Much of Symbian's initial intellectual property came from the software arm of Psion PLC.
The current CEO is David Levin. Former CEO, Colly Myers, left the company in 2002 to found Issuebits, the company behind SMS information service Any Question Answered (AQA).
Symbian is a software licensing company, owned by wireless industry leaders, that is the trusted supplier of the advanced, open, standard operating system - Symbian OS - for data-enabled mobile phones.
Symbian is a privately-held company and has very few obligations to publicise information about its financial performance.
Symbian is uniquely positioned to offer exciting and challenging roles for individuals who want to contribute to the further development and success of our company.
Symbian OS has a microkernel architecture, which means that the minimum necessary is within the kernel.
Symbian argues that applications and content, and therefore a developers investment, are better protected than ever, however others contend that the requirement that every application be signed (and thus approved) violates the rights of the end-user, the owner of the phone, and limits the amount of free software available.
Symbian OS development is also possible on Linux and Mac OS X using tools and techniques developed by the community, partly enabled by Symbian releasing the source code for key tools.
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