iOS vs. AndroidFor the end user

End Users

Kevin,14 years old, still at school in year 10.

Likes Watching movies, playing games and listening to

music.

Sophie 16 years old, just finished school,

Likes surfing the internet for clothes shops and

listening to music.

iOS 5 fact file

iPad 2 Inbuilt twitter, notifications, reminders, WI-FI and 3G.

9.7 Inch screen,1.34 pounds.

16GB/32GB/64GB, 1Ghz dual-core Apple A5 Processor – Superfast!

Camera back and front, Up to 10 hour battery life.

Has the App store and game centre.

AirPlay, which allows streaming of video or audio to an airplay speaker or an Apple TV.

iMessages an instant messaging service that can send media in an instant.

Camera access from lock screen to get all your favorite memories at an instant.

Photo Editing so you can edit your photos.

iPrint so you can print to some HP printers.

iOS iOS is based on Mac OS so it runs on a UNIX like

platform called Free BSD.

What to expect In the next few weeks or months apple claim to have

something that will top the market and all there previous products this is yet unknown to what it is our theory is that it will be either the new iOS 5 or the new iPhone.

This device came out later that year, it was the iPhone 4S. The only differences between the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S was the processor speed and the ability to have siri(voice commands) installed and active.

There was over 200 new features in iOS 5,

Some of which were new notification alerts, AirPlay mirroring and iMessages.

User experience iOS 5 On iOS 5 the end user (Sophie) can browse the thousands

of apps on the iTunes store. They can download an app for anything, playing games, music enhancements, and office work and read e-books. The GUI is stylish. She can also watch all her favourite TV shows with BBC iPlayer, itv player and 4 on demand.

On iOS 5 the end user (Kevin) can get thousands of games and can browse the Internet on the fly. He can watch live TV with TV catch-up. With the cloud he can store all his files and edit with the multitude of office apps. If he is doing music as a GCSE he can find apps that let him edit and create music on the go. The iPad is less weight than the Xoom so it is more portable. Apple offers iTunes movie and TV show rentals that you can download.

Honey Comb Android

(Motorola X00m) Operating system Android 3.0 Honeycomb,

WI-FI,3G and optional 4G,

10.1 Inch screen the richest quality,

Weighs 730g,

Can Create its own Wi-Fi Hotspot,

Front camera 5 megapixels,

Back camera 2 megapixels,

Native Adobe flash support,

Dual core 1Ghz processor,

32GB flash memory,

Android App store with lots of apps on.

Android also has flash which means that it can play things in the flash format by default, this contrasts with the iPadbecause it is completely impossible to install flash on this greatly affects the user experience because it allows a lot morecontent to be displayed.

Honeycomb operating system

Open source

Video chat

Multitasking

In-app purchases

Customizable home screen

Android app store

More customizable than the iPad software

The same level of user friendliness.

Android honeycomb

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User experience Android On android the end user (Sophie) can complete their homework

and can listen to their favourite music at the same time. The end user can also connect to Wi-Fi or 3G to save all their documents to the cloud. The system has chat services so the end user can talk to all her friends. She can use the Internet to browse her mail anywhere. The device also has voice commands. There is a camera so she can record favourite memories.

On android the end user (Kevin) can do homework as well. He can watch films or play games that he buys from the android market. He can browse the Internet. The android system offers more apps that actually are allowed to change the OS unlike iOS 5 in which app developers cannot. The GUI on honeycomb is stylish because of its live wallpaper function. The Android has expandable memory with a micro SD card.