Symbian

E56746
discontinued software mobile operating system operating system

Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system that was widely used on early smartphones, particularly those produced by Nokia, before being overtaken by modern platforms like Android and iOS.

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All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
Symbian OS 47
Symbian canonical 13
Symbian OS 9.1 7

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf discontinued software ⓘ
mobile operating system ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
basedOn EPOC ⓘ
category smartphone operating systems ⓘ
declineCause competition from Android ⓘ
competition from iOS ⓘ
complex developer environment ⓘ
developer Nokia ⓘ
Psion ⓘ
Symbian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Symbian Ltd.
discontinued 2014 ⓘ
finalReleaseDate 2012 ⓘ
finalReleaseVersion Symbian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Symbian Belle Feature Pack 2
initialReleaseDate 1997 ⓘ
kernelType microkernel ⓘ
license proprietary ⓘ
marketPosition dominant smartphone OS in the 2000s ⓘ
notableCharacteristic optimized for low-memory devices ⓘ
power-efficient design for early smartphones ⓘ
notableDevice Nokia 7650 ⓘ
Nokia PureView camera technology ⓘ
surface form: Nokia 808 PureView

Nokia Eseries ⓘ
surface form: Nokia E71

Nokia Nseries ⓘ
surface form: Nokia N8

Nokia Nseries ⓘ
surface form: Nokia N95
openSourceAttempt Symbian Foundation open-sourcing initiative ⓘ
ownedBy Nokia ⓘ
Symbian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Symbian Foundation
peakMarketShare over 60% of global smartphone market ⓘ
primaryDeveloperCountry Finland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
programmingLanguage C++ ⓘ
Java Platform, Micro Edition ⓘ
surface form: Java ME (for applications)
successor Windows Phone ⓘ
surface form: Windows Phone (in Nokia strategy)
supportedPlatform ARM ⓘ
surface form: ARM architecture
supportsFeature Bluetooth ⓘ
GPS (on supported devices) ⓘ
SMS and MMS messaging ⓘ
Wi‑Fi (on supported devices) ⓘ
mobile web browsing ⓘ
multitasking ⓘ
native applications ⓘ
telephony ⓘ
touchscreen input (later versions) ⓘ
supportsMultimedia audio playback ⓘ
camera integration ⓘ
video playback ⓘ
UIPlatform S60 ⓘ
Series 80 ⓘ
Series 90 ⓘ
UIQ ⓘ
usedByManufacturer Fujitsu Limited ⓘ
surface form: Fujitsu

Motorola ⓘ
Nokia ⓘ
Samsung ⓘ
Sharp ⓘ
Siemens ⓘ
Sony Ericsson ⓘ

Referenced by (95)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nokia Devices and Services business → operatingSystemUsed → Symbian ⓘ
Windows Mobile → competesWith → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Opera Mini → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
Symbian → developer → Symbian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian Ltd.
Symbian → finalReleaseVersion → Symbian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian Belle Feature Pack 2
Symbian → ownedBy → Symbian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian Foundation
Series 40 → differentFrom → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Nokia PureView camera technology → operatingSystemEcosystem → Symbian ⓘ
Nokia ClearBlack display technology → introducedByBrand → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nokia Symbian smartphones
Nokia Eseries → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Nokia Nseries → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Nokia 3000 series → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
BlackBerry OS → competitor → Symbian ⓘ
Opera Mobile → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
Psion → EPOCEvolvedInto → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Psion → coFounded → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian Ltd
Psion → wasShareholderOf → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian Ltd
EPOC → operatingSystemFamily → Symbian ⓘ
EPOC → predecessorOf → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
EPOC → successor → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Sony Ericsson → operatingSystemUsed → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Nokia 7650 → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Nokia 7650 → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS Series 60
Nokia 7650 → operatingSystemFamily → Symbian ⓘ
S60 → operatingSystemFamily → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
S60 → basedOn → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
S60 → replacedBy → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nokia Symbian^3 platform
UIQ → basedOn → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
UIQ → operatingSystemFamily → Symbian ⓘ
UIQ → originallyDevelopedBy → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian Ltd.
UIQ → supportsTechnology → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian C++ APIs
Series 80 → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Series 90 → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Series 90 → basedOn → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Series 60 → basedOn → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Series 60 → operatingSystemFamily → Symbian ⓘ
Nokia platforms → includes → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Nokia platforms → includes → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian^1
Nokia platforms → includes → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian^3
Nokia smartphones → usesOperatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
Nokia 808 PureView → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
Nokia Store → supportedOperatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
Nokia E5 → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Nokia E5 → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian S60 3rd Edition
Nokia E7 → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian^3
Nokia C6-01 → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian^3
Nokia E50 → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Nokia 3650 → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS
Nokia 3650 → operatingSystemVersion → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS v6.1
Nokia E51 → operatingSystem → Symbian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbian OS