Do you think another Mobile OS can outperform Android?

Yeah. The number of times we find Sailfish, Firefox, Tizen and Ubuntu in the news (especially the ones read by engineers and developers), one can't ignore that they are making their mark.

I would like to know from CEans, what is it that you would add to a mobile OS you build that makes it better than Android? What are the shortcomings of Android that you want to overcome?

No one ever said Android is the limit 😁
sure there will be better ones. Its just a matter of time!

Android's biggest drawback - it doesn't multitask. e.g. I can't have a page load while I'm browsing through the filesystem.

Anand TamariyaAndroid's biggest drawback - it doesn't multitask. e.g. I can't have a page load while I'm browsing through the filesystem.

I don't know about specific devices but I am using Galaxy SII, 4.2.2.It's working fine.
Android does knows that to clear the ram if no longer required but also it clears the RAM run processes foreground processes smoothly. It also depends how many processes are allowed to run in background. You can find in developers option.

Also, how app works it depends on app developers, for instance task killers always runs in background. If you use app Saavn.com it will continue to play while minimized.

So do you think any other Mobile OS could come and take away the market from Android?

Yes, with the pace engineering is taking steps surely ine day it will be replaced.

However the day doesn't seems to be so near at least not in next 5 years.

CB

Only one thing that i want to say is You can not develop a mobile application parallel to all the hardware but with the android you can. Android main power is in it's API. By using that you can write an application that can run on any hardware. As an application developer you do not have to worry about it's hardware implementation.
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Don't limit the scope of android into the mobile OS only we have have a big picture of android in future 😁

The_Small_kAndroid main power is in it's API.

Elaborate please.

#-Link-Snipped-# As i already said you can develop any application common to the hardware's that support android. It means you are developing the application by using the API's provided by android. it's internal implementation varies with different hardware's.
Suppose Samsung has written the internal implementation of method accessCam()(assume this method is used to access the camera) with code1 according to hardware he is using. And micromax has written the internal implementation of method accessCam() with code2.
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As an android developer you are writing application using accessCam() but the internal implementation varies according to the hardware used.
So that is the reason why i said it's main power is in it's API it is providing. It is an open source operating system you can specify according to your need.
I think it can be very helpful in embedded application development too.
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Correct me if i m wrong 😀

The_Small_k#-Link-Snipped-# As i already said you can develop any application common to the hardware's that support android. It means you are developing the application by using the API's provided by android. it's internal implementation varies with different hardware's.

But that holds true for any OS, isn't it?

Anand TamariyaBut that holds true for any OS, isn't it?

for other OS you are not going to find this type of interface between low level and high level implementations.

The_Small_kfor other OS you are not going to find this type of interface between low level and high level implementations.

Can you name one OS which doesn't have high level API exposed for low level hardware functions?

#-Link-Snipped-# The power lies in linux kernel & not an API.
Nowaday,Android is picked my many manufacturers & is used in different types of gadgets.Linux kernel makes it possible,Linux kernel brings Android a level of hardware abstraction.
Most of the part & specifically the low-level ones are written in portable C code which can be modified as per need by manufacturers without hassle.
So,in layman's term it means that : You can pick up Android & modify it according to the hardware,rather than modifying entire embedded hardware to fit in the software.

Ya because of open source linux kernel we can able to customize it 😀

The thing is all the OEM provide their kernel sources in a couple of days of release of their devices. But it is not the same with the local Indian brands. They don't release the sources and the developers either have port from another device and modify and recompile or have to write the code from scratch.

APIs are provided by almost every programming language and being linux it has to have the libraries available to the public.

Mozilla is going to release its own mobile OS called Firefox OS. Its built on Android but one major difference is that anyone familiar with HTML and Javascript can easily create cool apps without any difficulty as you have with android app development. Only major issueFirefoxOS is the security of the app. Once that is solved, I believe it would bring a challenge to Android. It has been test released on few phones. SO i vote for Firefox OS

siraj.mussafirrMozilla is going to release its own mobile OS called Firefox OS. Its built on Android but one major difference is that anyone familiar with HTML and Javascript can easily create cool apps without any difficulty as you have with android app development. Only major issueFirefoxOS is the security of the app. Once that is solved, I believe it would bring a challenge to Android. It has been test released on few phones. SO i vote for Firefox OS

The firefox OS has already gone public infact. But the first looks or feel isn't much appealing. It is not likely to make an impact on the present situation atleast with this first release.

Not only Firefox,but Ubuntu Touch & Tizen 2.0 are also set to release their first device by the end of August/September.
Infact, First Ubuntu phone is already designed & developed by the Samsung & it's given name as Samsung U1000.
Samsung U1000 has same technical specifications as that of Samsung S4 with Apple kindof design.

Take a look :