Operating Systems

Android and Apple Smartphones Expand Share of the Market in the First Quarter

24 May 2012

Smartphones powered by the Android and iOS mobile operating systems accounted for more than eight out of ten smartphones shipped in the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12). According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the mobile operating systems held shares of 59.0% and 23.0% respectively of the 152.3 million smartphones shipped in 1Q12. During the first quarter of 2011, the two ...

Microsoft's Smart Decision for the Windows Phone Marketplace

23 May 2012

From a theoretical perspective, there is really not all that much of a difference between Windows Phone and Android.  Both operating systems were created by well-established technology giants. Both are licensed to multiple original equipment manufacturers to provide a variety of devices. Both have regulations about how the OS can be used to access the platform’s application stores. But this is ...

AAI Test & Training Introduces Threat File Translator for Its A2PATS EW Simulator

23 May 2012

HUNT VALLEY, Md. -- AAI Test & Training, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today the availability of a new electronic warfare (EW) threat file translator that will ...