History of Symbian 3
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Symbian^3 was first unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2010 on February 15, 2010. Symbian^3 is a third version of Symbian operating system, which is bringing much-required enhancements and improvements in the following three major areas over its predecessor – Graphical User Interface, Multimedia and Performance. The operating system was designed to be a next generations of Smartphone platform.
The Symbian^3 Software Development Kit (SDK) was released on September 2010. Symbain^3 was built-on Symbian OS 9.5 and Nokia N8 was the first mobile phone, which was running on this operating system.
Symbian^3 is a simpler, better and faster operating system. It is featuring new 3D graphics architecture and support for external displays through HDMI port. It is also having three customizable home screens with a widget manager and single tap menus. A multi-touch support gestures like flicking to scroll and pinching to zoom, makes Symbian phone use much easier.
Features of Symbian^3 are -
Operating System Version |
Symbian OS 9.5 |
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Series 60 Version |
5.2 |
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Multi-touch Support |
Yes |
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Wi-Fi versions |
B, G, N |
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FM Radio and Transmitter |
Yes |
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Adobe Flash |
Flash Lite version 4.0 |
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CPU Architecture |
Yes |
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Web Browser for S60 |
Version 7.2 |
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Tethering |
Bluetooth, Mobile Wi-Fi hotspot, USB |
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Video Out |
Nokia AV Out (PAL/NTSC) |
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Multitasking |
Yes |
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SSH |
Yes (3rd Party) |
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OpenVPN |
Yes (3rd Party) |
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GPU Accelerated GUI |
Yes |
List of Symbian^3 devices –
- Nokia N8
- Nokia C6-01
- Nokia C7-00
- Nokia E7-00
Symbian^4 operating system is expected to release in the first half of the year 2011. However, Nokia has announced that Symbian^4 will not be available for customers as separate release. Instead, it will delivered as the software updates for all Symbian^3 devices. It is said that it is having even more user-friendly interface than Symbian^3.
