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Windows Mobile in 2007 was based on Windows CE, a completely different and much more limited kernel compared to desktop Windows. Symbian and BlackBerry had the
by pavlov 3y ago
Windows Mobile in 2007 was based on Windows CE, a completely different and much more limited kernel compared to desktop Windows. Symbian and BlackBerry had the same limitations: these were operating systems designed for embedded devices, not desktop-level computing. They were memory efficient but their growth path was nonexistent.
The original iPhone OS used the underpinnings of Mac OS X: the Mach kernel, CoreGraphics, the Cocoa Foundation APIs… At the iPhone launch, Apple even called the phone operating system “OS X” to highlight that it’s the same.
- hammyhavoc 3y agoThe context of this conversation is what differentiated it at launch in a meaningfully tangible and immediately usable capacity. None of these things meant anything to the average consumer. The App Store is what ultimately made the iPhone a success, despite being fairly ho-hum in features versus the competition.