Transcript Symbian Operating System

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
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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
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integrated multimode mobile telephony
messaging
open application environment
standards and interoperability
multi-tasking
robustness
flexible user interface design
Phones with numeric keypad
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Joystick-navigated
Soft keys
Simple widgets
Phones with touch screens
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Pen-based navigation
Multimedia and
browsing
Phones with full keyboards
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Editing information
Reviewing business
data
Writing applications
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SDK: emulator, libraries and target
compiler
Subset of C++
IDEs: Microsoft, Borland, Metrowerks
Future: higher-level languages
Writing applications: personal
experience
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C++
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Full IDE services: debugging etc
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Difficulty of testing on real devices
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Fast applications, small memory
footprint
Questions?