A Systematic Review of Healthcare Applications for Smartphones

Table 1 Smartphone Operating-System Platforms, OS Features

OS Platform →	Symbian OS[158]	Palm Web OS[159, 160]	Windows Phone[161]	BlackBerry[162, 163]	iOS[164–166]	Android[140, 167]
Version	3	2.3	7	6	5	4.0
App Store	Ovi Store	Palm App Catalog	Marketplace	BlackBerry App World	App Store	Android Market
Developer	Nokia	Hewlett Packard (HP)	Microsoft Corporation	Research In Motion (RIM)	Apple INC.	Google INC.
*OS Feature*
Multitasking	✓	✓	✓^l	✓	✓	✓
Notifications	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
System Bar	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tool Bar	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Customizable Home Screen	✓	×	✓	✓	✓	✓
Recent Apps	×	×	×	×	✓	✓
Text Selection, Copy & Paste	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
App folders	✓	×	×	✓	✓	✓
Universal Search	×	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Adobe Flash	✓	✓	✓	✓	×	✓
Live Streaming	RTSP	RTSP	RTSP	RTSP	HTTP	HTTP, RTSP
Widgets	✓	×	✓	×	×	✓
Encryption	✓^*	×	✓	✓	✓	✓^*
Remote Wipe	×	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
WiFi Security	WEP, WPA, WPA2	WEP, WPA, WPA2	WEP, WPA, WPA2	WEP, WPA, WPA2	WEP, WPA, WPA2	WEP, WPA, WPA2
Multilingual	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Accessibility	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

This table compares the operating-system features of six smartphone platforms: Symbian OS, Plam Web OS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, iOS, and Android.
✓ This feature is supported by the OS platform.
× This feature is not supported by the OS platform.
✓^* This feature is supported in a limited number of devices.
✓^l The functionality presented by this feature is limited.

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