Symbian Operating System
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Lappeenranta University of Technology
Department of Information Technology
Lappeenranta, Finland
Symbian Operating System
A Short Introduction
Author:
Alexander Kanavin
Supervisors:
Antti Sorvari (Nokia), Jan Voracek (LUT)
Lappeenranta, November 2003
Main facts
Designed to be used on higher-end
mobile phones (also known as
smartphones)
Open application environment
Owned and licensed by most major
phone makers
Owners
Licensees
Key characteristics
integrated multimode mobile telephony
messaging
open application environment
standards and interoperability
multi-tasking
robustness
flexible user interface design
Phones with numeric keypad
Joystick-navigated
Soft keys
Simple widgets
Phones with touch screens
Pen-based navigation
Multimedia and
browsing
Phones with full keyboards
Editing information
Reviewing business
data
Writing applications
SDK: emulator, libraries and target
compiler
Subset of C++
IDEs: Microsoft, Borland, Metrowerks
Future: higher-level languages
Writing applications: personal
experience
C++
Full IDE services: debugging etc
Difficulty of testing on real devices
Fast applications, small memory
footprint
Questions?