Ice Cream Sandwich & Windows 8: Who Is The Representative Of Omnipresent Technology?

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The current rising trend in the availability, acceptability, sales, and use of tablets & smartphones has in more ways than one been made possible through the introduction of the android operating system. From the unveiling of the OS in the year 2007, the journey has been an uphill one for android & Google alike. While it had been difficult to predict the future of the first version Android 1.0, the latest version Android 4.0.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has brought about a complete transformation in the mobile device & apps industry.

While Google has been highly successful in establishing android as the king in the world of mobile operating systems, rendered undisputable especially after the launch of Ice Cream Sandwich, its arch rival Microsoft is not to be left far behind. With the launch of the Windows 8 OS, Microsoft has made the UI more user friendly & interesting. Microsoft had so far remained aloof from the mounting trend of making operating systems for mobile devices by sticking to desktop/laptop OS designing. However, Windows 8, the latest version of operating systems from the Microsoft stable will ...
... use a unified strategy by running the same OS with similar features & programs for both the handheld mobile devices & desktops. It is Microsoft’s attempt to make computers touch friendly as opposed to the earlier click friendly. This means that the Windows 8 features will introduce such a high powered computing understanding that can be experienced irrespective of the device a customer uses.

Reports claim that while Google had envisioned the idea of an integrated mobile platform in the past through its android OS, Microsoft has gone ahead in the race and realized the dream through the opening of the Windows 8 platform. To put it simply, Microsoft has done with Windows 8 what Google could not with Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The former is gradually establishing itself as an omnipresent software technology. This is because of the fact that a user will now be using the same operating system to work in desktops, laptops, smartphones, or tablets. However, Windows 8 is still at its nascent stage, devices have not run the OS, and it is hence a little early to predict the success of this omnipresent operating system.

With the Metro user interface to be used with Windows 8, touch friendly designs will not be limited to mobile devices. A desktop will also show touch features; this heralds the new generation of computing where the properties of a smartphone & tablet can be felt even while using a desktop. The main reason why Windows 8 is being held as the representative of omnipresent technology is talks of the launch of the Microsoft Surface Tablet. While the use of Windows was earlier limited to only the desktops, it will now run on mobile devices and hence become the omnipresent operating system.

Not very long ago, reports were rife about Ice Cream Sandwich being the omnipresent OS as it was projected to be used in phones, tablets, and desktops, thus bringing about integration in computing. This vision was never materialized by Google; meanwhile Microsoft announced it’s Windows 8 OS that will run on both desktops & the mobile devices, thus creating a firm place for itself as the upcoming omnipresent technology.

Consumers all over the world are now eagerly awaiting the use of Windows 8 on both platforms so as to review the performance of one OS being used for desktops and mobile devices.

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