Symbian OS
Symbian OS, originally named EPOC32, is a smartphone operating system which was used by various brands, most notably Nokia. It succeeded EPOC16, which ran on Psion's 16-bit Intel 8086 handheld computers.
Symbian supported various user interfaces intended for different device form factors and feature sets.
Originally it was used on Psion PDAs (EPOC Release 1-5), the first version used on phones was 5.1 (Release 5u) on the Ericsson R380.
List of user interfaces
Source: [1]
| Name | Codename | Versions | Symbian version | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eikon | -- | -- | EPOC Release 1 EPOC Release 2 EPOC Release 3 EPOC Release 4 EPOC Release 5 EPOC Release 5u |
Ran on Psion's and other manufacturers' 32-bit ARM handheld computers. Release 5u (u standing for Unicode support) was only used on the Ericsson R380. |
| Series 60 S60 |
Pearl | 1st Edition 2nd Edition (FP 1) 2nd Edition FP 2 2nd Edition FP 3 3rd Edition 3rd Edition FP 1 3rd Edition FP 2 5th Edition/Symbian^1 |
6.1 7.0 8.0 8.1 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 |
Used on the majority of Nokia smartphones, also licensed to many other manufacturers such as Samsung. |
| Series 80 | Crystal | 1st Edition (9210) 2nd Edition (9300/9500) |
6.0 7.0 |
Only used on some Nokia Communicator devices. |
| Series 90 | Hildon | -- | 7.0 | Only used on the Nokia 7710 and its unreleased prototype 7700. Shares the same codebase with Series 80 2nd Edition.[2] |
| Symbian^2 | -- | ? | 9.4? | Only used on Japanese NTT DoCoMo MOAP phones. |
| Symbian^3 | -- | Symbian^3 Symbian Anna Symbian Belle/Nokia Belle |
9.5 10.1 10.5 |
The direct successor to S60, with improvements such as hardware accelerated graphics and better user experience. It is also the last Symbian UI. |
| UIQ | Quartz | 1.0 1.1 2.0 2.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 |
6.0 6.1 7.1 9.1 9.2 9.3 |
Competitor to Series 60, mostly used by Sony Ericsson and Motorola. Discontinued in 2009. |