6. Symbian teammembers
Ines Santos
Joachim Laus
Juha Hollanti
Sven Heremans
Thomas Hoffner
Thomas Wachnik
7. 1. Introduction
Symbian’s Introduction
The Smartphone operating system Symbian OS is produced by the software development
and licensing company Symbian Ltd.
Symbian Ltd was established in June 1998 and is headquartered in Southwark in the UK,
and the current CEO is Nigel Clifford.
Research
We had in mind Symbian’s background, the whole history and development behind this
operating system, his capabilities, security, performance and so on.
Hardware support and connectivity were, as well, one of our research points.
The native language of the Symbian OS is C++, there for, our research will passes
through the programming languages that can be used on Symbian.
The advantages and limitations will be the last tasks we’ll talk about.
8. 2. Platform
Network Connectivity
Which evolution in the various versions?
Symbian OS 6.0 and 6.1 (also called ER6 ): Bluetooth was added for
exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices. (2002)
Symbian OS 7.0 and 7.0s: This version added EDGE (Enhanced Data rates
for GSM Evolution) support and IPV6. (2003)
Symbian OS 8.0: There are not great evolution has shared some API‟s to
support 3G.
9. 2. Platform
Network Connectivity
Which evolution in the various versions?
Symbian OS 9.1: Change of version 1.2 for the Bluetooth has version 2.0
where the difference is the introduction of an Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) for
faster data transfer.
Symbian OS 9.3: The WIFI 802.11 and the HSDPA (High Speed Downlink
Packet Access) appear on Symbian OS.
Symbian Os 9.5: This last version includes native-support for mobile digital
television broadcasts in DVB-H and ISDB-T formats and also location
services.
10. 2. Platform
This Operating System is used in Nokia‟s mobiles
12. 3. Software development
IDE and Tools
What is IDE* ?
An IDE is a software application that allows the computer programmer
to develop software for a certain platform. An IDE normally has a:
source editor, compiler and/or interpreter and debugger.
*Integrated Development Environment or also known as integrated design environment
or integrated debugging environment.
14. Programing languages
Symbian OS offers a choice of programming languages to the
developer. Symbian OS is written in C++ , and this is therefore
regarded as its primary programming language.
15. Programing languages
Java 2nd the most important programing language on Symbian
OS.
Others programing languages which you can use on Symbian;
JavaSript, Assembler,WMLScript,C# , Visual Basic, OPL and so
on…
16. 4. Overall Evaluation
Conclusion
Manufacturs point-of-view
• Strong Operating System
• Established value
Developers point-of-view
• Developing for Symbian brings limitations.
• A Symbian developer will only develop for Symbian. Is that interesting?
17.
18. Introduction
TEAM MEMBERS
Martin Jantscher – FH Joanneum
Mohammed Talhaoui – Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen
Denis De Vos – Haute Ecole Provinciale de Mons-Borinage-Centre
Ivan Cunha – Escola Superior de Comunicação Social
Artur Roszcyk – Wyzsza Szkola Informatyki
Mikhail Datsyuk – Central Ostrobothnia
19. 1. Introduction
What is Android?
• A software platform and operating system for mobile devices
• Based on the Linux kernel
• Developed by Google and later the Open Handset Alliance (OHA)
• Allows writing managed code in the Java language
• Possibility to write applications in other languages and compiling it to ARM
native code (support of Google? No)
• Unveiling of the Android platform was announced on 5 November 2007 with
the founding of OHA
20. 2. Platform
Operating System(s)
• Android uses Linux for its device drivers, memory management, process
management, and networking.
• The next level up contains the Android native libraries. They are all written in
C/C++ internally, but you‟ll be calling them through Java interfaces. In this layer
you can find the Surface Manager, 2D and 3D graphics, Media codecs, the
SQL database (SQLite), and a native web browser engine (WebKit).
• Dalvik Virtual Machine. Dalvik runs dex files, which are coverted at compile
time from standard class and jar files.
22. 2. Platform
Security
Android is a multi-process system, in which each application (and parts of the
system) runs in its own process. Most security between applications and the
system is enforced at the process level through standard Linux facilities, such as
user and group IDs that are assigned to applications.
Additional finer-grained security features are provided through a "permission"
mechanism that enforces restrictions on the specific operations that a particular
process can perform, and per-URI permissions for granting ad-hoc access to
specific pieces of data.
23. 2. Platform
Future possibilities
• Google Android Sales to Overtake iPhone in 2012
• The OHA is committed to make their vision a reality: to deploy the Android
platform for every mobile operator, handset manufacturers and developers to
build innovative devices
• Intel doesn‟t want to lose ownership of the netbook market, so they need to
prepare for anything, including Android
• Fujitsu launched an initiative to offer consulting and engineering expertise to
help run Android on embedded hardware, which aside from cellphones, mobile
internet devices, and portable media players, could include GPS devices, thin-
client computers and set-top boxes.
• More Android devices are coming and some will push the envelope even
further
24. 2. Platform
This Operating System is used in Samsung, HTC mobiles.
26. 4. Overall evaluation
Limitations
Bluetooth limitations
o Android doesn't support:
Bluetooth stereo
Contacts exchange
Modem pairing
Wireless keyboards
But it'll work with Bluetooth headsets, but that's about it
Firefox Mobile isn't coming to Android
Apps in Android Market need to be programmed with a custom form of Java
→ Mozilla and the Fennec won't have that
27. 4. Overall Evaluation
• Conclusion
We can only hope that the next versions of Android have overcome the actual
limitations and that the future possibilities became a reality
30. Introduction
iOS (known as iPhone OS prior to June 2010) is Apple's mobile operating system.
Apple is company who developed iPhone Operating System (iOS).
This OS is released on June 29, 2007. This OS is also used in iPad, iPhone and
iPod touch. The latest mobile of Apple is iOS 4.3 Golden Master.
In this mobile phone iOS 4.3 operating
System is used.
32. 2. Platform
Game center
Game Center is an online multiplayer social gaming
network released by Apple. It allows users to invite friends to play
a game, start a multiplayer game through matchmaking, track their
achievements, and compare their high scores on a leader board.
Game Center was announced during an iOS 4 preview event
hosted by Apple on April 8, 2010. A preview was released to registered
Apple developers in August
33. 2. Platform
This operating system is used in Apple‟s products such as
iPhone, iPad, Pod Touch.
39. 1. Introduction
BlackBerry OS is a proprietary mobile operating system,
developed by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry line of
smartphone handheld devices. The operating system provides
multitasking and supports specialized input devices that have
been adopted by RIM for use in its handhelds, particularly the
trackwheel, trackball, and most recently, the trackpad and touchscreen.
40. 2. Introduction
This OS supports many languages as follows
US English, UK English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian
Portuguese, Basque, Catalan, Galician, Italian, German, Greek, Dutch,
Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew,
Indonesian, Thai, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified),
Korean.
41. 2. Introduction
The Latest stable is 6.0 (BlackBerry Torch 9800) which is
released on August 2010. This mobile supports
all latest feature of Blackberry. This version supports
3G, Wi-Fi, GSM mobile phone technology
etc.
43. 2. Platform
This Operating System is used only in Blackberry‟s
mobile phones.
44. 3. Software development
Programming Language(s)
This OS is designed in c++ language only. No other language is used
for design Blackberry.
Blackberry also support JAVA language but not widely.
45. 4. Overall evaluation
• Conclusion
This is best operating system but not so popular as Symbian,
Android or iPhone in India. So it is not used mostly by people.
46.
47. 1. Introduction
Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed
by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and mobile devices, but is
being currently phased out to specialized markets. It is superseded
by Windows Phone 7.
The current and last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5". It is
based on the Windows CE 5.2 kernel.
48. 1. Introduction
Common features
• Today Screen shows the current date, owner information, upcoming
appointments, e-mail messages, and tasks. (Is now Home screen in
later WM6.5 builds)
• The taskbar shows the current time and the volume.
• Office Mobile a suite of Mobile versions of Microsoft
Office applications
• Outlook Mobile comes with Windows Mobile.
• Internet Explorer Mobile is an Internet browser developed by Microsoft
for Pocket PC and Handheld PC that comes loaded by default with
Windows Mobile and Windows CE for Handheld PC.
• Windows Media Player for Windows Mobile.
49. 1. Introduction
• Client for PPTP VPNs.
• Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) which in mobile phones allows
attached computers to share internet connections via USB and
Bluetooth.
• Coherent file system similar to that of Windows 9x/Windows NT and
support for many of the same file types.
• Ability to multitask.
50. 1. Introduction
Hardware
• Windows Mobile Professional runs on (smartphones) with
touchscreens
• Windows Mobile Standard runs on phones with regular screens
• Windows Mobile Classic which runs on 'Windows Mobile Classic
devices' (Pocket PCs).
51. 1. Introduction
There are many types of Windows OS such as:
• Windows Mobile Classic devices (Pocket PC)
• Windows Mobile Smartphones
• Windows Mobile 2003
• Windows Mobile 2003 SE
• Windows Mobile 5
• Windows Mobile 6
• Windows Mobile 6.1
• Windows Mobile 6.5
• Windows Mobile 6.5.1
• Windows Mobile 6.5.3
• Windows Mobile 6.5.5
• Windows Phone 7
52. 2. History
Windows Mobile's share of the smartphone market has been in
decline year-on-year. Gartner research data showed that while the total
smartphone industry grew 27% between 2008 and 2009, Windows
Mobile's share of the smartphone market fell 2.7% in that same period.
In 2004, Windows Mobile accounted for 23% of worldwide
smartphone sales. Windows Mobile was projected to overtake Symbian
to become the leading mobile OS by 2010. But by 2008, its share had
dropped to 14%. Microsoft licensed Windows Mobile to four out of the
world's five largest mobile phone manufacturers, with Nokia being the
exception. Although Microsoft apparently has 50 handset partners.
53. 2. History
At one time Windows Mobile was the most popular handset for
business use, but by 2009 this was no longer the case. An Information
Week survey found that 24% of planned business deployments of mobile
application were for Windows Mobile, putting it in 3rd place, behind
Blackberry (61%) and iPhone (27%).
In October 2009 Gartner predicted that by 2012 Windows Mobile
would remain the fourth most popular smartphone platform during the rise
of Android only due to BlackBerry falling from second to fifth.
Samsung announced in November 2009 that it would phase out
the Windows Mobile platform, to concentrate on its own Bada operating
system, Google's Android, and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.
54. 3. Software development
Windows OS is programmed in „C++‟ language.
Developers have several options for deploying mobile applications.
These include writing native code with Visual C++, writing Managed
code that works with the .NET Compact Framework.
55. 4. Overall evaluation
Conclusion
• Windows Mobile 5.0 is about providing the strongest base for
hardware innovation
• Rich and robust platform on which to build and deploy Mobile
applications
• Provide the tools needed to build next generation mobile applications
• Expose device specific capabilities to make “being mobile” a
better experience.
