Understanding The Symbian OS



Symbian OS
is one of Nokia's mobile operating systems for mobile devices, originally developed by Symbian Ltd.

It is a descendant of Psion's EPOC and runs exclusively on ARM processors. The OS was renamed Symbian OS and was envisioned as the base for a new range of smartphones. This release is sometimes called ER6. Psion gave 130 key staff to the new company and retained a 31% shareholding in the spun-out business. The first 'open' Symbian OS phone, the Nokia 9210 Communicator, was released in June 2001

Symbian OS was created with three systems design principles in mind:

  • the integrity and security of user data is paramount,
  • user time must not be wasted, and
  • all resources are scarce.

Series 40

Series 40 is a software platform and application user interface (UI) software on Nokia's broad range of mid-tier mobile phones, as well as on the Vertu line of luxury phones. It is the world's most widely used mobile phone platform and found in hundreds of millions of devices.


List Of s40 Devices
Nokia 2355
Nokia 2610
Nokia 2626
Nokia 5140i
Nokia 6030
Nokia 2855
Nokia 5070
Nokia 6070
Nokia 6080
Nokia 6101
Nokia 6102
Nokia 6102i
Nokia 6103
Nokia 7360
Nokia 2865
Nokia 2865i
Nokia 6111
Nokia 6165
Nokia 6125
Nokia 6136
Nokia 6151
Nokia 3109 classic
Nokia 3110 classic
Nokia 3500 classic
Nokia 5200
Nokia 6085
Nokia 6086
Nokia 2600 classic
Nokia 2630
Nokia 2660
Nokia 2680 slide
Nokia 2760
Nokia 7070 Prism
Nokia 1680 classic
Nokia 3555
Nokia 6230i
Nokia 8800
Nokia 8801
Nokia 8800 Sirocco
Nokia 6265
Nokia 6265i
Nokia 6270
Nokia 6275
Nokia 6275i
Nokia 6280
Nokia 6282
Nokia 6288
Nokia 7370
Nokia 6126
Nokia 6131
Nokia 6131 NFC
Nokia 6133
Nokia 6233
Nokia 6234
Nokia 8600 Luna
Nokia 5300
Nokia 6300
Nokia 7373
Nokia 7390
Nokia 6263
Nokia 6267
Nokia 6555
Nokia 7500 Prism
Nokia 3120 classic
Nokia 3600 slide
Nokia 5000
Nokia 5220 XpressMusic
Nokia 5310 XpressMusic
Nokia 5610 XpressMusic
Nokia 6212 classic
Nokia 6300i
Nokia 6301
Nokia 6500 classic
Nokia 6500 slide
Nokia 6600 fold
Nokia 6600 slide
Nokia 7310 Supernova
Nokia 7900 Prism
Nokia 8800 Arte
Nokia 7510 Supernova


Series 60

The S60 Platform (formerly Series 60 User Interface) is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. S60 is currently amongst the most-used smartphone platforms in the world. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Siemens mobile, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic and Samsung. Sony co-created the software with Nokia. Symbian is the most popular smartphone OS on the market.


S60 Editions And Phones Included In Those:

S60 1st Edition
Nokia 7650

S60 1st Edition, Feature Pack 1
Nokia 3600
Nokia 3620
Nokia 3650
Nokia 3660
Nokia N-Gage
Nokia N-Gage QD
Sendo X
Sendo X2
Siemens SX1

S60 2nd Edition
Nokia 6600
Panasonic X700
Panasonic X800
Samsung SGH-D720
Samsung SGH-D728
Samsung SGH-D730
Samsung SGH-Z600

S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 1
Nokia 3230
Nokia 6260
Nokia 6620
Nokia 6670
Nokia 7610

S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 2
Lenovo P930
Nokia 6630
Nokia 6680
Nokia 6681
Nokia 6682

S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 3
Nokia N70
Nokia N72
Nokia N90

S60 3rd Edition
Nokia 3250
Nokia 5500 Sport
Nokia E50
Nokia E60
Nokia E61
Nokia E61i
Nokia E62
Nokia E65
Nokia E70
Nokia N71
Nokia N73
Nokia N75
Nokia N77
Nokia N80
Nokia N91
Nokia N91 8GB
Nokia N92
Nokia N93
Nokia N93i
Samsung SGH-i570

S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1
LG KS10
LG KT610
LG KT615
Nokia 5700 XpressMusic
Nokia 6110 Navigator
Nokia 6120 Classic
Nokia 6121 Classic
Nokia 6124 classic
Nokia 6290
Nokia E51
Nokia E63
Nokia E66
Nokia E71
Nokia E90 Communicator
Nokia N76
Nokia N81
Nokia N81 8GB
Nokia N82
Nokia N95
Nokia N95 8GB
Samsung SGH-G810
Samsung SGH-i400
Samsung SGH-i408
Samsung SGH-i450
Samsung SGH-i458
Samsung SGH-i520
Samsung SGH-i550
Samsung SGH-i550w
Samsung SGH-i560
Samsung SGH-i568

S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2
Nokia 5320 XpressMusic
Nokia 5630 XpressMusic
Nokia 5730 XpressMusic
Nokia 6210 Navigator
Nokia 6220 Classic
Nokia 6650 fold
Nokia 6710 Navigator
Nokia 6720 Classic
Nokia 6730 Classic
Nokia 6760 Slide
Nokia 6790 Surge
Nokia C5
Nokia E5-00
Nokia E52
Nokia E55
Nokia E71x
Nokia E72
Nokia E75
Nokia N78
Nokia N79
Nokia N85
Nokia N86 8MP
Nokia N96
Samsung GT-i8510 (INNOV8)
Samsung GT-I7110
Samsung SGH-L870

S60 5th Edition
Nokia 5230
Nokia 5233
Nokia 5235
Nokia 5250
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition
Nokia C6-00
Nokia N97
Nokia N97 mini
Nokia X6
Samsung i8910 Omnia HD[7]
Sony Ericsson Satio
Sony Ericsson Vivaz
Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro

Symbian^2
DoCoMo F-07B
DoCoMo F-08B
DoCoMo F-06B
DoCoMo SH-07B

Symbian^3
Nokia C6-01
Nokia C7-00
Nokia E7-00
Nokia N8


Series 80

The Series 80 (formerly Crystal) was a short-lived mobile software platform for enterprise and professional level mobile phones made by Nokia. It uses the Symbian OS. Common physical properties to this Symbian OS user interface type is a screen resolution of 640 x 200 pixels and a full QWERTY keyboard.


List Of S80 Devices
Nokia 9210
Nokia 9210i
Nokia 9290
Nokia 9300
Nokia 9300i
Nokia 9500



Series 90


The Series 90 was a platform for mobile phones that used Symbian OS. It was developed primarily by Nokia and currently used only on the Nokia 7710. Nokia discontinued Series 90 as a platform, but merged its technology into S60. No new Series 90 devices are expected.


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