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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?

Priya Agarwal
2012-10-22 16:02:22
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian#History
Drew Butler
2012-10-21 17:24:42
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Harish Jonnalagadda
2012-10-21 17:32:16
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Yeah I knew when Symbian originated but not how the name came to be..
ha14
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.
kevin gnanaraj
2012-10-20 20:57:53
Exactly!
rajaspidey
2012-10-20 13:52:14
may be because it was joint venture of nokia, Samsung & moto I early days. symbiotic = symbian
Dimal Chandrasiri
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
kevin gnanaraj
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?