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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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Symbian (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.)

All labels observed (28)

Label Occurrences
Symbian OS 76
Symbian canonical 26
Symbian OS 9.1 7

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Ltd. ⓘ
linked to: Symbian
discontinued 2014 ⓘ
finalReleaseDate 2012 ⓘ
finalReleaseVersion Symbian Belle Feature Pack 2 ⓘ
linked to: Symbian
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 808 PureView ⓘ
linked to: Nokia PureView camera technology

Nokia E71 ⓘ
linked to: Nokia Eseries

Nokia N8 ⓘ
linked to: Nokia Nseries

Nokia N95 ⓘ
linked to: Nokia Nseries
openSourceAttempt Symbian Foundation open-sourcing initiative ⓘ
ownedBy Nokia ⓘ
Symbian Foundation ⓘ
linked to: Symbian
peakMarketShare over 60% of global smartphone market ⓘ
primaryDeveloperCountry Finland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
programmingLanguage C++ ⓘ
Java ME (for applications) ⓘ
linked to: Java Platform, Micro Edition
successor Windows Phone (in Nokia strategy) ⓘ
linked to: Windows Phone
supportedPlatform ARM architecture ⓘ
linked to: ARM
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 ⓘ
linked to: Fujitsu Limited

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

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Referenced by (147)

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