A mobile operating system or a mobile OS is an OS for
handheld devices or mobiles. The operating system controls
a mobile device—just like Mac OS, Linux or Windows
controls a desktop computer or laptop. However, what
differentiates them are their light weight applications, their
simplicity and how they majorly deal with the wireless
versions of broadband and local connectivity, mobile
multimedia formats, and different input methods.
Smartphones have the following characteristics: