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History of Symbian
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Author: Hubert Berberich (HubiB)

Symbian OS was one of Nokia's mobile operating systems for mobile devices and smartphones with associated libraries user interface frameworks and reference implementations of common tools originally developed by Symbian Ltd. It is a descendant of Psion's EPOC and runs exclusively on ARM processors although an unreleased x86 port existed.

BRIEF HISTORY OF SYMBIAN Handheld devices evolved in the late 1980’s as a means to capture the Usefulness of a desktop device in small , mobile package.1
 

Made by NokiaSymbian FoundationSymbian Ltd..

What's the history of Symbian? Why haven't I heard of it before? Symbian, the company which makes the OS, was founded in 1998 and became jointly owned by the main mobile phone manufacturers 2
Marketing Target
Mobile devices
Website
defunct - see the website of the Symbian Foundation
Family
Mobile operating systems
License
original code base was proprietary
transition to EPL started with Symbian OS 9.1
completed with the Symbian platform
Manufacturer
Nokia
Symbian Foundation
Symbian Ltd.
Supported Platforms
ARM architecture
X86
Source Model
open source available under EPL
Ui
MOAP
S60 (software platform)
UIQ
Kernel Type
Microkernel
Programmed In
C++
Working State
development of the original Symbian OS code base has given way for an integrated development of the Symbian platform
Category
History of software
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