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Smart Phone Software Developer Increases Download Speed and Revenue by 30 Percent

whitepaper In 2007, Quickoffice added support for Open XML Formats into Quickoffice Premier 5.0, which it released in December 2007 for use with Nokia's S60 Symbian platform. With more and more people conducting business while out of the office, the ability...

Tags: xml

[16 May 2008]

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

Comment Symbian, RIM and Nokia are the big incumbents. Yet it was an event that could make 2008 a significant milestone in the evolution of the mobile phone as a platform, says Seb Janacek. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Apple CEO...

Tags: smart phones, apple, android, iphone

[23 Apr 2008]

Symbian OS C++ for Windows C++ Programmers

whitepaper This paper discusses some issues that a typical Windows C++ programmer will encounter when approaching Symbian OS for the first time. While one reason for Symbian's success may be the desire of many mobile phone manufacturers not to be tied to...

Tags: programming languages, os, symbian, symbian os

[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]

Symbian OS: Supporting Packet-switched Networks

whitepaper This paper examines the opportunities for new revenue streams in packet-switched wireless networks and the key role played by Symbian OS phones in driving this market. The introduction of packet-switched 2.5G and 3G networks, which bring with them...

Tags: packetized voice, connected, switched, packet

[10 Apr 2008]

Symbian Application Development

whitepaper This paper covers application development for Symbian OS and the Nokia Series 60 software platform [6] in particular. Other operating systems and Java technology are not within the scope of this document.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, application development, nokia, java

[10 Apr 2008]

Symbian OS v7.0 for 3G Mobile Phones

whitepaper Symbian OS v7.0 supports robust multi-tasking, integrated telephony, communications protocols, data management, advanced graphics support, a UI framework and a variety of application engines in 3G mobile phones.

Tags: telephony systems - pbx, mobile phones, protocols, phones

[10 Apr 2008]

Symbian OS Version 6.x Overview

whitepaper Symbian OS is at the heart of all Symbian OS phones, and includes the kernel, middleware for communications, data management and graphics, the lower levels of the GUI framework, and application engines.

Tags: pcs wireless, phones, os, symbian os

[10 Apr 2008]

Symbian OS Version 6.x - Detailed Operating System Overview

whitepaper Symbian OS is the common core of application programming interfaces (APIs) and technology that is shared by all Symbian OS phones. This paper gives a detailed overview of the features available in Symbian OS Version 6.x.

Tags: pcs wireless, os, symbian, symbian os

[10 Apr 2008]

Symbian OS for Palm OS Developers

whitepaper This paper describes Symbian OS to Palm OS developers. It looks at the similarities between Palm OS and Symbian OS, and describes the architecture of Symbian OS in more detail. The Palm operating system has been the foundation of Palm’s unrivaled...

Tags: pcs wireless, developers, consumer, os

[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]

Symbian on MMS

whitepaper This white paper provides an introduction to multimedia messaging service (MMS), describing the advanced, open, environment Symbian provides for MMS on Symbian OS phones and Symbian's strategy for MMS and future feature-rich messaging.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, messaging, symbian, mms

[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]

EMame: A MAME Port to EPOC Release 5 and Symbian Platform V 6.0 (Quartz)

whitepaper This paper describes how MAME was ported first to EPOC Release 5, and then from EPOC Release 5 to the Symbian platform v6.0 - Quartz platform. Although the Symbian platform v6.0 supports many more features than EPOC Release 5, the changes between...

Tags: tablets, source, symbian, epoc

[10 Apr 2008]

Creating Symbian OS phones

whitepaper The flexibility of Symbian OS allows handset manufacturers to pursue innovative and original phone designs. This white paper focuses on several key aspects of Symbian OS that make it the optimal choice for a mobile phone platform.

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

[10 Apr 2008]

Symbian Testing Facilities - Testing and Debugging with the Symbian Platform

whitepaper In this tutorial we look at the issues of memory management on wireless information devices and discuss the tools provided with Symbian C++ SDKs to help you ensure your code is sound. The proliferation of Smartphones and PDAs in recent years, and...

Tags: pda, memory, code, demands

[10 Apr 2008]

Implementing Applications the Quartz Way

whitepaper This paper is a transcript of a talk given by Ian Hutton, a Symbian Technical Consultant, in which he explains some key features and idioms of the Quartz user interface and their impact on Symbian OS.

Tags: gui, symbian os, interface, user interface

[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]

Migrating C++ Programs to Quartz

whitepaper In this paper, I describe how I migrated the examples from Professional Symbian Programming, along with the Boss Puzzle in Symbian’s C++ SDK, to Quartz. The migration described here is somewhat minimal: I haven’t exploited many new GT or Quartz...

Tags: migration tools, symbian, quartz, examples

[10 Apr 2008]

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