Symbian Operating System

A Short Introduction

Lappeenranta University of TechnologyDepartment of Information TechnologyLappeenranta, Finland 

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?