Question 8
- What is a cell phone widget?
- List four operating systems of mobile phones.
Only few candidates seem to be familiar with question 8(a). Performance of candidates was poor as most of them could not provide correct answer to the question; however, candidates’ performance on question 8(b) was excellent.
Observation
The expected answers are:
(a) A cell phone widget is a shortcut for a mobile phone application, which connects users quickly and efficiently to the application.
OR
A cell phone widget is a mini application that displays small amount of information on the screen at all times and interacts with the phone user.
(b) Mobile phone operating systems
- Android
- ios
- Windows
- Blackberry
- Firefox
- Sailfish
- Tizen
- Ubuntu touch
- Symbian
- Bada/ Samsung
- Palm / Garnet
- Maemo
- Meego
- Open web
- WebOS