S60 Versions and Supported Devices
Many devices are capable of running the S60 software platform with the Symbian OS. Devices ranging from the early Nokia 7650 running S60 v0.9 on Symbian OS v6.1, to the latest Samsung i8910 Omnia HD running S60 v5.0 on Symbian OS v9.4. In Symbian^3 the version of the revised platform is v5.2.
The table lists devices carrying each version of S60 as well as the Symbian OS version it is based on. Note that new devices since Symbian^3 May be capable of upgrading to later systems, such as Symbian Anna and Symbian Belle. Therefore, you may see a device being listed in many systems.
| Product Name | S60 Version Number |
Symbian OS Version Number |
Devices |
|---|---|---|---|
| S60 1st Edition | 0.9 | 6.1 |
|
| S60 1st Edition, Feature Pack 1 |
1.2 | 6.1 |
|
| S60 2nd Edition | 2.0 | 7.0s |
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| S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 1 |
2.1 | 7.0s |
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| S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 2 |
2.6 | 8.0a |
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| S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 3 |
2.8 | 8.1a |
|
| S60 3rd Edition | 3.0 | 9.1 |
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| S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1 |
3.1 | 9.2 |
|
| S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 |
3.2 | 9.3 |
|
| S60 5th Edition (Corresponds to Symbian^1) |
5.0 | 9.4 |
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| Symbian^2 |
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| Symbian^3 | 5.2 | 9.5 |
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| Symbian Anna | 5.2 | 9.5 |
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| Nokia Belle (Renamed from Symbian Belle) |
5.3 | 101 |
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| Nokia Belle, Feature Pack 1 |
5.4 | 101 |
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| Nokia Belle, Feature Pack 2 |
5.5 | 101 |
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Symbian is now progressing through a period of organisational change to metamorph into an open source software platform project. As an OS, Symbian OS originally provided no user interface (UI), the visual layer that runs atop an operating system. This was implemented separately. Examples of Symbian UIs are MOAP; Series 60; Series 80; Series 90 and UIQ. This separation of UI from underlying OS has created both flexibility and some confusion in the market place. The Nokia purchase of Symbian was brokered with the involvement of the other UI developers and all major user interface layers have been (or have been pledged to be) donated to the open source foundation who will independently own the Symbian operating system. The new Symbian Foundation has announced its intent to unify different Symbian UIs into a single UI based on the S60 platform. (Announcements made in March 2009 indicated this would be the S60 5th edition with feature pack 1).
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