Talk:EPOC (computing)

Is it me, or does "EPOC seems to be the most popular PDA operating system in Europe, mainly for its good abilities to handle mobile communication." seem like a bit of a falsehood. Do we have any evidence to support this claim, I would expect (although cannot confirm) that PalmOS is in fact the most used in Europe Tompagenet 22:04 Apr 17, 2003 (UTC)

How do you define success?
Maybe most users won't realise how powerful Symbian machines are. Now Palms are sold by the thousands and smartphones by the millions, so it's a bit risky to assess who is winning...

According to my dad, EPOC *DOES* stand for electronic piece of cheese. He worked on the development team

EPOC naming history
I don't feel able to coherently explain this all on the main page, but the page should reflect the fact that the Psion OS was always called EPOC, such as explained here http://www.scss.com.au/family/andrew/pdas/psion/sibo/ amongst other places. The wiki page suggests that EPOC began only with the Series 5... This is half-true -- EPOC16 and EPOC32 are very different, but the EPOC name predates EPOC32. EPOC32 is no doubt based on EPOC16 but just substantially improved!

SIBO redirects to here, but technically SIBO *and* EPOC should both redirect to Symbian OS because they're the same operating system, EPOC32 far more so of course.

And it really does mean Electronic Piece of Cheese? :) hehe. EPOC is a lovely system really...


 * Indeed, this article needs restructuring. The original naming is EPOC for 16-bit EPOC, and EPOC32 for 32-bit EPOC. Arny 12:28, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

There are some links
1. The History of Psion 2. EPOC's page at guidebookgallery.org 3. Psion and Symbian links from 3lib.ukonline.co.uk Lubboy 22:07, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

EPOC existed before 1997!
i have a psion MC running EPOC, that was made in the early 80's!