Smartphone History

Sony Ericsson P800 review: Operating SystemThe p800 is a Symbian OS-powered device, meaning you can download thousands of 3rd party Symbian format applications and games. It is also true multitasking, meaning multiple programmes can run in the background while you are on something else. For example, the built-in mail client can be checking for new mails and the browser loading a web page simultaneously while I am typing in a couple of calendar entries....

Symbian had its roots in EPOC, which later became Symbian Ltd. Different software platforms were created from Symbian. One of them was Series 60 or S60, created by Nokia in 2001. Years later, the other mainstream versions of the operating system, S80 (used in the Nokia Communicators) and UIQ (used by Sony Ericsson and Motorola) were shut down and S60 became the defacto Symbian version. The Japanese had their own version of the OS which they continued with, Japan having always been a different kettle of fish from the rest of the world in mobile matters....