Mobile Operating Systems Are on the NewsFor last few weeks mobile operating systems are always on the news! Starting from very basic mobile phones today’s phones boost of dual core processors and capable of music playback, record HD video, navigate; can be e-Wallet to anything you want!

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Big news comes first when Google buys Motorola Mobility, the handset wing of Motorola. Google, being the brain behind the Andriod OS, will take control of Motorola handsets. Consumers are happy that Motorola phones will get Android support faster than anyone and will provide true Android user experiences. Other handset manufacturers – HTC, Samsung, Huawei & others welcome it. Android has become the de facto operating system for smartphone and tablets these days.

Ice Cream Sandwich aka Android v 4.0 is going to be launched in October/November of 2011. It is a major release as it will offer simultaneous support for smartphones and tablets. Name of next android version is also unofficially starting floating in the market – it will be called Jelly Beans, continuing Google’s alphabetically order of confectioneries.

Intel also joins hands with Google to provide Atom chips optimized for the Android devices. Intel got a blow with its MeeGo venture. (MeeGo is Linux based mobile operating system.) Intel was working with Nokia to install MeeGo in Nokia’s smartphone. But Nokia later joined with Microsoft to go with Windows phone 7 and ditched MeeGo. But Intel does not stop the development of MeeGo and will use it not only as mobile OS, rather than a platform to use on other fields.

Two Android based OS – Baidu Yi and Aliyun are introduced by Baidu & Alibaba respectively. Baidu is China’s largest search giant and Alibaba is largest online Chinese marketplace. Alibaba launched Aliyun as a cloud based open and convenient mobile OS in July and plans to launch the English version very soon. Alibaba also plans to bring a tablet with Aliyun OS. Baidu showcased the Yi platform in first week of September. Experts think it will eventually turn into a collection of company’s apps.