ONIX Code Lists Issue 30, July 2015
List 176: Product form feature value – operating system

Value Description Notes

01 Android An Open Source mobile device operating system originally developed by Google and supported by the Open Handset Alliance
02 BlackBerry OS A proprietary operating system supplied by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry handheld devices
03 iOS A proprietary operating system based on Mac OS X supplied by Apple for its iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch handheld devices
04 Linux An operating system based on the Linux kernel
05 Mac OS [A proprietary operating system supplied by Apple on Macintosh computers up to 2002] DEPRECATED – use code 13 for all Mac OS versions
06 Mac OS X [A proprietary operating system supplied by Apple on Macintosh computers from 2001/2002] DEPRECATED – use code 13 for all Mac OS versions
07 Palm OS A proprietary operating system (AKA Garnet OS) originally developed for handheld devices
08 webOS A proprietry Linux-based operating system for handheld devices, originally developed by Palm (now owned by LG)
09 Symbian An operating system for hand-held devices, originally developed as a proprietary system, but planned to become wholly Open Source by 2010
10 Windows A proprietary operating system supplied by Microsoft
11 Windows CE A proprietary operating system (AKA Windows Embedded Compact, WinCE) supplied by Microsoft for small-scale devices
12 Windows Mobile A proprietary operating system supplied by Microsoft for mobile devices
13 Mac OS A proprietary operating system supplied by Apple on Macintosh computers
14 Windows Phone 7 A proprietary operating system supplied by Microsoft for mobile devices, successor to Windows Mobile