Mobile Phone - Android vs. Windows Operating System

What about others like iOS? I think it should be considered, too because of it's UNIX kernel and excellent UI, beside large number of installations and software contributors.

"..because of it's UNIX kernel and excellent UI, beside large number of installations and software contributors."

Cite the "large number of installations and software contributors" please, and - if I might caution - don't use the LMGTFY claptrap; if you feel stongly that your recommendation might fit your CLIENT'S NEEDS (you did reply to a query, after all), shouldn't you followup explicitly with at least ONE SPECIFIC recommended alternative?

To OP: go with your gut, don't trust the hype IF your vendors are not willing to answer this question for you TO YOUR SATISFACTION. They are in business to hawk their product, and your search for a SOLUTION is NOT their primary concern. Check out the user's forums of your candidate products, and if your candidate VENDORS are not willing to cite the appropriate websites for you to accomplish that - perhaps your search will be narrowed.

Good luck to you both. My advice to you both: skip over the hype, and forget fanboyisms: the wild-wild-web has NOT made life easier, just infinitely more interesting, challenging, and potentially rewarding - with pitfalls, too (therein lies the reward, you see?).

Don't let sites like CR4 make your decisions for you; research is still research even in the web-age, and the ultimate responsibility is yours, OP. Incidentally, as an old DOS guy, I find Linux and its derivatives a little oldhat, but your mileage may vary.

Regards,
Gene

Well, you cited.

Thanks for that.

Were Apple a key player in the world market so far (and they've certainly had the time to plant themselves on that plateau) would this thread be relevant?

Much less would your flip offering be considered ON THREAD?

Andoid vs Windows is the question at hand. Megathon vs Godzilla is not.

One is important, the other is poor science-fiction at best. You choose.

Regardless, my challenge remains unanswered: CITE.

I'm truly sorry if that is too simple for fanboys to comprehend; it is, unfortunately, a decades-old conundrum for the rest of us, and your naive commentary does nothing either to answer OP's question or to elevate your acceptance in an engineering community.

My challenge remains: CITE!

Regardless, please give my best fond wishes to my old deceased friend Lisa, gray and then dead before her time, abandoned by her first love...

Gene

I agree, do your own research for what YOU want your wireless communications to do.

That said, since many sites that give data on products are sponsered by the products, they may be a little biased. You can get "this is what is does" data from the vendor and the "this is how it works" information from those that use it.