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Symbian S60v3 (3rd Edition) menu on a.The S60 Platform (formerly Series 60 User Interface) is a for that runs on top of the operating system. It was created by based on the 'Pearl' from It was introduced at in November 2001 and first shipped with the smartphone. The platform has since seen 5 updated editions. Series 60 was renamed to S60 in November 2005.In 2008, the was formed to consolidate all the assets of different Symbian platforms (S60, ), making it. In 2009, based on the code base of S60, the first iteration of the platform since the creation of Symbian Foundation was launched as S60 5th Edition, or Symbian^1, on top of as its base. Subsequent iterations were named Symbian^2 (Japanese market only) and.The S60 software is a multivendor standard for smartphones that supports application development in,.

Its was called Avkon UI. S60 consists of a suite of libraries and standard applications, such as telephony, (PIM) tools, and -based players.

It was intended to power fully featured modern phones with large colour screens, which are commonly known as.Originally, the most distinguishing feature of S60 phones was that they allowed users to install new applications after purchase. Unlike a standard desktop platform, however, the built-in apps are rarely upgraded by the vendor beyond bug fixes. New features are only added to phones while they are being developed rather than after public release. Certain buttons are standardized, such as a menu key, a four way joystick or d-pad, left and right soft keys and a clear key.S60 was mainly used by Nokia but they also licensed it to a few other manufacturers, including,. Sony Ericsson notably was the main vendor using the competing Symbian interface.In addition to the manufacturers the community includes:. Software integration companies such as,.

Semiconductor companies,. Operators such as and who develop and provide S60-based mobile applications and services. Software developers and independent software vendors (ISVs). S60 3rd Edition S60v3 uses a hardened version of , which has. In S60v3, a user may install only programs that have a certificate from a registered developer, unless the user disables that feature or modify the phone's firmware through third-party hacks that circumvent the mandatory signing restrictions.

This makes software written for S60 1st Edition or 2nd Edition not binary-compatible with S60v3. Version 3 was first introduced with in 2005. Version 3.1 (Feature Pack 1) first shipped with. Version 3.2 (Feature Pack 2) first shipped with.In 2006, a 'Designed for S60 Devices' logo program for developers was launched. The logotype can be used with conforming programs regardless of them being native Symbian or Java. S60 5th Edition In October 2008 Symbian^1 was launched as the first OS under the Symbian Foundation, based on the S60 code so therefore also called S60 5th Edition.

Nokia skipped the number 4 as they traditionally always do (due to ). S60 5th Edition runs on.

The major feature of 5th Edition is support for high-resolution 640×360 touchscreens; before 5th Edition, all S60 devices had a button-based user interface. S60 5th Edition also integrates standard C/C APIs and includes Adobe Flash Lite 3.0 with S60-specific ActionScript extensions that give Flash Lite developers access to phone features like contacts, text messaging, sensors and device location information (GPS). Despite the introduction of S60 5th Edition, the 3rd Edition continued to be marketed new as well, as 5th Edition is specially designed for, and exclusively available on touchscreens. Version 5 was first introduced with in 2008.S60 5th Edition was the last edition of S60. It was succeeded by Symbian^2 (based on ) and Symbian^3 in 2010. Versions and supported devices Many devices are capable of running the S60 software platform with the.

Devices ranging from the early running S60 v0.9 on Symbian OS v6.1, to the latest 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 version on what it is based. Note that new devices since Symbian^3 May be capable of upgrading to later systems, such as Symbian Anna and Symbian Belle. Babin, Steve (2005). John Wiley & Sons. P. 12., Nokia, archived from on 17 December 2008, retrieved 31 December 2008.

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