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Symbian OS Internals

Real-time kernel programming

Symbian OS has a new, real-time kernel. This book will help you get up to speed on this exciting new technology. Symbian OS Internals is written by Symbian's kernel engineers, and will give a privileged look inside the world's most popular mobile phone operating system.

If you want to know what really makes the kernel tick, then this is the book for you. Symbian OS Internals describes in great detail the workings of the system layers of Symbian OS, covering a wide range of topics, such as:

  • processes, threads and libraries
  • interrupts and exceptions
  • device drivers
  • the File and Window servers
  • power management
  • ensuring high performance
  • platform security

If you are developing drivers and servers for Symbian OS, porting the kernel of performing pre-market mobile phone OS analysis, then this book will give you a deeper understanding of the new Symbian OS real-time kernel.

 
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Book facts

  • Author: Jane Sales
  • Published by Symbian
  • Publication date:October 2005
  • 918 pages
  • ISBN 0-470-02524-7

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