symbian What's new for developers in Symbian OS v9.2? Mark Shackman Version1.0 1.INTRODUCTION 2.ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW APIS. 23 ENTERPRISE. 34 IP TELEPHONY AND NETWORKING. 26 M SECURITY 27 ULIMPROVEMENTS 2.8 CONNECTIVITY EMENT 3.CONCLUSION.... .8 1.Introduction Symbian OS v9.2 is targeted to address the prosumer 3G handset market segment and represents ct to be st ubject to a str v9.1.whilst still pr viing kev improvements in the performance of the Symbian OS Enhancem since Symbian OS v9.1 include: 9e2r8aiaA为gimnehogne2gonaraoaoalptaapesneudngYuvan Hardware-support for ARMv6 Enterprise-consistent handling of time values;floating time support for Calendar entries; alarm services enhancements IP Telephony and Networking-RTCP,SIP and SDP implementations:automatic initial bearer selection Messaging-SMS support compliance with 3GPP release 6 Ul Improvements-SVG icon support;Vietnamese and Hindi language suppor Connectivity-publication of software install.backup and restore protocols:OBEX APls pegee68aD2async9wnoR6ceehza2asta00mameader PIM Applications-support for additional contact fields These enhancements are discussed in section 2 below. www.symbian.com What's new for developers in Symbian OS v9.2? Mark Shackman Version 1.0 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1 2. ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW APIS ................................................ 2 2.1. GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA......................................................................................... 2 2.2. HARDWARE ................................................................................................................. 2 2.3. ENTERPRISE................................................................................................................ 2 2.4. IP TELEPHONY AND NETWORKING ................................................................................ 3 2.5. MESSAGING................................................................................................................. 4 2.6. PLATFORM SECURITY................................................................................................... 4 2.7. UI IMPROVEMENTS....................................................................................................... 4 2.8. CONNECTIVITY............................................................................................................. 5 2.9. DEVICE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................. 6 2.10. PIM APPLICATIONS ...................................................................................................... 7 3. CONCLUSION.................................................................................................................. 8 1. Introduction Symbian OS v9.2 is targeted to address the prosumer 3G handset market segment and represents a major step for the Symbian platform as it is the first product to be subject to a strict compatibility policy. This has delivered on Symbian’s commitment to a backward binary compatible release to v9.1, whilst still providing key updates and improvements in the performance of the Symbian OS. Enhancements introduced since Symbian OS v9.1 include: • Graphics and Multimedia – support for additional input data types including YUV and YCbCr; Camera API enhancements • Hardware – support for ARMv6 • Enterprise – consistent handling of time values; floating time support for Calendar entries; alarm services enhancements • IP Telephony and Networking – RTCP, SIP and SDP implementations; automatic initial bearer selection • Messaging – SMS support compliance with 3GPP release 6 • UI Improvements – SVG icon support; Vietnamese and Hindi language support • Connectivity – publication of software install, backup and restore protocols; OBEX APIs • Device Management – OMA DM-compliant management; OMA DM client alert mechanism; OMA DataSync support to version 1.2; additional synchronisation support • PIM Applications – support for additional contact fields These enhancements are discussed in section 2 below