Symbian OS History

History of Symbian OS

Psion: In 1980, Psion was founded by David Potter.

EPOC: EPOC is family of graphical OS developed by Psion for portable device

EPOC 16: EPOC 16 was the OS developed by Psion in 1980 and early 1990s for Psion's SIBO devices like MC200, MC400,Series3 etc.

EPOC-32: The first version of EPOC 32,Release1 appeared on Psion series 5 in 1997. EPOC 32 OS, at that time simply referred to EPOC was later renames to Symbian OS.In 1998, Psion software became Symbian, a major joint venture between Psion and Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola. EPOC simply become Symbian OS.

EPOC-32: The first version of EPOC 32,Release1 appeared on Psion series 5 in 1997. EPOC 32 OS, at that time simply referred to EPOC was later renames to Symbian OS.In 1998, Psion software became Symbian, a major joint venture between Psion and Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola. EPOC simply become Symbian OS.

EPOC OS Release 1-3 (ER1, ER3): The Series 5 device released in june 1997, used it.

EPOC Release 4: The device Osaris used it.

EPOC Release 5: The device like Psion series 5mx, series7 were released using ER5.

ER5u: Ericsson R380 was released using ER5u in november 2000.

Symbian os v6.0 and 6.1: This release sometime is called ER6. The first Symbian OS phone 9210 was released in june 2001.

Symbian OS 7.0 and 7.0s: First released in 2003 which was important release. It also added EDGE.

Symbian OS 8.0: First shipped in 2004. It included new APIs to suppor CDMA,3G, DVB-H.

Symbian OS 8.1: Basically a clean up version of 8.0. Most famous smartphone featuring 8.1a was N90 in 2005.

Symbian OS 9.0: This version was used for internel purpose only.This version has no binary code compatibility with previous version.

Symbian OS 9.1: Relesed early 2005. It includes a controversial mandatory code signing. Developers need to retool and recode. Support for bluetooth 2.0(was 1.2)

Symbian OS 9.2: Relesed Q1 2006. S60 3rd editions, Feature Pack 1 have os 9.2.

Symbian OS 9.3: Relesed on 12 july 2006. Native support for WiFi 802.11,HSDPA.

Symbian OS 9.4: Announced on March 2007. SQL support. Used as the basis for Symbian^1, the first symbian platform released also know as S60 5th edition.

Symbian OS 9.5: native support for mobile TV broadcast in DVB-H and ISDB-T format.

The Nokia History

Nokia's history starts in 1865, when engineer Fredrik Idestam established a wood-pulp mill in southern Finland and started manufacturing paper. Due to the European industrialization and the growing consumption of paper and cardboard Nokia soon became successful. In 1895 Fredrik Idestam handed over the reins of the company to his son-in-law Gustaf Fogelholm.

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