How to test the functionality of a smartphone directly from a PC?
To choose the cell phone to buy generally are read-sheets, reviews, comments and ratings data on sites and specialized forums.
If what you want is a smart choice is necessarily limited to 3 types: iPhone, Android and Windows Phone (if you want a Blackberry is also a possibility).
Beyond aesthetics and brand, mobile smartphones are differentiated by the operating system that can be more comfortable and beautiful depending on your preference.
These mobile systems can be tested on a computer to see how they are, how they work and how they operate applications.
The current emulators mobile phone should not be taken for faithful reproductions of a smartphone.
You have to think of them as demos, incomplete in functions, whose performance may not be optimal.
They give a very clear idea about what you can expect from your smartphone which is equipped with the operating system even if, like all emulated systems, there may be bugs or malfunctions that then, of course, will be absent on the new phone.
Clearly, then, if you want to experience what system is faster and more fluid is not with the emulator you have to do the test.
But to see the differences between iOS iPhone and iPad, including Android and Windows Phone, you can use one of these emulators for mobiles:
1) MobiOne Studio (iPhone, Android)
MobiOne Studio is an easy to use program that allows you to emulate Windows on the main screen of an iPhone or an Android smartphone for testing applications.
It is an operating environment especially useful to those who develop mobile applications.
Unfortunately MobiOne Studio is the only emulator for the iPhone and well costs $ 100, but can still be used for 15 days for free.
2) You can still try iOS with the iPad simulator online: iPadian.
3) Android SDK
The official way to try Android on a PC is installing the program provided by Google Android Development Kit (SDK), free of charge.
This emulator is meant to be an environment in which to test applications under development, but you can also use it to try the most popular operating system on mobile phones around the world.
Since the installation is rather elaborate and complicated, you can go directly to some websites that try Android without installing anything.
For the Android emulator on your computer is also reported to the site Manymo with Android 4.1 to try online without installing anything.
Another YouWave Android emulator is a program that is free of charge, however, and you can try it for only 10 days.
4) BlueStacks (Android)
BlueStacks is not exactly an Android emulator because it does not replicate the operating environment.
Bluestacks, however, is formidable because it allows you to install and use Android applications on PCs and Macs
BlueStacks is free and can also be useful to those who already have a smartphone or an Android tablet, to synchronize applications between your phone and computer.
5) Windows Phone Emulator
As the Windows phones are less prevalent, many might be interested to find out how the system works for Microsoft phones that comes installed on new Nokia Lumia models.
You can try Windows Phone with an emulator on PC or even on Android and iPhone, without installing anything.
You can simply point the browser on your smartphone on the site aka.ms / wpdemo to try in an interactive way the Windows Phone system from their mobile phone.
6) Although now in decline, can always be interesting to try the new system on the PC Blackberry with the emulator available on the manufacturer's website.
20/11/2012
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