Nokia X platform
The Nokia X platform was a Linux-based mobile operating system and software platform originally developed by Nokia, and subsequently by Microsoft Mobile. Introduced on 24 February 2014, it was forked from Android and used on all the devices of the Nokia X family. It was also the next Nokia Linux project after the ill-fated MeeGo.
Nokia X home screen in Vietnamese | |
| Developer | Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code: Google Modifications: Microsoft Mobile (formerly Nokia) |
|---|---|
| Written in | C (core), C++, Java (UI) |
| OS family | Linux |
| Source model | Proprietary software based on open source Android and in all devices with proprietary components |
| Initial release | 2014 |
| Latest release | Nokia X software platform 2.1 |
| Marketing target | Smartphones |
| Package manager | APK |
| Platforms | 32-bit ARM |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (modified Linux kernel) |
| Userland | Bionic libc, mksh shell, native core utilities with a few from NetBSD |
| Default user interface | Graphical (Multi-touch) |
| License | Proprietary EULA; based on Apache License 2.0 Modified Linux kernel under GNU GPL v2 |
| Official website | developer |
On 17 July 2014, after the acquisition of Nokia's devices unit, Microsoft announced that no more Nokia X smartphones will be introduced, marking the end of the Nokia X platform within only a few months after its introduction. The phones were succeeded by low-cost Lumia devices under the Microsoft Mobile brand name. Microsoft did not release an Android-based device under their own brand until 2020, in the form of the foldable Surface Duo.