Symbian and Windows OS on Mobile Phones

What is the big deal as far as operating system goes for Mobile
Phones? What advantages do Symbian and Windows based operating systems
have, what can they do that a standard mobiles OS can't?

Thanks

John

John has written
>What is the big deal as far as operating system goes for Mobile
>Phones? What advantages do Symbian and Windows based operating systems
>have, what can they do that a standard mobiles OS can't?
>
Easier to add 3rd party applications.

Ask your question in microsoft.public.smartphone. Someone there will be
able to give you a complete answer.

"John" <qak@ttack.com> wrote in message
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> What is the big deal as far as operating system goes for Mobile
> Phones? What advantages do Symbian and Windows based operating systems
> have, what can they do that a standard mobiles OS can't?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
>

apparently it is also much easier to receive a phone virus with these
operating systems.

"Henry" <Hugenstasen@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote:
>
> apparently it is also much easier to receive a phone virus with these
> operating systems.

Not without actively accepting it from an unknown
user, and anyone who does that is an idiot.

Al

"Al Reynolds" <ajr-news@bat400.com> wrote in message
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> "Henry" <Hugenstasen@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>> apparently it is also much easier to receive a phone virus with these
>> operating systems.
>
> Not without actively accepting it from an unknown
> user, and anyone who does that is an idiot.
>
> Al
>

roger that........

"John" <qak@ttack.com> wrote in message
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> What is the big deal as far as operating system goes for Mobile
> Phones? What advantages do Symbian and Windows based operating systems
> have, what can they do that a standard mobiles OS can't?

What is a "standard mobiles OS"? AFAIK, apart from Symbian, Windows Mobile
and Embedded Linux, handset manufacturers have traditionally developed and
used their own home brewed OS. Because handset manufacturers are not OS
experts, their home brews are tend to be too tightly coupled to be able to
support the advanced applications that users demand on a Smartphone. Also
because the home brews are proprietary, there is usually little or no 3rd
party applications for that the user can add to these type of phones.