Abstract: Mobile devices are not in any way as they used to be in the past. Not only have the screens grown in size and quality, but also the internal hardware has grown to reach performance levels seen only in laptop computers some years ago. In addition to traditional mobile phones, the market has seen the rise of devices with screen up to over 10 inches, so called tablets. All of this opens doors for new, bigger, faster, better looking and possibly yet never seen applications to be developed. Google Android and Apple iOS being among the biggest players in the mobile operating system market, there is also a need for usable environments in which more or less experienced developers can create applications of their own for these specific environments. As the mobile application development is luring more and more developers into the market it has also become an attractive topic in educational environment. The growing popularity of Android and iOS has made them the two most interesting plat- forms for now. We compare Android and iOS users according to their demographic deference, security and privacy awareness, and reported behavior when installing apps. We present an exploratory study based on an online survey with more than students and describe directions for further research.
Keywords: Smartphone; iOS; iPhone; Android; Personal Data; Security Awareness; Privacy Awareness.
Title: ANDROID IN OPPOSITION TO IPHONE
Author: Ms. A. Sivasankari, Mrs. G. Sangeethalakshmi, L. Sandhiya
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-120X (online), ISSN 2348-1196 (print)
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