What is Symbian OS?
The advanced or data enabled Nokia smart phones use an open source operating system called Symbian OS. It is exclusive to ARM processors. For early electronic organizers, Psion’s EPOC was used as the basic operating system which evolved into Symbian OS. To differ Psion EPOC OS from 32bit operating system EPOC32; EPOC16 was the name given to Psion EPOC OS. The EPOC32 further became Symbian OS. A joint venture between Psion software and several mobile manufactures including Nokia, Motorola and Ericsson was created and was named Symbian. This software company renamed itself as Symbian Software and also renamed EPOC Symbian OS. Performing multiple functions at once or multi-tasking was one of the key advantages of EPOC32 over EPOC16. People were able to surf the net and if there is a call in between then the data was not lost. For other mobile devices and for their own organizers, many third party manufacturers were able to license EPOC32 OS. Eventually, one of the most popular mobile oper
Symbian OS is an open source operating system for mobile phones primarily used on Nokia advanced or data enabled smart phones. Symbian OS runs exclusively on ARM processors and has evolved from Psion’s EPOC which was developed as a rudimentary operating system for early electronic organizers. The Psion EPOC OS was refered to EPOC16 beginning in the late 1990’s to help distinguish it from the newer 32bit Operating system EPOC32, which eventually became Symbian OS. Psion software created a joint venture with several mobile hardware manufacturers, Ericsson®, Motorola®, and Nokia® called Symbian and eventually took on the name Symbian Software, renaming EPOC32 Symbian OS.
