Disadvantages of Handheld Operating System

Some disadvantages of Handheld Operating Systems are as follows:

1. Less Speed.
2. Small Size.
3. Input / Output System (memory issue or less memory is available).
    

 How Handheld operating systems are different from Desktop operating systems?

• Since the handheld operating systems are mainly designed to run on machines that have lower speed resources as well as less memory, they were designed in a way that they use less memory and require fewer resources.
• They are also designed to work with different types of hardware as compared to standard desktop operating systems.
  It happens because the power requirements for standard CPUs far exceed the power of handheld devices.
• Handheld devices aren’t able to dissipate large amounts of heat generated by CPUs. To deal with such kind of problem, big companies like Intel and Motorola have designed smaller CPUs with lower power requirements and also lower heat generation. Many handheld devices fully depend on flash memory cards for their internal memory because large hard drives do not fit into handheld devices.

An operating system is a program whose job is to manage a computer’s hardware. Its other use is that it also provides a basis for application programs and acts as an intermediary between the computer user and the computer hardware. An amazing feature of operating systems is how they vary in accomplishing these tasks. Operating systems for mobile computers provide us with an environment in which we can easily interface with the computer so that we can execute the programs. Thus, some of the operating systems are made to be convenient, others to be well-organized, and the rest to be some combination of the two.