Why do mobile phones need a different operating system?

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While a mobile telephone's operating system must be compact, it has to provide a rich set of functionality. It is argued that what is needed is not a scaled-down PC operating system but one that is tailored for the purpose.

Inspec keywords: operating systems (computers); mobile handsets

Other keywords: operating system; mobile phones

Subjects: Operating systems

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