Apple iOS4 and Android 2.2: Who do better on a day-to-day corporate?

The launch of iOS4 operating systems, responsible for keeping the iPhone 4 running, and Android 2.2, available in various devices, opens a new chapter in the history of the most beloved smartphone market. Both systems rely on a multitude of extensions for fun and information for users, which raises a question: when it comes to enterprise application, which one is most beneficial?

Possibly, when it comes to business use, neither one nor the other is the ideal choice, perfect.

With many bodies on the dual advantage of Android 2.2 & iOS4, the RIM (read BlackBerry) and Windows Mobile head race. Windows Mobile should be renamed Windows Phone 7 (so that the new version hit the streets) and has good options for integrating with enterprise applications.

Anyway, the iPhone and the various implementations of Android smartphones are the best available so far today. This should encourage business professionals and administrators to evaluate which solution best fulfills the needs of the corporation.

1: For professionals

Email - The iOS4 has the ability to coalesce multiple inboxes in one account. Android does not have this facility.

In contrast, corporate users who maintain accounts in Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync or have the resources needed to receive the flow of e-mail on smartphones with the systems operated iOS4 or Android.

When setting up an account alternative destination to receive messages from other Exchange profile, the volume of messages will be automatically forwarded to the account added. Point to iOS4.

Applications - In Apple App Store has nearly 200 thousand options to download, almost four times more than all the applications available for Android.

The quantitative importance of this advantage is debatable. Although there are many more options for the iPhone, 50 000 programs already represent an unnecessarily high volume. Selected applications with some useful enterprise, that figure drops to around 200. Soon, there will be an alternative in each platform to meet the Greeks and Trojans. Draw.

Flash - Apple has eliminated the option of displaying the elements in Flash iOS4. As a result, there will be a plethora of content, especially video and those that offer interactivity on some level, inaccessible to iPhone owners.

Owner of lingugem, Adobe announced an agreement with the company Greystripe to convert Flash content to the current HTML5 format, compatible with the iPhone and the iPad. The question is at what rate will occur to convert a volume invaluable in existing Flash and dumped the network every minute, and this will give an account of the restriction of Steve Jobs.

Android interprets and renders files. Swf (Flash) without any problem; 10.2 beta version of Adobe Flash Player for Android 2.2 is already on the Internet. Point for Android 2.2.

Sharing WiFi - Tethering as it is called the access of other devices to the Internet, through the connection sharing via iOS4 not free. AT & T charges $ 20 monthly to offer this feature, and Internet access with iPad iPhone using the connection should not be possible.

Android 2.2 offers up to eight ports for connecting devices to the network using WiFi The impact of this feature the user's account varies from carrier to carrier. Point to Android 2.2.

2: For IT Administrators

Distribution and uniformity - Update the operating system of previous generations of iPhones (3G, 3G and iPod Touch) to version 4 has no cost. When the iPhone4 is for the windows, you should already be equipped with the latest version of the system. Apple decided to adopt only one hardware platform and software for the entire product line, which increases the chances of interoperability between mobile devices of the apple logo.

The online system Android has several different versions and fragments. Confirmed is the inclusion of version 2.2 in Nexus One (the brand of smartphone in Google ). Despite promises to provide a system update for other devices, it only remains to wait and see if the option to install the Android 2.2 OS on smartphones based on this will come true, possibly not. Point to iOS4.

Diversity - The distribution of iOS4 and the iPhone is the exclusive prerogative of AT & T. The availability is also linked to a single format of device. The minimum layout noticeable variations between versions 3G, iPhone 3G, and the model is still unused, 4, are, for all purposes, on a single hardware standard.

Organizations that have contracts with other carriers such as T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon, the iPhone can erase their plans, the same goes for companies that opt ​​for external keyboards or other hardware configurations. For these companies, the output will be Android 2.2. Point for Android 2.2.

Control Panel - The iPhone pulls away from the general perception of being a fun toy and approaches increasingly robust enterprise solution, with enhanced security constantly. Along with the improved control options come with items that will appeal to IT administrators when it comes to define the position, how to manage and monitor the equipment belonging to the company.

To harness the skills of Android, there is a reasonable assortment of tools (developed by others). In general, the system still in its infancy when it comes to integration with corporate control tools. Point to iOS4.

Docket

Final score in each system scored 3 points (see table below), and there was a tie in item (applications). In the end, try to establish which system is the "best" or even "most appropriate" is left to subjective concepts and personal preference. As explained, the choice of companies by an operator or another depends on what is offered by the providers of signal.

By defining which system they will use in business, it is up to IT administrators and business professionals reveal what has been mentioned, while the features discussed are part of a group formed by "n" factors.

The signal quality of a given operator in the region of operation of the company, signal availability in displacement situations are relevant. But there are still solutions to the adequacy of safety standards, file formats and over a myriad of other aspects to be considered when defining who is "better" or "most appropriate" for each condition.

source: Computerworld