symbian Evolving to Symbian OS v9 HadofDevalbpgenMdakatlng&sovices in a wider range of har the higher volume'mid Symbian OS v9 is an enabling platform.which addresses the long term needs of all the stakeholders in the cturers,net r user interface platfo ich use Symbian Os S v9 as the underlying bemaa8oY0sbeen9bgSaacmOSeph82es0peesaeaniemasomak8egnmeaewbpesoroevce With these chan ges.it is time to start pre aring for an entirely new market landscape.not iust a new version of Symbian C However lity has not even begun to be deve mbian OS applications to be already migrated onto Symbian OSv9 as well as completely This article gives you an introduction to Symbian OS v9 and de ibes the market enablers provided by Symbian Symbian OS v9 market landscape key ingredients for along lasting platform addressing the requirements of high-volume mobile phones. hite ication se ty is ecom requirer en com Ate.deae8oeanag9eenteypeencnsenasnlegere6essowngthesestandards ential ch be n introdu www.symbian.com Evolving to Symbian OS v9 Bruce Carney Head of Developer Marketing & Services The major focus with Symbian OS v9 has been to ensure everything is in place to enable Symbian OS to be used in a wider range of handsets – the higher volume ‘mid-range’ handsets – ultimately leading to wider adoption of smartphones. Symbian OS v9 brings with it great user interfaces, improved performance, rich functionality with a more robust and secure user environment and the expectations of ever decreasing device costs. Symbian OS v9 is an enabling platform, which addresses the long term needs of all the stakeholders in the industry: phone manufacturers, network operators, developers, and most importantly end-users. Soon after Symbian OS v9 was announced in February 2005, Nokia and UIQ introduced new versions of their popular user interface platforms – Series 60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3.0 – both of which use Symbian OS v9 as the underlying operating system. These flexible and compelling user interface platforms will make exciting new types of device form-factor possible, enabling Symbian OS phones to penetrate all kinds of market segment. With these changes, it is time to start preparing for an entirely new market landscape, not just a new version of Symbian OS. However, the most critical functionality has not even begun to be developed yet – your applications, content and services! As soon as Symbian OS v9 phones appear in the market, users will expect many of the more than 4,000 existing Symbian OS applications to be already migrated onto Symbian OS v9 as well as completely new applications being written. This article gives you an introduction to Symbian OS v9 and describes the market enablers provided by Symbian. Symbian OS v9 market landscape For the developer, Symbian OS v9 introduces a better environment and the prospect of a much larger market. An industry standard application binary interface, a real-time kernel and an enhanced platform security model are all key ingredients for a long lasting platform addressing the requirements of high-volume mobile phones. ƒ At the design level – a large effort has been made to create an agreed API baseline that will be maintained going forward, thus ensuring easier deployment and porting of applications between Symbian OS phones ƒ At an architecture level – Symbian OS v9 includes an enhanced platform security model and a new real-time kernel. Improved device and application security is becoming a mandatory requirement of many network operators and Symbian OS v9 delivers a platform that meets these requirements while retaining the advantages of an open platform ƒ At the core level – the Application Binary Interface (ABI) for the ARM Architecture has been adopted allowing greater flexibility and choice between compilers and, with the use of higher performance compilers, significant performance improvements in code execution ƒ At the device management level – support of OMA standards, and for developers following these standards, which will enable improvements in performance in Symbian OS phones manageability. Given the essential changes that have been introduced to Symbian OS, some steps must be taken to migrate existing products in order to benefit from the massive opportunities Symbian OS v9 offers