Symbian OS - History, Versions, and Features Overview
Explore the evolution of Symbian OS, from its development by Symbian Ltd to its acquisition by Nokia, along with a look at its different versions and key features like user interface enhancements. Learn about the platform designed for smartphones and maintained by Nokia, offering support for various applications and functionalities.
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Symbian OS OS PREPARED BY AMNA ZAYED & ABDULLA ABDULQAYYUM 1
SYMBIAN: SYMBIAN: Symbian Symbian Symbian OS is an operating system and software platform that designed for smart phones and maintained by Nokia. Symbian platform includes a user interface based on S60. Symbian OS originally developed to runs exclusively on ARM processors. Purpose: Purpose: To be an operating system for the smart phones that support a lot of features and applications 2
HISTORY OF THE SYMBIAN HISTORY OF THE SYMBIAN Symbian OS was developed by symbian LTD,that sold it to nokia company in December 2008. The first announced of symbian was in June 2008 and which officially launched in April 2009 3
VERSIONS VERSIONS Symbian has released a series of Symbian has released a series of so symbian^2, symbian^2, Symbian^1 was the first release of the symbian OS and it was Symbian^1 was the first release of the symbian OS and it was support the basic platform for the support the basic platform for the smart phones. Symbian^2 was the first royalty Symbian^2 was the first royalty- -free version of Symbian Symbian^3 released in feb Symbian^3 released in feb- -2010 and designed to be the next 2010 and designed to be the next generation generation smart phones smart phones platform, platform, winch features like the 2D and 3D graphic architectures ,also its support features like the 2D and 3D graphic architectures ,also its support the HDMI external displays . Its released in sep the HDMI external displays . Its released in sep- -2010. The first use of Symbian^3 was over 4 The first use of Symbian^3 was over 4 nokia N8,C6 N8,C6- -01,E7 01,E7- -00,C7 00,C7- -00 . 00 . Symbian^4 expected to be released in the first half of 2011 but Symbian^4 expected to be released in the first half of 2011 but nokia announced that symbian^4 will not be released, however the nokia announced that symbian^4 will not be released, however the needed improvement will be like an updated for the Symbian^3 needed improvement will be like an updated for the Symbian^3 so in the following style symbian^1, in the following style symbian^1, smart phones. free version of Symbian winch support a lot of new support a lot of new 2010. nokia smart phoned smart phoned models models 4
FEATURES FEATURES We will take a three side features and have some details over them User interface Browser Applications and developments 5
USER INTERFACE USER INTERFACE Till the symbian^3, symbian was use S60 User Interface that designed to be manipulated by a keyboard-like interface. Symbian^3 includes the Qt framework, which is now the recommended user interface toolkit for new applications. Qt can also be installed on older Symbian devices. A new Graphical User Interface was suggested to be used by the symbian^4 that support a special features for the touch based interface. 6
BROWSER AND APPLICATIONS AND BROWSER AND APPLICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENTS browser browser Symbian was the first Smartphone's platform that support webkit but earlier the sybmian^3 has more new webkits witch QT- based browser Applications and development Applications and development Can use a lot of development environments like python for S60 and adobe Flash , Java me, Flash Lite, Ruby, .NET, Web Runtime (WRT) . 7
FEATURES We will take one of the symbian OS version and have some feature of it Symbian^3 Support multi-touch input. More than one home screen. All of the wifi versions B,G,N. USB on-the-go. FM radio Adobe flash ARM CPU architecture The main files operation Copy, Cut, Paste . Special web-kit browser. POP3,IMAP Email sync protocols. Multitasking. Bluetooth, skype , facebook , . Support Text document, Audio, Video, Video- conference front video camera. 8
COMPETITORS As we know now the Smartphone's become almost similar in features and its use a different OS types, We will talk some about the N8, I-phone 4. We will compare the features of the following screen, camera, features and applications 9
COMPETITORS I PHONE OS THAT USED IN PHONE 4 SYMPIAN^3 THAT S USED IN N8 Screen Screen : use 640 x 960 pixel display, is the same size as the Nokia N8 s Camera Camera: only use 5-megapixels camera Applications Applications : on the iPhone are far superior than those found on both Android, RIM, Windows and Symbian Features Features: The iPhone however pack in Retina Display technology, applications, glass casing, three-axis gyro sensor, 326ppi display, games, apps folders, 64GB of storage and the impressive, power- saving, Apple A4 Processor Screen: Screen: N8 use 360 x 640 pixels 3.5-inch touch screen. Camera: Camera: use powerful 12-megapixel camera and Xenon Flash Application: Application: along time there is a lot of application but its still few and slower to be compared with the I phone Features/Quirks Features/Quirks The Nokia N8 features an HDMI port and Dolby Digital Plus surround stereo, Xenon Flash, 12 megapixel camera, Ovi Services, 48GB of storage with a micro SD card, 720p video and it comes in multiple colors. 10
POPULARITY POPULARITY Statistics published for the second quarter of 2010 showed that Symbian devices comprised a 41.2% share of smart mobile devices sold, with RIM having 18.2%, Android having 17.2%, and Apple having 15.1% (through iPhone OS) Previous reports on device shipments as published in February 2010 showed that the Symbian devices comprised a 47.2% share of the smart mobile devices shipped in 2009, with RIM having 20.8%, Apple having 15.1% (through iPhone OS) 11
UPCOMING UPCOMING As nokia announced that it will make the needed improvements like updates for the symbian^3 and it will not release the symbian^4 till now As we said b4 it s the symbian^4 Witch will support the touch-based interface with more functionality, but Nokia it would be migrate the symbian to windows phone 7 12
REFERENCES REFERENCES http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian http://blog.symbian.org/2010/12/17/symbian-foundation- is-completing-its-transition-to-a-licensing-body/ http://www.knowyourmobile.com/comparisons/512357/no kia_n8_vs_iphone_4.html http://www.knowyourmobile.com/comparisons/512358/no kia_n8_vs_iphone_4.html 13
