Tag: science & technology

Symbian OS was announced in 1998 as a collaboration between Psion (creator of EPOC OS), Ericsson, Motorola, and Nokia. Psion provided the foundation OS technology (EPOC) that became Symbian.

Sony Ericsson used the UIQ (User Interface Quartz) interface layer on Symbian OS. UIQ was a touchscreen-oriented user interface platform used by Sony Ericsson and Motorola, while Nokia used S60.

Nokia announced in 2008 that it would acquire 52% of Symbian Software Ltd. This was part of Nokia's strategy to fully control the Symbian operating system, which was the leading smartphone OS at the time. The other options (45%, 48%, 51%) are not the correct percentage announced.

The Symbian Foundation Ltd was registered on August 28, 2008. This was shortly after Nokia announced its intention to acquire Symbian and make it open source. The other dates (Dec 19, May 13, Mar 9) are not the registration date.

The Symbian Foundation Ltd was registered in London, United Kingdom. While the foundation had offices in multiple cities including Foster City (US), Tokyo (Japan), and Helsinki (Finland), its official registration was in London. The other locations are incorrect.

The official launch of the Symbian Foundation and the first Board of Directors meeting was held on February 5, 2009. This event marked the formal beginning of the foundation's operations after its registration in 2008. The other dates are not the official launch date.

The Symbian source code was first made available on April 3, 2009. This was a significant milestone in the foundation's open source initiative, allowing developers to access the mobile operating system code. The other dates are incorrect.

Symbian source code was made available under both the Symbian Foundation License (SFL) and the Eclipse Public License (EPL). This dual-licensing approach provided flexibility for different use cases. The options suggesting only one license or no license are incorrect.

The Symbian Kernel was made available under the Eclipse Public License (EPL) on October 21, 2009. This was part of the gradual open-sourcing of different Symbian components. The other dates do not correspond to this milestone.

The entire Symbian^3 platform was made available under open source licenses on February 4, 2010. This completed the foundation's goal of fully open-sourcing the Symbian platform. The other dates are incorrect for this milestone.