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I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but I was wondering where the name Symbian came from. Is it maybe a reference to it being a fork of debian for "SIM" cards or does it signify the symbiotic relationship of sorts between phone software and hardware?
2012-10-22 16:02:22
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian#History
2012-10-21 17:24:42
This thread is very interesting.
2012-10-21 17:32:16
Yeah I knew when Symbian originated but not how the name came to be..
2012-10-20 15:28:01
Psion software created a joint venture with several mobile hardware manufacturers, Ericsson®, Motorola®, and Nokia® called Symbian and eventually took on the name Symbian Software, renaming EPOC32 Symbian OS.http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-symbian-os.htm
2012-10-20 17:44:05
He is asking how did the word 'symbian' originated.
2012-10-20 20:57:53
Exactly!
2012-10-20 13:52:14
may be because it was joint venture of nokia, Samsung & moto I early days. symbiotic = symbian
2012-10-20 07:37:02
dude, read the following article. has everything you need to know about simbian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian#History
2012-10-20 13:09:01
It doesn't have the answers to my question-how did they come up with "Symbian"? I understand that it was the name of the company and the OS name was changed to it, but who came up with "Symbian" in the first place and where did they get it from?