Symbian OS
Symbian OS is the operating system licensed by the world’s leading mobile phone manufacturers. Symbian OS is designed for the specific requirements of open, data-enabled 2G, 2.5G and 3G mobile phone.Key features of symbian,how symbian supports modern features of mobile phones are discussed briefly.
The Symbian platform was created by merging and integrating software assets contributed by Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Sony Ericsson and Symbian Ltd., including Symbian OS assets at its core, the S60 platform, and parts of the UIQ and MOAP(S) user interfaces.
Symbian is a mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture.[7] The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user interface component based on S60 5th Edition. The latest version, Symbian^3, was officially released in Q4 2010, first used in the Nokia N8. In May 2011 an update, Symbian Anna, was officially announced, followed by Nokia Belle (previously Symbian Belle) in August 2011.[8][9]
Symbian OS was originally developed by Symbian Ltd.[10] It is a descendant of Psion’s EPOC and runs exclusively on ARM processors, although an unreleased x86 port existed.