Symbian Foundation Platform Plan 090918

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The Symbian Platform Plan Collaboration-powered evolutionSeptember 2009


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Welcome!

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Welcome!


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Contents

The PlatformHow Symbian delivers the worlds richest mobile platform

Future highlightsHot developments in the plan

The PlanForthcoming Symbian platform releases


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Vision of an independent open platform

All the software you need to build a leading-edge mobile device to ship in any market.

Independent and royalty-free.

Built by the community, for thecommunity.

The richest mobile platform.

Helping vendors to deliver the next era of mobile computing devices.

Applications can target the broadest rangeof devices across global markets.

Compelling

Compatible

Complete

&Open


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The richest mobile OS

OS Security Graphics Datacomms Telephony MultimediaOS Services

Apps&

UI

Productivityapps

Multimediaapps

Devicemanagement

apps

UserInterface

Webapps

Location apps

Commsapps

MiddlewareLocation

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Comms

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DeviceMgmt

MultimediaMW

SecurityMW

Runtimes

UI MWWeb MW

Proven in over billion smart devices, so far

World class OS layer Real-time, fully multi-tasking microkernel

Industry-leading security implementation Power and memory efficient Scales from mass market to high end hardware

Rich set of middleware APIsunlocks innovation

Webkit-based web runtime for easy app creation Qt for development of powerful native apps Leading on convergence: Web, high bandwidth

data networking, audio and video, location

Fully customisable app suite Flexible UI supporting touch and key interfaces Full suite of applications Huge scope to customise and differentiate


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Brought to you byThanks to our growing number of contributors

April June September


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Forthcoming platform highlights

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OS

Middleware

Apps&

UI

Security GraphicsData

commsPersonalcomms MultimediaOS Services

Location

MWComms MW

DeviceMgmt

MultimediaMW

SecurityMW

Productivityapps

Multimediaapps

Devicemanagement

apps

UserInterface

Webapps

Location apps

Commsapps

Runtimes

UI MWWeb MW

Location-basedtriggering

Making

GPSsmart


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Location-based triggering

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Lo c a t io n - ba s e d t r ig g e r in g i s

Pla t f o r m s uppo r t a llo wing a n

a pplic a t ion t o t r igge r a c us t o m

e v e nt whe n t he us e r e nt e rs o r

le a v e s a de f ine d t r igge r a r e a

He r e no w, in Sy mbia n^2

Get ready to get off thetrain, your station is

next

Youre passing the bank,didnt you want to deposit

a cheque?

I ma gine y o ur pho ne a ut o ma t ic a lly s wit c hing t o ho me mo de , igno r ing e ma il

a nd bo unc ing wo r k c a lls

Any applicationcan be

location-smart.What can you

imagine?


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Forthcoming platform highlights

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OS

Middleware

Apps&

UI

Security GraphicsData

commsPersonalcomms MultimediaOS Services

Location

MWComms MW

DeviceMgmt

MultimediaMW

SecurityMW

Productivityapps

Multimediaapps

Devicemanagement

apps

UserInterface

Webapps

Location apps

Commsapps

Runtimes

UI MWWeb MW

S.H.A.I. Solving acriticalindustrychallenge


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S.H.A.I.

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Because glue is bad for the industrys health

HardwareAdaptation codecan represent25-30% of totaleffort in making amobile device

Most of the codeshould be common

across HWThe cost of replicating thisacross many HW/SWplatforms slows downinnovation

Adaptation

Mobilesoftwareplatform


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S.H.A.I.

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Symbian Hardware Abstraction Interface

Symbianplatform

SHAI = A common interface covering all mobile device hardware

SHAI = Developed by the community and adopted by industry HW vendors

SHAI = Saving effort, speeding innovation.

SHAI = Maximising common code and minimising adaptation work

SHAI

Hardware

Additionalcommonplatform

code

Smalleradaptation

layerAdaptation


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The Symbian Foundation Platform Plan

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Symbian^2 Customisable home screen supporting embedded widgets

Apps and services able to take action in response to theusers changing location

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Symbian^4 Fresh new user experience

Qt becomes the standard app development environment

Symbian^3 Graphics support for advanced layering and effects

Improved networking architecture, ideal for streaminghigh definition content

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Symbian^1 The proprietary software upon which

the Symbian Platform was based:Symbian OS v9.4 & S60 5.0

Schedule reflects functionally complete date for each release


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Symbian Foundation Platform PlanOpen for contribution

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Milestone dates to be confirmed by Release Council

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Symbian^2

Highlights include UI Makeover Step 1: Web Runtime offers web design on mobile Personal : All-new home screen supporting user customization,

embedded widgets and internet content Adaptable : Support for multiple form factors and input methods

(touch, non-touch, flexible aspect ratios and resolutions) Dynamic : Location based event framework that allows apps to

take action in response to the users changing location

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PDK builds available starting here


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Symbian^3

Highlights include UI makeover step 2: Graphics support for advanced layering andeffects (eg semi-transparent content layered over video, complexanimated transitions between apps)

Sounding clear: A new high performance networking architectureenabling broadband speeds, ideal for streaming high definition video and

high quality VoIP calls Movie time: Support for files >2GB in size, enough for fulllength HD movies; Full HDMI support with HDCP

Simplifying internet access: Adaptive WLAN background scanning,energy efficient

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Symbian^4

Highlights include UI makeover complete: Direct UI a complete refresh of the

touch UI Great new app development environment: Qt integrated as the

primary runtime

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Readers Guide

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How to read the plan (1) The yellow arrow depicts the evolving Symbian platform codeline Release blobs show that each Symbian platform release is asnapshot of the codeline at that time

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Each blob represents a release reaching functionally complete Prior to functionally complete the prime focus forcontributions is on extending and enhancing the platform

At functionally complete feature growth for the releaseceases and the focus for contribution moves fully towardsimproving stability. In effect the release branches away fromthe main line of development.

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How to read the plan (2)

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FunctionallyComplete Hardened

Featuregrowth Hardening Stable

Retired

Each release on the roadmap evolves through a few distinct

phases

New featuresare developedand submitted

to the MCL

Focus moves tocollectively

driving up

stability

Defect fixes arestill accepted but

the main focus for

defect fixing is onlater releases


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Change history

NB The latest version of the platform plan is always available athttp://developer.symbian.org/main/source/platform/

18 th September 2009 Orange added as a contributor Vision, platform overview and roadmap pages tweaked

14 th August 2009: Spotlight on location-based triggering added in place of UX

8 th July 2009: Added UX spotlight pages Added SHAI spotlight pages

Added a system model slide Samsung and Alten added as contributors

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