Symbian OS


 
 

Symbian OS is an operating system with associated libraries, user interface frameworks and reference implementations of common tools, produced by Symbian Ltd.. It is a descendant of Psion's EPOC.

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Symbian is currently owned by Ericsson, Panasonic, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens AG and Sony Ericsson.

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There are multiple user interface flavours that use the Symbian OS, such as Sony Ericsson's UIQ and Nokia's (Series 60, Series 80, etc). The adaptability of the user interface enables the use of Symbian OS on various form-factors of hand-held devices: clam-shell or tablet, keyboard and/or pen, PDA or mobile phones, and others.


 

Operating system: In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. Additionally, it provides a foundation upon which to run application software such as word processing programs and web browsers....

Libraries: REDIRECT Library...

User interface: The user interface is the aggregate of means by which people (the users) interact with a particular machine, device, computer program or other complex tool (the system). The user interface provides means of:...


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Introduction
Design
Competition
Structure
History
Devices that have used the Symbian OS
Developing on Symbian OS
External links
 
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