The Accredited Symbian Developer (ASD) qualification allows professional Symbian developers to validate their understanding and knowledge of Symbian C++ development with an industry-recognized certificate of professional achievement. This book is the definitive guide to passing the ASD exam.
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This book helps you negotiate the obstacles often found when working on a smartphone platform. Knowing the potential problems and the patterns used to solve them will give you a head start in designing and implementing robust and efficient applications and services on Symbian OS.
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This book is an essential guide for anyone wishing to start developing smartphone applications. It includes sections about the architecture of Symbian OS, the build environment, Symbian C++ strings, buffers and data collections, platform security, asynchronous programming, the client-server model and GUI application programming.
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The book shows how to create mobile games for Symbian smartphones. It includes contributions from a number of experts in the mobile games industry, including Nokia's N-Gage team, Ideaworks3D and ZingMagic, as well as academics leading the field of innovative mobile experiences.
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Conversations about smartphone technology are often so saturated with industry patois and acronyms that at times people can appear to be speaking an unknown language. This book is the solution: it translates these conversations into a comprehensible dialogue and explains the technology, the industry and the terminology of smartphones.
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This book teaches you how to program your own applications easily on S60 smartphones. A wide range of functionalities are covered, including camera, sound, graphics, Bluetooth wireless technology and Internet technologies.
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The convergence of technologies is revolutionizing the media industry and Symbian smartphones are the ultimate convergence devices. This pioneering book provides C++ developers with the knowledge and skills they need to join the cutting edge of mobile multimedia.
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This book is based on the experience of expert Symbian engineers and focuses on developing applications for real devices based on Symbian OS. Whether you are developing applications or services, this book will give you an understanding of the fundamental theory behind Java MIDP.
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Whether you need to port a desktop application, create a quick prototype or simply want to learn about application development in the mobile space, this book is both the perfect introduction to Symbian OS and an excellent reference guide. The book is like a cookbook, with self contained chapters covering common programming tasks.
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This practical and unique guide is based on the authors' experiences in developing and teaching an academic course on Symbian software development. Created for the academic and professional programmer, this book is an essential foundation to developing software for Symbian OS.
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This book uses Symbian OS as a vehicle to discuss operating system concepts as they are applied to mobile operating systems, and compares and contrasts Symbian OS, Unix/Linux and Microsoft Windows. It also provides a series of exercises and on-line laboratories making it invaluable, and extremely relevant for students and teachers alike.
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As co-founder of Symbian and former executive of Psion Software, David Wood has been actively involved in well over 100 smartphone development projects worldwide. Over the time spent on these projects, he has come to understand the key issues that determine the difference between successful and unsuccessful projects for Symbian OS, and documented them in this popular book.
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This book is part description, part reference, part case study and part history. It shows the origins of Symbian OS and how it has evolved, and provides a model for understanding what it is, how it is put together, and how to interface and work with it.
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This book draws on the experience of Symbian’s own engineers to provide you with a thorough grounding in writing C++ applications for Symbian smartphones. The authors help you build a deep understanding of the fundamental principles upon which Symbian OS is based.
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This book guides developers through the Symbian OS communications architecture and provides essential information on the communications models and programming interfaces used by Symbian OS. Each chapter provides background information on the technology, an overview of the functionality provided by Symbian OS and descriptions and examples of how to use the Symbian C++ APIs.
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Developing good C++ code on Symbian OS requires a clear understanding of the underlying concepts and the nature of the operating system. This book explains the key features of Symbian OS and shows how you can use this knowledge most effectively.
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This book is written by Symbian's kernel engineers and will give you a privileged look inside the world's most popular mobile operating system. It you want to know what really makes the Symbian kernel tick then this is the book for you.
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The security architecture of Symbian OS v9 is relevant to all security practioners and will influence the decisions made by every developer that uses Symbian OS in the creation of devices or add-on applications. This book covers the essential concepts and presents the security features with accompanying code examples.
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