Symbian 3

What is Symbian^3?

Symbian^3 is the first fully open source version of the Symbian platform, and the second release of the Symbian platform by the Symbian Foundation. It extends Symbian^2 in many ways, including graphics support for advanced layering and effects, full HDMI support for a great television playback experience and improved data performance - ideal for streaming high definition audio and video. View the full press release or our blog for more information.

There's a lot to benefit both users and developers in Symbian^3!

The most important improvements to the user experience:

• Networking An improved networking architecture, ideal for streaming high definition audio and video
• Multimedia Full HDMI support with HDCP to provide a great high definition video experience when plugging your mobile device into a television
• Graphics Re-architected to harness the full power of graphics hardware acceleration and provide support for advanced layering and effects
• Usability Improved single tap support to make the UI more fluid and easy to use

Visit our developer wiki for details about Symbian^3 for Users!

Symbian ^3 Screenshots

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Symbian^3 for Developers

• Qt 4.6 Application Framework Availability of the Qt 4.6 application framework for Symbian^3 is a key step in the evolution of Symbian's application development environment - it will become the primary application framework in Symbian^4. Availability in Symbian^3 allows developers to start unleashing the power of this new runtime, to plan new applications and to start the migration of their existing applications.
• Smart Installer for dependency management We have added “smart installer” technology in S^3 which makes it possible to fetch and install the correct version of Qt automatically when a user attempts to download a Qt-based application.

Learn more about Symbian^3 for Developers!

Can I get my hands on S^3 now?

Absolutely - with the recent open sourcing of the entire S^3 platform anyone can get their hands on it - just go to the ’Source’ page on the Symbian's developer website.

We have more news about Symbian^3

Learn more about the variety of ways in which members have been contributing to the success of the open source platform, while giving their own business a boost. Symbian is the only mobile open source project in which active members truly determine the future of mobile.

The Symbian Ideas web site allows the Symbian community to discuss and innovate around the Symbian platform and the applications that run on it. Now anyone can propose an idea for enhancing the Symbian mobile experience!