In June 2023, Symbian turned 25 years old. During this period of time, this OS in its time and managed to become popular among mobile devices, and to obtain the status of a cult. But with the emergence of more modern competitors, the system rapidly faded into the sunset. Why did this happen?
In this video..:
- we will look at the history of Symbian: how it came to be, etc.
- we take a look at release versions and platforms based on it
- we find out why Symbian is no longer around
- we overview at the devices that contain the platform
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⌚ Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
0:05 - Brief Introduction
1:17 - What came before Symbian?
5:08 - "Collab for a million": how and why Symbian OS appeared
6:38 - How was the first release of the Symbian OS called?
6:51 - The first Symbian: RealPlayer, Flash Player support, third-party app support
8:29 - Symbian 6.1: EDGE, Bluetooth, Series 60 platform
8:42 - Symbian 7.x: J2ME, MMS, IPv6, Wi-Fi
9:50 - The first Symbian virus: Caribe
10:20 - Symbian 8.0: 3G improvement, support for stereo sound output, Bluetooth 1.2
10:39 - Series 60 becomes universal and Psion leaves Symbian
11:08 - Symbian 8.1: SVG
11:17 - Symbian 9.1: New Kernel, App Certification and first problems
12:17 - Other Symbian releases
12:55 - Announcement of Nokia Ovi
13:08 - Nokia takes over Symbian
13:23 - Opening of the first Ovi service - Ovi Store
13:34 - Further redesign of Symbian
14:54 - What was Symbian's downside? Problems with the OS
15:22 - Symbian's sunset and EOL
17:29 - Symbian Popularity
17:59 - Overview of Symbian devices
22:04 - What is Symbian like now? How did Symbian apps get built?
23:15 - Conclusions
25:02 - End
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