S60 software platform

Operating platform S60 (formerly Series 60 User Interface) is a software platform for mobile phones that run on Symbian OS. S60 is present between the platforms most commonly used smartphone in the world. It was created by Nokia, which make the platform open source and contributed to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by manufacturers of mobile devices including mobile phone company Siemens, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic and Samsung. the joint establishment of the Sony programs for Nokia. It was the most popular Symbian OS smartphone on the market by 47% of sales in the sector overall, with 17.9m phones sold in Q4 2008.

In addition to the manufacturers community includes:

* Software integration companies such as Sasken, Elektrobit, Teleca, Digia, Mobica, Atelier.tm
* Semiconductor companies Texas Instruments, ST micro, Broadcom, Sony, Freescale, Samsung Electronics
* Companies such as Vodafone, Orange who develop and provide S60 mobile applications and services based on
* Software developers and independent software vendors).

S60 consists of a set of libraries and standard applications, such as tools, and personal information management system, telephone and Helix-based multimedia players. It aims to mobile modern energy fully-featured with large color screens, which are commonly known as smart phones.

In the S60 is a standard multiple sources for smartphones that supports application development in Java MIDP, C + +, Python, and Adobe Flash. Originally, the hallmark of most S60 phones they allow users to install new applications after the purchase. Unlike the standard desktop platform, however, included in the applications rarely are upgraded by the seller and behind the reforms. New features are added only to the phones while they are being developed rather than after the public release. Specific and uniform buttons, such as the menu key, four-way joystick or d-pad, left and right soft keys and the key to clear.