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Apple  iOS  

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Windows  Phone

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iOS vs Windows Phone

Windows Phone Marketplace reached a new milestone last week, cracking 60,000 apps barrier. Windows Phone was launched in October 2010 with 1000 apps. Apple iOS App Store on the other hand has more than 500,000 apps.

Windows Phone was seen as iPhone killer before it launched in October 2010, though soon after its arrival, most said that it will be dead very soon. Neither of two has happened, Windows Phone might not be as popular as Apple iOS but it is gaining in popularity. More and more developers are creating apps for Windows Phone. In this post, we compare some features available in the iOS and the Windows Phone. Let’s get started.

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Start Screen and Live tiles

With Windows Phone, Microsoft brought a few new concepts to the table. Instead of a non-customizable Start screen as on the iPhone, Windows Phone uses rectangular “live tiles,” a cross-breed of widgets and application icons. The live tiles link to an application, but they also display live information on the Start screen.

Winner: Windows Phone

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No-fica-onsApple’s iOS and Windows Phone are both a bit boring when it comes to the homescreen, but Apple has attempted to rectify this by adding notifications to the homescreen and lock screen. When you get a notification, a message will pop up at the top of the screen. If it is a message or a tweet, Facebook message or SMS, a preview will show up. Just tap on it to head straight to the app. You can also pull the notification bar down from the top to view all of your notifications.Notifications on Windows Phone work through the live tiles interface of the operating system. When you get a new text message, email, Facebook message or are mentioned in a Twitter feed, it’ll pop up on the live tile.

Winner: iOS

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Office  and  Produc-vity

Windows Phone has Office, the iPhone doesn’t. That’s all there is to it. Windows Phone come with mobile Office, which features editing, viewing, creation, syncing and sharing of Word, Excel and OneNote documents and viewing of PowerPoint presentations. Hands down, the Windows Phone does mobile Office best. You can get third-party apps on other platforms, but the experience won’t be nearly as intuitive or functional.

Winner: Windows Phone

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Cloud  Service  and  MarketThe iOS and Windows Phone both have their associated cloud services and marketplaces for downloading apps, games, music and podcasts. With the iPhone, you can sync your contacts and other files via MobileMe. You purchase songs and podcasts through iTunes and apps through the App Store. With Windows Phone, the experience comes through the Windows Live suite, which includes your SkyDrive, Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Mail (Hotmail). You purchase games, music and apps through the Marketplace

Winner: No clear winner

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Over  the  Air  Update

With the latest version of iOS, you can update the firmware over the air, and sync everything up to your computer via Wi-Fi, including iTunes. Microsoft only allows the smaller updates over-the-air, but the larger ones have to be performed through Zune. This is apparently to prevent people downloading huge chunks of data through the network.

Winner: iOS

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Conclusion

There you had it, we compared some basic features of the two mobile operating systems. We are not giving any final verdict, continue the debate in comments below.

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