iOS 6 vs Android 4.1 vs WP8 - Of things to come

[comp@ddict]

Many websites were quick to jump gun and publish a 3 way comparison. But they made one error. They compared 2 unreleased OSes with 1 nearly 8 months old.

Here is an opinion piece on the latest 3 announced OSes this month (making June, indeed the hottest month of the year!)



Seems pretty tough, doesn’t it! The month of June has never been so hot and happening, with the three tech-giants rolling out their best operating systems ever. Each one seems to outweigh the others in more than one area and it’s quite a task to choose among them. So, here is a feature-by-feature comparison of the heavy-weights – let’s see who among Google, Microsoft and Apple has the last laugh.Interface

Android 4.1 aka Jelly Bean has revamped the interface by upgrading the OS speed to 60fps (frames per second) which makes page scrolling and animations incredibly smooth. Then the widgets of home screen have been made smarter as they resize themselves when new widgets are added or others are deleted. There is integrated Braille support for the visually impaired too.Windows Phone 8 is ahead of the other two competitors as far as interface is concerned. The Metro look of WP7 was highly appreciated, and it has been made even better in WP8 by allowing customisable tiles. Now, the user can choose from among three tile sizes, and they are livelier than ever.iOS 6 Apple has played a safe game here by not tweaking too much with its interface. After all it knows that people do love the bubble home screen, the app-grid and the sleek navigation. However, it has offered features for the disabled, by allowing you to deactivate certain areas of the screen lest a visually challenged user closes the app. Similar considerations like Android!Maps

Android 4.1 clearly cashes on the Google Maps 3D service unveiled few weeks back that allowed offline caching and better turn-by-turn navigation. Moreover, Google has integrated maps with its new offering called Google Now that gives intelligent suggestions about places to visit nearby your location.Windows Phone 8 Sadly, this has nothing much attractive to offer as far as maps are concerned, as Microsoft still relies on its hardware companion Nokia for its maps and navigation services. The maps are 3D, however, and Nokia’s Navteq traffic service is a good add-on. But all very simple.iOS 6 Apple has really surprised us by churning out its own Maps service and daring to ditch the pro of this field – Google Maps. The service is excellent, having extremely sleek interface (typical Apple), clear 3D graphics, wider coverage of countries (as opposed to Google Maps which is available only in US in 3D), and interactive navigation (courtesy Siri).Browser

Android 4.1 Luckily the Jelly Bean has got Google Chrome as its browser, ending a long but worthwhile wait. The popular desktop browser does well in mobiles too, as our review showed. The page rendering is faster than the previous Stock ICS, videos are smooth thanks to Flash support, and Voice Search feature is the icing on the cake.Windows Phone 8 It has bagged the latest Internet Explorer 10 browser. It provides special features like phishing filter and SmartScreen to improve web-security. The interface is metro which is good. But the lack of Flash is disturbing, and here Android definitely takes the lead.iOS 6 Apple cleverly employs its cloud service iCloud to sync tabs across the iDevices, hence enabling seamless work and play. The Reading list saves the entire webpage instead of just links, and there are few more tweaks here and there which makes browsing actually a Safari experience.Apps

Android 4.1 has a rich set of over 6,00,000 apps that are both useful and fun. The Android SDK along with Eclipse software is easily accessible thereby attracting developers to app creation.Windows Phone 8 is right now much behind both Android and iOS in apps, as it’s relatively new and limited. However, the numbers are expected to grow as more people buy a Windows phone. A lot also depends on how well Microsoft is able to pull off its tablet Surface.iOS 6 is slightly ahead of Android with 6,50,000 apps courtesy a frenzy among people for Apple devices and high usage.Result?

As you might have guessed it’s tough to give a cold verdict just now. WP8 is high on interface but lags in almost all other aspects. Android and iOS have enough features up in their sleeves to retain their fan-following but need to improve constantly. Sounds diplomatic now, but I guess only the markets will tell the true picture soon.

Original Article ->*Android 4.1 vs. Windows Phone 8 vs. iOS 6

[amjath]

I'm did not get excited at the ios6 release cause there is nothing new honestly.
But Android and Windows phone 8 announcements are huge IMO

[Anorion]

oh wow first cudnt believe Navteq was on there, then it turns out that Windows is giving it away with all there phones, thought it would be restricted to only nokia handsets

the maps does have one, incredibly attractive feature, offline turn by turn navigation

Nokia NAVTEQ maps come to Windows Phone 8 with offline support

comparable content does not exist for some of the areas that is covered in the nokia version, and costs upwards of Rs 3k-5k when available. in fact it suspiciously looks like iOS's 3D and wider area push, after ditching google as their mapping service, was a response to this move by Windows

[Empirial]

Microsoft says more consumer-facing features are in store for Windows Phone 8 than what was shown

[pranavgautam67]

I'm did not get excited at the ios6 release cause there is nothing new honestly.
But Android and Windows phone 8 announcements are huge IMO

True !!

[theserpent]

Is it only me,or do everyone think win 8 homescreen looks crowded

[MetalheadGautham]

Nothing excites me more than Ubuntu For Android.

Desktop OS that pwns all wannabe mobile OSes

[fz8975]

Is chrome the default browser of jelly bean ?

[Dark Core]

Is chrome the default browser of jelly bean ?

Yesh!

[fz8975]

will s ii and note get jelly bean update ?

[ithehappy]

will s ii and note get jelly bean update ?

If SII gets it Note will obviously get it.
I don't care anyway!

[comp@ddict]

I think you can be assured Note and SII will get Jelly Bean