In a similar way that your computer has an operating system to help it manage with the various demands made on it’s hardware, so too does a mobile phone. As smartphones creep ever closer to a desktop experience, the importance of the device’s operating system has become increasingly prominent.

This result has been a great deal of competition between technology giants such as Apple, Microsoft and Nokia, with other competitors, such as Palm RIM and Sony Ericsson pitching into the fray.

For anyone who isn’t an avowed gadget freak, making sense of the differences between each of these operating systems, might seem daunting, but thankfully Omio is on hand to help.

More info on each Operating System:

Symbian

RIM Blackberry OS 

iPhone OS

Windows Mobile

Bada

Android

Palm OS

Maemo

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