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Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket

Comment Symbian, RIM and Nokia are the big incumbents. Like every other market, Microsoft is there too with its own Windows Mobile operating system and platform. The device has managed to invigorate the market with its core value proposition of mail, phone...

Tags: smart phones, apple, android, iphone

[23 Apr 2008]

Why is a Different Operating System Needed?

whitepaper This white paper describes the key characteristics required by an operating system designed for mobile phones and explains why Symbian OS is the best-in-class solution for mobile operating systems.

Tags: communications software, symbian os, class, mobile phones

[10 Apr 2008]

Symbian OS Version 7.0 Functional description

whitepaper Symbian OS is the advanced, open operating system licensed by the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers. Symbian OS includes a robust multi-tasking kernel, integrated telephony support, communications protocols, data management, advanced...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, mobile phones, os, symbian os

[10 Apr 2008]

Symbian OS Version 7.0

whitepaper This white paper discusses about Symbian OS which is the advanced, open operating system licensed by the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers. Symbian OS combines the power of an integrated applications environment with mobile telephony...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, mobile phones, os, symbian os

[10 Apr 2008]

Why a Different Operating System?

whitepaper Symbian believes that the mobile phone market has five key characteristics at its core that make it unique, and require a specifically designed operating system. This white paper describes these key characteristics and explains why Symbian OS is...

Tags: portable computers, characteristics, symbian os, operating system

[10 Apr 2008]

Symbian OS Reference Designs

whitepaper Symbian OS is designed for optimal flexibility, giving mobile phone manufacturers broad scope for differentiation and innovation in user interfaces, hardware designs and connectivity. Read more on how flexibility of UI system was one of the very...

Tags: pcs wireless, flexibility, os, symbian os

[10 Apr 2008]

Getting Started with C++ on the Nokia 9200 Series Communicator

whitepaper These are based on Symbian OS, an open, robust and fit-for-purpose operating system designed specifically for use in data-enabled mobile phones. Symbian OS itself is written largely in C++ and the language therefore represents a strong development...

Tags: communications software, os, c++, symbian os

[10 Apr 2008]

Symbian OS C++ for Windows C++ Programmers

whitepaper While one reason for Symbian's success may be the desire of many mobile phone manufacturers not to be tied to Microsoft, the other reason is that Symbian has put together a lightweight, elegant system that succeeds in providing a very impressive...

Tags: programming languages, os, symbian, symbian os

[10 Apr 2008]

FutureFoneZone: Read about the Next 5 Years of Mobile Phones

whitepaper Since the last update, we have upgraded the likelihood of success for the Palm operating system, downgraded that for Pocket PC (formerly Windows CE) and left Symbian's rating alone since they have done nothing in the meantime.

Tags: wap, pc, pocket, third generation

[10 Apr 2008]

Creating the Mass-market for Symbian OS

whitepaper Mobile phone manufacturers have adopted a new operating system - Symbian OS - that has significantly greater ability to meet an increasing range of user requirements. This paper explains the need for an advanced operating system that supports data...

Tags: pcs wireless, supports, phones, operating system

[10 Apr 2008]

How IT Should Compare Mobile Platforms

whitepaper There are four mobile operating systems to choose from: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Research in Motion BlackBerry OS, PalmOS, and Symbian; the impact of Apple's OS X on the iPhone is yet to be seen. When deploying mobile technology, think beyond the...

Tags: palm os

[09 Apr 2008]

LiMo Foundation launches Linux Android rival

News Linux provides a compelling alternative for the mobile world to commercial operating systems like Symbian or Windows Mobile as it is cheaper. The resulting fragmentation has limited Linux to lower-end mobile phones, with the higher-end smart phone...

Tags: android, google, linux, mobile

[31 Mar 2008]

Cheat Sheet: Google Android

Cheat Sheet Unsurprisingly it does not include big name mobile OS makers such as Symbian. You can sit back down - this is about Android: Google's up-and-coming open operating system for mobile phones… In Google's words, it's a "complete software stack" for...

Tags: android, mobile linux, google, mobile phone

[12 Mar 2008]

Steve Jobs slams Flash - opens door to Silverlight?

News Meanwhile, Silverlight has been receiving some attention this week with Microsoft's announcement that it will be writing a version of Silverlight for Nokia's S60 smart phone platform, which runs on the Symbian OS.

Tags: flash, steve jobs, iphone, silverlight

[06 Mar 2008]

Fancy a hotspot in your pocket? Turn your Nokia into just that

News If you're a Nokia smart phone owner who was a little envious of WMWifiRouter, the utility that turns Windows Mobile smart phones into go-anywhere wi-fi access points, here's good news: JoikuSpot Light promises the same capability for Symbian-based...

Tags: nokia, hotspot, wi-fi, smart phone

[25 Feb 2008]

Android rocks up at Mobile World Congress

News And so does Symbian, which is used by Nokia and Sony Ericsson. Prototypes of the first mobile handsets using Google's Android software debuted at the GSMA's Mobile World Congress. And to complicate matters further, there are several Linux groups...

Tags: mwc, google, android, mobile phones

[12 Feb 2008]

Pocket Portal

whitepaper Pocket Portal builds Java and Symbian stand-alone applications containing the browser core and author defined packaged content. Content delivery to the handset is also available from Amplefuture, but Pocket Portal provides direct access to all the...

Tags: portals

[08 Jan 2008]

'Security not just about user education'

News According to the security expert, 99 per cent of mobile malware is targeted at the Symbian operating system because it is the market leader and its source code is open, making it easier to examine the OS for vulnerabilities.

Tags: security, trojan, malware

[15 Oct 2007]

Borland C++ Mobile Edition for Series 60, Nokia Edition

whitepaper The kit also includes the Series 60 SDK 1.2 for Symbian OS, Nokia Edition, a Perl environment, Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE), and the C++ Mobile edition plug-in from Borland. The Borland C++ Mobile Edition for Series 60, Nokia Edition enables...

Tags: edition, nokia, borland, c++

[20 Jul 2007]

Porting the .NET Compact Framework to Symbian Phones - A Feasibility Assessment

whitepaper However, currently there is still a considerable technology gap between building .NET applications on PC-like systems and programming mobile services on mid-range portable devices, a large number of which run the Symbian operating system.

Tags: software engineering, portable, .net, range

[03 Jul 2007]

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