crazy-mike
01-17-2014, 03:45 AM
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/cos-is-chinas-new-smartphone-operating-system/
The Chinese government may have backed the OS, but it’s really the work of the Institute of Software at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The new platform is open source, based on Linux, and localized for use in China. It’s not only designed for smartphones, but it’s also destined to find a home on set-top boxes and inside computers.
COS LogoAccording to Engadget China, Android and Windows Phone were criticized at the launch event for having poor security, while iOS was singled out for being too restrictive. COS, on the other hand, apparently doesn’t suffer from such problems, and won’t be affected by Android’s fragmentation either. We’ll see. Having bashed the competition, COS was unveiled, and the interface seems to to have borrowed heavily from both Android and iOS, while a few of the phones used in a promo film match those produced by HTC.
This is because HTC has been an advisor on the project. News of the alliance broke in August last year, when the Wall Street Journal said HTC’s chairperson Cher Wang was supervising the creation of a new China-specific operating system. The first phones were expected before the end of 2013, so the timeframe is a little off, as we’ve yet to see any hardware running COS.
http://icdn5.digitaltrends.com/image/cos-logo-325x325.jpg
The Chinese government may have backed the OS, but it’s really the work of the Institute of Software at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The new platform is open source, based on Linux, and localized for use in China. It’s not only designed for smartphones, but it’s also destined to find a home on set-top boxes and inside computers.
COS LogoAccording to Engadget China, Android and Windows Phone were criticized at the launch event for having poor security, while iOS was singled out for being too restrictive. COS, on the other hand, apparently doesn’t suffer from such problems, and won’t be affected by Android’s fragmentation either. We’ll see. Having bashed the competition, COS was unveiled, and the interface seems to to have borrowed heavily from both Android and iOS, while a few of the phones used in a promo film match those produced by HTC.
This is because HTC has been an advisor on the project. News of the alliance broke in August last year, when the Wall Street Journal said HTC’s chairperson Cher Wang was supervising the creation of a new China-specific operating system. The first phones were expected before the end of 2013, so the timeframe is a little off, as we’ve yet to see any hardware running COS.
http://icdn5.digitaltrends.com/image/cos-logo-325x325.jpg