Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system and computing platform designed for feature phones and smartphones. It was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for personal digital assistants on June 5, 1997, by the Symbian Ltd. consortium, and is a descendant of Psion's EPOC. Used primarily by Nokia and also by Samsung, Motorola and Sony Ericsson devices, it was the most popular smartphone OS on a worldwide average until the end of 2010, when it was overtaken by iOS and Android.
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SignificancePioneer that established the smartphone industry; most popular smartphone OS worldwide until the end of 2010 1 Classification
LicenseProprietary (Closed Source) 1 FAQs
Why did Nokia wind down Symbian?
Nokia chose Windows Phone 7 as its main smartphone platform in February 2011 and phased Symbian out.
In February 2011 Nokia, by then the only remaining company still supporting Symbian outside Japan, announced that it would use Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 as its primary smartphone platform. Symbian was to be gradually wound down.
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1997 06 05 (as EPOC32)
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As a pioneer that established the smartphone industry, it was the most popular smartphone OS on a worldwide average until the end of 2010
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It was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for personal digital assistants on June 5, 1997 by the Symbian Ltd. consortium.
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Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for feature phones and smartphones.
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Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for feature phones and smartphones.
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