Symbian is the most widely used smartphone operating system, but it is losing ground to rivals like Apple, Research In Motion, Microsoft, and in recent months. Last year, Nokia, previously the largest shareholder in Symbian, has decided to revive its growth through the unification of software and release it with an open-source license as part of the base of the company.

Symbian may be the most popular smartphone platform in the world and there may be tons of interesting mobile apps for it out there. The problem is there’s no way to easily find and get them on to your handset. According to Eldar Murtazin, the new Nokia app store for Symbian devices is already up and running in a closed mode — ready to lauch at the coming Mobile World Congress. But they are trying, polishing it and a lot has changed for the better in a matter of days. A right step in a right direction… And the distribution and revenue sharing model between app makers and Nokia looks very attractive.

Symbian OS continues to be the top operating system for smartphones across the world, with the number of Symbian OS phones sold now well beyond the 100 million mark. As more and more developers realize the huge opportunities available designing with Symbian OS, one of the first major obstacles they face is the sheer length of time it takes to start producing functional C++ applications for Symbian OS phones.