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Symbian Operating System A Short Introduction Lappeenranta University of Technology Department of Information Technology Lappeenranta, Finland Author: Alexander Kanavin Supervisors: Antti Sorvari (Nokia), Jan Voracek (LUT) Lappeenranta, November 2003

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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

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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

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Owners

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Licensees

 

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Key characteristics integrated multimode mobile

telephony messaging open application environment standards and interoperability multi-tasking robustness flexible user interface design

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Phones with numeric keypad Joystick-navigated Soft keys Simple widgets

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Phones with touch screens Pen-based

navigation Multimedia and

browsing

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Phones with full keyboards Editing

information Reviewing

business data

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Writing applications SDK: emulator, libraries and target

compiler Subset of C++ IDEs: Microsoft, Borland,

Metrowerks Future: higher-level languages

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Writing applications: personal experience

C++ Full IDE services: debugging etc Difficulty of testing on real devices Fast applications, small memory

footprint

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Questions?