Overview of the book
Targeting Symbian OS v9.1 and v9.2, Symbian OS Communications Programming - Second edition will introduce you to the major communications functionality in Symbian OS and demonstrates how to perform common tasks in each area.
Each chapter gives background information on the technology where necessary, an overview of the functionality provided in Symbian OS and descriptions or examples of how to use the Symbian OS APIs. The author team for this book is assembled from Symbian's top experts in the field of communications. Each of them has extensive experience in creating and using Symbian OS, and spends every day defining, creating or improving Symbian OS.
There are four main sections in this book:
- Section 1 gives an overview of the book and its contents. It also provides an introduction to the communications functionality in Symbian OS, and a high-level overview of how it all fits together.
- Section 2 covers communications technologies such as Bluetooth, TCP/IP, IrDA, virtual serial ports and telephony. Each of these technologies acts as the underlying layer for the functionality covered in section three.
- Section 3 discusses higher-level technologies, such as the messaging framework and plugins (for SMS, MMS, and e-mail), the SendAs service, OBject EXchange (OBEX), hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and OMA Device Management (OMA DM).
- Section 4 contains practical information on developing with Symbian OS, including information on setting the development environment up for various types of communications-related development. Much development can be done using the Symbian OS emulator - we discuss various ways of connecting the emulator to an IP network, and using an IR pod, Bluetooth hardware, and a phone with the emulator.
You can read an interview with Iain Campbell for more information, published on the Symbian Developer Network.
Purchase the book
Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Symbian-OS-Communications-Programming-Press/dp/0470512288/ref=pd_bbs_sr_9/202-4942673-1852653?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187089702&sr=8-9
Wiley
http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470512288.html
Official site
http://developer.symbian.com/main/learning/press/books/comms/index.jsp
Example code
http://developer.symbian.com/wiki/display/pub/Symbian+OS+Communications+Programming%2C+Second+Edition+-+Example+Code
Errata
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