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| Company / developer | Symbian Foundation |
| OS family | Embedded operating systems |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Free and open source software |
| Latest stable release | Symbian^2 / Q2 2009 |
| Marketing target | Mobile devices |
| Supported platforms | ARM, x86[1] |
| Kernel type | Microkernel |
| Default user interface | S60 platform for now. |
| License | Eclipse Public License |
| Website | symbian.org |
The Symbian platform is an open source operating system for mobile devices. It was created by merging and integrating software assets contributed by Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, and Sony Ericsson, including Symbian OS, the S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) user interfaces.
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History
Symbian is the successor to Symbian OS, following the official launch of the Symbian Foundation in April 2009.[citation needed]
Devices
Symbian^1 forms the basis for the platform. It incorporates Symbian OS and S60 5th Edition (S60 5.0), which is built on Symbian OS v9.4.[1]
The first open version of Symbian will be Symbian^2[2], however as of November 1, 2009 there are no devices with this version announced.[3]
| Symbian edition | Devices |
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| Symbian^1 (Corresponds to S60 5.0) |
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| Symbian^2 | None announced as of November 1, 2009[3] |
Applications
Symbian Horizon is an application-publishing program and directory of applications for Symbian mobile devices that was launched on October 27th, 2009[5][6].
References
- ^ "Symbian^1". Symbian Foundation. http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Symbian%5E1. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
- ^ "Symbian^2". Symbian Foundation. http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Symbian%5E2. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
- ^ a b "Devices using Symbian^2". Symbian Foundation. http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Symbian_Devices#Devices_using_Symbian.5E2. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Devices using Symbian^1". Symbian Foundation. http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Symbian_Devices#Devices_using_Symbian.5E1. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
- ^ "Symbian Launches Mobile Publishing Program". http://www.symbian.org/news-and-media/2009/10/27/symbian-launches-mobile-publishing-program.
- ^ "Symbian Horizon app store launched, dev program detailed". http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/28/symbian-horizon-app-store-launched-dev-program-detailed/.
External links
- Official Symbian website
- Official Symbian Foundation blog
- Symbian Ideas website
- Symbian Foundation News & Press Releases
- Symbian developer website
- Symbian Horizon website
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