Even when Symbian was the de facto king of the smartphones, it never gained a solid foothold in the US. Developers flocked to iOS, and to a lesser extent the nascent Android platform, even though numerically in those days Symbian was the larger platform.
Previous conventions have taken several days to approve a platform: Hopes for an early consensus and a deference to presumed presidential nominee George W. Bush's positions on top issues helped speed the deliberations Friday.