phone operating system. In addition, Symbian started from the 6.0 version supports external storage devices, such as MMC, CF cards, which make it a strong expansion capability can be fully tapped to store more software, as well as large-capacity multimedia files as possible.
Windows CE
Windows CE system, including Pocket PC and Smartphone, the former wireless PDAs, the latter designed for cell phones, many from the IT industry has a new cell phone manufacturers use, rapid growth rate.
Pocket PC 2002 launched the application in the phone Phone Edition (phone edition), the domestic OEM machine Dopod 686 on the use of this system. But in the mobile communications function is not very comprehensive. In response to this situation, Microsoft at the end of 2002 issued specifically for the development of the mobile phone operating system SmartPhone2002 like symbian Pearl一样, is designed for mobile devices developed systems.
While many cell phone manufacturers from the feedback of the top five global handset manufacturers, only Samsung bought Microsoft's software license, so its market share in mobile phones is still very low.
Linux System
Linux is a system of open source code operating system, the current version has a lot of pop. It has not been more widespread support.