<s>
Symobi	B-Operating_System
(	O
System	O
for	O
mobile	O
applications	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
modern	O
and	O
mobile	O
real-time	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphical	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
is	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
embedded	B-Architecture
and	O
mobile	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basis	O
of	O
Symobi	B-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
message-oriented	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
µnOS	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
on	O
its	O
part	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
real-time	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
Sphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
µnOS	O
offers	O
communication	O
through	O
message	B-Architecture
passing	I-Architecture
between	O
all	O
processes	O
(	O
from	O
basic	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
service	O
processes	O
to	O
application	O
processes	O
)	O
using	O
the	O
integrated	O
process	O
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
lowest	O
level	O
,	O
the	O
responsibility	O
of	O
the	O
Sphere	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
is	O
to	O
implement	O
and	O
enforce	O
security	O
mechanisms	O
and	O
resource	O
management	O
in	O
real-time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symobi	B-Operating_System
itself	O
additionally	O
offers	O
a	O
complete	O
graphical	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
environment	O
with	O
system	O
services	O
,	O
a	O
consistent	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
standard	O
programs	O
and	O
drivers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symobi	B-Operating_System
combines	O
features	O
from	O
different	O
fields	O
of	O
application	O
in	O
one	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
modern	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
it	O
offers	O
separated	O
,	O
isolated	O
processes	O
,	O
light-weight	O
threads	O
,	O
and	O
dynamic	O
libraries	O
,	O
like	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	O
,	O
and	O
Unix	O
for	O
example	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
mobile	O
embedded	B-Architecture
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
through	O
its	O
low	O
resource	O
requirement	O
and	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
mobile	O
devices	O
it	O
resembles	O
systems	O
like	O
Windows	O
CE	O
,	O
SymbianOS	O
or	O
Palm	O
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
conventional	O
real-time	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
like	O
QNX	O
or	O
VxWorks	O
it	O
shares	O
the	O
real-time	O
ability	O
and	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
different	O
processor	O
architectures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Sphere	O
,	O
µnOS	O
and	O
Symobi	B-Operating_System
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
ideas	O
and	O
work	O
of	O
Konrad	O
Foikis	O
and	O
Michael	O
Haunreiter	O
(	O
founders	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
Miray	O
Software	O
)	O
,	O
initiated	O
during	O
their	O
schooldays	O
,	O
even	O
before	O
they	O
started	O
studying	O
computer	O
science	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
concept	O
was	O
to	O
combine	O
useful	O
and	O
necessary	O
features	O
(	O
like	O
real-time	O
and	O
portability	O
)	O
with	O
modern	O
characteristics	O
(	O
like	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
and	O
inter-process	B-Operating_System
communication	I-Operating_System
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
to	O
form	O
a	O
stable	O
and	O
reliable	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
official	O
version	O
of	O
Symobi	B-Operating_System
was	O
completed	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
autumn	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
it	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
professional	O
circles	O
on	O
the	O
Systems	O
exhibition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symobi	B-Operating_System
is	O
suited	O
for	O
hand-held	O
products	O
(	O
portable	O
communicators	O
,	O
internet	O
appliances	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
consumer	O
appliances	O
(	O
set-top	O
boxes	O
,	O
home	O
gateways	O
,	O
games	O
,	O
consoles	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
stands	O
out	O
through	O
its	O
real-time	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
and	O
its	O
multi-processor	B-Operating_System
ability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symobi	B-Operating_System
's	O
inter-process	B-Operating_System
communication	I-Operating_System
guarantees	O
security	O
and	O
flexibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
offers	O
a	O
Java-VM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
standard	O
appliances	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
it	O
not	O
yet	O
widely	O
spread	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
only	O
a	O
rudimentary	O
POSIX	O
support	O
and	O
has	O
restricted	O
hardware	O
support	O
through	O
drivers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Symobi	B-Operating_System
is	O
not	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
and	O
at	O
present	O
does	O
not	O
offer	O
office	O
applications	O
,	O
email	O
functions	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
