Symbian Platform Development Schedule

Symbian might not be famed for coming up with platform updates in the past, but it certainly looks like it’s making a concentrated effort to do so. The latest platform release plan that has been made public by the Symbian Foundation shows that they’re serious, especially since we’re looking at a new platform every six months. The new naming convention will be “Symbian^N”, where “N” is the version number. David Wood of the Symbian Foundation explains the naming convention:

The simplest way to pronounce “Symbian^2? is “Symbian two”… You can also view the ‘^’ as an upside down ‘v’. So we’re telling the world that, in a way, we are intending to turn versioning upside down – by opening up our roadmap discussions to the entire community.