Symbian OSOverview

Symbian OS™
Overview, possibilities and the community
1 Andreas Jakl, 2008 v4.2a – 17 March 2009

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2 Andreas Jakl, 2008

About me: Andreas Jakl
● Assistant Professor at the University of

Applied Sciences, Hagenberg since 2006
● Forum Nokia Champion (2007, 2008, 2009)
● Founded company “Mopius” in 2004
● Internship, Master‘s Thesis and summer jobs
at Siemens / BenQ Mobile (Munich, R&D)
● Studied Bachelor & Master of Digital Media
in Hagenberg / Austria (2001 – 06)
● andreas.jakl@fh-hagenberg.at
Contents
● Smartphones and Symbian Ltd.

● UI Platforms overview
● Symbian OS overview
● Developing for Symbian OS
● Community
● Recommended literature

Symbian in
The Smartphone Market

“Smartphone”
● Typical differences to
feature phones:
Traditionally more
features, more software
pre-installed
Install own native
applications
Source: Nokia (N97)

Smartphone Operating Systems
Symbian
Quarterly Worldwide Smartphone Sales by Vendor
Linux
35 Access
Microsoft
30
RIM
million units shipped
25 Apple
Others
20
15
10
0
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
2005 2006 2007
Source: Canalys, Symbian analysis

Global Market Share Q3 2008
Linux; 5% Others; 2%
Microsoft;
14%
Symbian; 47%
RIM; 15%
Apple; 17%
Source:
http://www.canalys.com/pr/2008/r2008112.htm
Worldwide Market Share
Q107 smartphone share by OS, by region
100%
90%
80% Others
70% RIM
Microsoft
60%
Access
50% Linux
Symbian
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
EMEA Japan China N.Am. ROW
Source: Canalys
9 Andreas Jakl, 2008 Includes closed Linux devices in Japan
Symbian (OS)?
● Symbian Ltd.
Company based in London, UK
Now owned by Nokia
● Symbian OS
Operating system developed by Symbian
Licensed and used by phone manufacturers
(Nokia, Samsung, LG, ...)

Symbian Foundation
Committed
handset
● Nokia now owns Symbian Ltd. manufacturers
● Symbian OS transferred to Symbian

Foundation
● OS  Open Source + royalty free
● Based on S60 (main), UIQ & MOAP

Timeline
Symbian Foundation announced
Acquisition of Symbian Ltd. by Nokia completed
First unified Symbian Foundation

release
Symbian OS
available as
open source,
first handsets
2008 2009 2010

History of Symbian (OS)
● Psion: Established 1980

Games and software for Z80-based Sinclair ZX81 / ZX
Spectrum
Sinclair QL bundled with Psion Office Suite (1983)

● 1984: Psion Organizer

8 Bit processor, 14x9cm, 2K
RAM, 4K ROM, 8K datapak, 6
months battery life!
● 1986: Organizer II
The world’s first proper PDA
● 1991: Psion Series 3

Sibo OS, 1.5+ million units sold
● 1994: Starting
Psion Organizer II. Source: mobile2day.de
development of 32bit OS
● 1997: Psion Series 5

(EPOC 32 bit
multitasking OS)
● 1998: Symbian LTD is
founded
● 2000: First Symbian OS
phone: Ericsson R380
Psion Series 5. Source: mobile2day.de

● 2001: First 2.5G phone:

Nokia 7650
● 2002: SonyEricsson,
Siemens, Sendo join in
● 2003: Symbian OS 7
(Nokia 6600), Samsung
● 2005: Symbian OS 9,
Platform Security
Already ● 2007: P.I.P.S. – Standard C
included light
sensor, camera,
support
...
● 2008: Symbian Foundation
Source: Nokia (7650)
Symbian OS and its
User Interface Platforms

All current UI platforms will be integrated
into a unified UI mainly based on S60 by
UI Platforms Symbian Foundation.
● Mobile phones: different manufacturers, form factors,

capabilities, markets, ...
● Three UI platforms on top of Symbian OS
Provide GUI and extend apps & middleware provided by Symbian
Application suites
UI implementation
UI framework
Symbian OS
HW adaption
Hardware
UI Platforms: S60 Symbian Foundation.
● Unified UI platform based on S60

Official UI platform of
Symbian Foundation
Former name: Series 60
Nokia N97 ● Touchscreen support with S60 5th
Edition

UI Platforms: S60 Symbian Foundation.
www.s60.com
Business High-End Multimedia Mass Market
Nokia N96
Nokia E66 Samsung Omnia HD

Nokia 6121 Classic
Nokia 5800
XPressMusic
Nokia E71
Nokia N85
SE Idou
Nokia 5500 Sport
Nokia E90 Samsung INNOV8
20 Andreas Jakl, 2008 Nokia 6210 Navigator

UI Platforms: UIQ Symbian Foundation.
● UIQ
Owned by SonyEricsson and
Motorola (2007)
Licensees: SonyEricsson, Benq,
Motorola, Arima
Company shut down after Symbian
Foundation announcement
● Design
One & Two-Handed use
SonyEricsson P1i
Touch screen and/or keys supported
UI Platforms: UIQ Symbian Foundation.
www.uiq.com
Sony Ericcson P1i

Sony Ericcson W960i
Motorola MotoRizr Z10

Sony Ericcson P990
Sony Ericcson W950
Sony Ericcson M600 Motorola MotoRizr Z8

UI Platforms: FOMA Symbian Foundation.
● NTT DoCoMo
Largest operator in Japan
FOMA™ 3G network
(“Freedom of Mobile Access”)
UI internally named MOAP (“Mobile
Oriented Application Platform”)
– Supported by two platforms:
Symbian OS and Linux
● Phones
FOMA D704i
Manufacturers: Fujitsu, Sharp,
Mitsubishi, Sony Ericsson
Closed platform
(user can not install apps)
UI Platforms: FOMA Symbian Foundation.
FOMA D702iBCL
FOMA Raku-Raku
FOMA F903i Simple
FOMA F904i
FOMA F704i
FOMA D703i
Features include: Mobile TV, contactless payment and access, fingerprint authentication,
waterproof, scented phones, touchscreen-keypads, GPS, “simple” phones, motion sensor,
barcodes, text-to-speech  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xQVnny0LSg
Future
● S60, UIQ and MOAP integrated into unified platform

Based on S60
● Qt will replace S60 UI
Cross-Platform framework
Originally developed by Trolltech, now owned by Nokia
(Qt Software)

Symbian OS = High End
● Touch screen + QWERTY-keyboard
Nokia N97 ● nHD 16:9 screen (640x360,
16 million colors, 3.5“)
(H1 2009) ● 5 MPixel camera (Carl Zeiss), dual
led flash, 30 fps video
● A-GPS, WLAN, UMTS, HSDPA,
UPnP, USB 2.0
● Radio, TV-Out, 3.5 mm audio,
N-Gage
● 32 GB memory + MicroSD
● Acceleration sensor, compass,
proximity sensor
● 150 g, 117x55x16 mm

Nokia UI Platforms: Series 30
● Nokia Series 30
No Symbian OS
For entry phones only
(!= smart phones)
No C++ development
possible
Source: Nokia 1209

● Nokia Series 40
No Symbian OS
For feature phones
(!= smart phones)
No C++ development
possible
Source: Nokia 6600 Slide

● Nokia Series 80
Nokia Communicator
Full QWERTZ keyboard
Series 80 has been
superseded by S60
with the E90
Source: Nokia 9500

● Nokia Series 90
Pen-based input
Only used for the Nokia
7710
Touch screens
integrated into
S60 5th Ed.
Source: Nokia 7710 Released in 2004 
Nokia 5800 is not
the first touch
device from Nokia,
as many believe.
N-Gage
● Launched early 2008

● Gaming on Nokia multimedia phones
(huge user base!)
● Fully integrates with phone’s connectivity

Structure and Development
Symbian OS

Mobile Requirements
● Limited resources
Most S60 phones today:
220 – 370 MHz (ARM 9/ARM 11), 64-128 MB Ram
● No hard disc
Therefore no virtual (= “unlimited”) memory
● Power management
Data safety in case of power loss is an issue
● Compact
Not much room for UI and the application itself
Reuse of common components important
● Reliability
“Always on”
C++ and Symbian OS
● In 1994, C++ was still evolving – not standardized

● Features not supported by the tool-chain or immature:
Exceptions
Namespaces
New casts
(Templates)
Boolean types
●  Own idioms had to be invented!
Requirements: optimized for small, low memory, low power
devices
P.I.P.S. / OpenC
● Available since 2007

● P.I.P.S:
Allows using C standard libraries
(POSIX) on Symbian OS
OpenC / OpenC++ (Nokia) add
additional libraries
● Useful for porting applications and
game development
● UI development still requires Symbian-
dialect of C++
“Open” Platform
● Symbian OS is an open platform

Allows to install aftermarket software
C++ APIs publicly documented and freely available
Symbian OS supports open standards
(e.g. as developed by Open Mobile Alliance (OMA))
● Source Code:
Source code of Symbian OS is not available
However: most of it is provided to phone manufacturers
and partners
Symbian OS + Runtimes
Java ME Python .net Basic Perl
Widgets
Apache / PHP Silverlight
(Web Flash Lite Ruby
/ MySQL (soon)
Runtime)
S60 / UIQ
(C++)
Symbian OS

Choosing your Language
Widgets-support
introduced with
S60 3rd Ed. FP2
Web
Ease of development
Flash
Python
Managed
code Java
P.I.P.S.
Symbian
Native code C++
Functionality and performance

Why use C++ instead of JavaME?
Source: Superscape / Siemens
● Siemens 3D Rally ● Sega Rally 3D Source: Nokia ● Pandemonium

Release: March Release: 2008 Release: October 2003
2004
176x208
132x176
~12-15 fps
~7 fps
Why use C++ instead of JavaME?
Java ME Native Development
● Rudimentary UI controls, ● Ready-made UI controls +

fixed appearance extensible framework
● Normally no access to files, ● (Almost) complete access
system services, … to files, system, …
● Applications can not really ● Background, invisible,
run in the background (yet) automated start-up, ...
● Long startup time ● Fast start-up and response
● Extra version for each time
mobile phone ● Applications run on all
(Write Once, Run phones, (nearly) without
Anywhere?) porting
Symbian Signed
● Ensuring minimum standards for app. behaviour

● Certificate required to access certain phone functionality
● Development
Open Signed: free online signing for development
With publisher ID ($), offline signing
● Release
Express signed: company tests itself, random audits
Certified signed: independent test house, more expensive

Architecture: Kernel
● Based on XScale, ARM6, ARM9
or ARM11
● Real-time kernel
Allows Single Core-Architecture
(combined baseband- and
application processor)
reduces manufacturing cost
● Structure:
Nano Kernel: For basic synchronisation, timing, first interrupt handling
and service scheduling (enough to run the GSM stack)
Other “personalities” run on top:
– GSM stack
– Symbian OS Kernel

Architecture: System
● OS and built-in middleware & applications stored and

executed from ROM
● OS and UI Platforms contain many APIs:
Telephony Licensee UI Platform
Messaging
UI framework
Multimedia
Symbian OS
UI framework
Database
OS Services
Location-based services
Kernel & HW Interface
OpenGL ES
Licensee H/W Services
...
Hardware
Architecture: Details
Licensee Platforms
S60 Avkon UIQ Qikon
UI Framework
UI Application Framework JavaME
UI Toolkit Uikon UI LAF* Cone FEP Base**
Application Services
Messaging, Browsing, PIM, App. Framework, Data Sync, …
Comms Services
Multimedia
Generic OS Serial Comm & Connectivity
Telephony Networking & Graphics
Services Short Link Services
Services
Services
Services Services
Base Services
Kernel Services & Hardware Abstraction
** FEP = Front End Processor: * LAF = Look & Feel. Allows changing
Input of characters
44 not directly appearance of Uikon controls
Andreas Jakl,without
2008 Even more detailed architecture:
supported by hardware keys. modifying Uikon-code itslef http://developer.symbian.com/main/oslibrary/sys_models/
Future: Qt
Windows
Mac OS
C++ Linux / X11
Java Windows CE
Embedded Linux
S60
Python
Ada
Pascal
Perl Maintained by
PHP Qt open source community.
Not officially supported by Qt Software.

Qt Architecture

Qt for S60
● Based on OpenC and native Symbian OS libraries
Qt
Application
Qt Libraries
OpenC
Libraries
Symbian Libraries

Developing for Symbian OS

IDEs – Carbide.c++
● Carbide.c++ (based on Eclipse)

New main development platform
Integrates Eclipse with required tools
● Editions:
Express: basic
Developer: UI-designer,
on-device debugging
Professional: Performance tools
OEM: ROM and JTAG support
(all free starting with Carbide.c++ 2.0)
IDEs – Visual Studio
● Microsoft Visual Studio

Plug-in:
Nokia Carbide.vs for
Symbian OS Support

IDEs – CodeWarrior
● Metrowerks
CodeWarrior for
Symbian OS
Maintained by Nokia
UI needs getting used to
Has been superseded
by Carbide.c++

S60 SDKs
SDK OS version Devices
1st Ed. v6.0 7650
● Choose SDK depending on 1st Ed, FP 1 v6.1 N-Gage, SX1,
3650, Sendo-
required compatibility and X, …
features 2nd Ed v7.0s 6600, …
2nd Ed, FP 1 v7.0s 7610, 6670,
● Binary compatibility break 6260, …
with Symbian OS 9 2nd Ed, FP 2 v8.0 6630, 6680,
6681, …
● www.forum.nokia.com 2nd Ed, FP 3 v8.1 N70, N90, …
3rd Ed v9.1 E61, N73,
N75, …
Commonly used for
maximum compatibility 3rd Ed, FP 1 v9.2 N95, E90, …
3rd Ed, FP 2 v9.3 N96, N78, …
5th Ed v9.4 5800, N97, …
Introduces touch screens
5th Ed, FP1 v9.5? ?
to S60
UIQ SDKs
SDK OS version Devices
● Major system redesign with UIQ 2.0 v6.0 P800, A925,
UIQ 3 …
UIQ 2.1 v7.0 P900, P910,
● developer.uiq.com A1000, P30,
…
UIQ 3.0 v9.1 P1i, W960,
P990, …
UIQ 3.1 v9.2 Motorizr V8 /
Commonly used for V10
maximum compatibility
UIQ 3.3 v9.3 G900
Development stopped
Only S60 will continue

The Emulators
● Simulate phone very

accurately
Only a few differences to
HW devices
● Support debugging
● Simulate connections
etc.

Installation
1. Carbide.c++ 2.0 (or later)

http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/tools_and_sdks/carb
ide/index.html
2. Perl 5.6.x (Set the path variable!) – not 5.8 / 5.10!

http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Windows/5.6/ActiveP
erl-5.6.1.638-MSWin32-x86.msi
3. SDK(s) (S60 3rd Ed. MR + newer)

http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Tools/Pl
atforms/S60_Platform_SDKs/
 Install all tools on the same drive (recommended: C:\, no network drive!)

Projects
The Community

Aim of this Presentation
... so what can you do with Symbian OS applications?

... what impact can you create with no marketing budget and simple ideas?

Community
● Small, but dedicated community

Easy to get into the network
Easy to create new stuff
● Blogs and websites
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/
http://www.symbian-freak.com/
All happy to report
http://www.intomobile.com/ about YOUR next
interesting Symbian
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/ OS based projects!
http://www.womworld.com/
... and many others!

Projects – ShakerRacer
270,000+
video views 140,000 hits Taken up by
(youtube) on project page many blogs
Nutshell: Control a modded RC toy car by
Demonstrated tilting your
Presented at phone.
by Nokia at S60 Summit in
many world- Barcelona
wide events Developed in: Python
Phone technology: Acceleration sensor, Bluetooth
Published: November 2007
Made by: Andreas Jakl, Stephan Selinger

Projects – WiiConnect / WiiRider
2nd at Forum for

Featured on Mobile
Austrian TV Communication
Featured on: Taken up by
Nutshell: Use the Nintendo
engadget.com Wii Remote to control your phone.
many blogs.
theregister.co.uk
golem.de
Developed in: Symbian OS C++ / Java ME
Phone technology: Bluetooth
Published: September 2007
Made by: Alex Erifiu, Mario Grammer

Projects – gBoarder
Finalist in
Austrian State
Pricea for
Nutshell: Create innovative statistics during Multimediatrip (# of crashes, longest jump) .
snowboarding
& e-Business
Featured on
major Austrian Developed in: Symbian OS C++
radio station Phone technology: Acc.-Sensor
Published: February 2007
Made by: Stefan Damm, Benjamin Gmeiner

Projects – RealReplay
Amongst
Winner at winners
Austrian State at Genius award
Price for Winner at Finalist at
Nutshell:
Multmedia Race against anyone, at any
N95 Developers time you want. Java Masters
& e-Business Challenge (BenQ Mobile)
Featured on Finalist at
Europrix Developed in: Java ME
TV (Puls4)
Multimedia Phone technology: Integrated GPS
Published: November 2006
Award
Made by: Andreas Jakl, André Lichtenecker

Projects – Ninepoint Box
Winner at
Forum for
Nutshell: Use a specialized Braille module to Mobile
control a standard phone.
Communication
Founded an
own company
Developed in: Python
Phone technology: Bluetooth
Made by: Ewald Kantner

Projects – The Journey I / II
Featured on Finalist at Featured on

main public Series 60 Jury award at
German radio
TV-channel Challenge Austrian State Price
station
(demo with 8/10 points for Multimedia
actors) Midlet-Review.com & e-Business
Nutshell: Combine the virtual with the real world in a location based game.
Finalist at 120,000+ “Most Innovative
Europrix downloads Mobile Game 2004”
Multimedia Winner at
OpenSummer Developed in: Symbian OS C++
Award
Competition Phone technology: Cell IDs
Published: June 2004 / August 2007 (S60 3rd Ed)
(NewLC)
Made by: Andreas Jakl

Projects – HourPower
With community:
available
Nutshell: Speak the time in you are too tired to open your eyes.
whenever
4 languages
20,000
downloads Developed in: Symbian OS C++
Phone technology: Text-to-Speech
Published: March 2007
Made by: Andreas Jakl

Projects –Theft Deterrent System for Skis
Winner at
Featured on 1st Austrian
BBC NFC Competition
Nutshell: Protect your skis from being stolen through NFC.
3rd at the
NFC Forum Developed in: Java ME
Global Competition Phone technology: NFC
Made by: Markus Eder,Florian Lettner,
Carina Madlmayr

Projects – Panic Lookup (Carbide.c++)
Published in
Nutshell: Automated panic code look-up in Carbide.c++.
Symbian
newsletter

Team: Wolfgang Damm, Andreas Pum
FH Hagenberg – Mobile Computing

Andreas Jakl
Projects – pyWuzzler
Featured on
TV (LT1)
Nutshell: Simulate table soccer on a mobile phone – and make it fun to play!
Several Austrian
newspapers
Published: June 2008

Team: Benjamin Gmeiner, Yen-Chia Lin
FH Hagenberg – Mobile Computing

Andreas Jakl
Summary
● There’s a lot you can do

● Don’t keep your application for yourself
● Let the world know about what you do
● Participate in the community

… for extending your knowledge:
Literature

Literature – Recommended
The Accredited Symbian Developer Primer
Jo Stichbury and Mark Jacobs
Short and in-depth explanation of the important facts of
development for Symbian OS. Includes summary of the important
basics of C++.
The contents of this book are partly identical to “Symbian OS
Explained”, so it might not be a good idea to buy both of those
books if your money is limited.
Status: Symbian OS 9, 2006
Sample-Questions like in the exam:

http://www.meme-education.com/

Literature – Recommended
Symbian OS C++ for Mobile Phones (Volume 3)
Richard Harrison & Mark Shackman
Complete and very up-to-date overview and tutorials for Symbian
OS development.
Developing Software for Symbian OS (Second Edition)

Steve Babin
Detailed description of the basic concepts of Symbian OS, good for
beginners.

Literature – Good, not so fresh
Symbian OS Explained
Jo Stichbury
Includes a lot of background information and explanations about
how development for Symbian OS works and why it is that way.
Developing Series 60 Applications

Leigh Edwards, Richard Barker
Good overview of development for S60, many examples.

Help! – On the Web
General Code Help for
Information Examples Questions
● Forum Nokia
http://forum.nokia.com/
● Forum Nokia Wiki
S60
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/
● Forum Nokia Discussion Boards
http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/
● UIQ Developer Network
http://developer.uiq.com/
UIQ
● SonyEricsson Developer Network

http://developer.sonyericsson.com/
Symbian
● Symbian Developer Network

http://developer.symbian.com/

Further Development Resources
● NewLC (Forum, tutorials)

http://www.newlc.com/
● SymbianResources.com (FH Hagenberg)
http://www.symbianresources.com/
Also contains a link-list for Symbian-related sites

Symbian Academy
● Advantages
Free lecture materials and training exercises
Discounted Accredited Symbian Developer Exam
Guest lectures from Symbian
Free technical support
Free training for lecturers
Publishing documents & projects on Symbian Developer
Network
Free copies of Symbian Press books

Symbian Academy
● Prerequisite: already teaching Symbian OS or planning

to do so
● Status:
56 universities worldwide (Q1 2008, since June 2006)
● Contact:
http://developer.symbian.com/main/academy/
academy@symbian.com

Perspective
● Accredited Symbian / S60 Developer

● Official exam
● Price: approx. €150 – €220
● Thorough knowledge of
Symbian OS and C++ required!
● http://www.majinate.com/

That’s it!
Thanks for your attention

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Symbian OS™

Overview, possibilities and the community

1 Andreas Jakl, 2008 v4.2a – 17 March 2009

2 Andreas Jakl, 2008

● Assistant Professor at the University of

● Smartphones and Symbian Ltd.

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The Smartphone Market

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● Symbian OS transferred to Symbian

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Acquisition of Symbian Ltd. by Nokia completed

First unified Symbian Foundation

2008 2009 2010

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● Psion: Established 1980

Sinclair QL bundled with Psion Office Suite (1983)

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● 1984: Psion Organizer

● 1991: Psion Series 3

● 1997: Psion Series 5

Psion Series 5. Source: mobile2day.de

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● 2001: First 2.5G phone:

User Interface Platforms

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● Mobile phones: different manufacturers, form factors,

● Unified UI platform based on S60

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Business High-End Multimedia Mass Market

Nokia E66 Samsung Omnia HD

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Sony Ericcson P1i

Motorola MotoRizr Z10

Sony Ericcson W950

Sony Ericcson M600 Motorola MotoRizr Z8

● S60, UIQ and MOAP integrated into unified platform

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Source: Nokia 1209

Source: Nokia 6600 Slide

Source: Nokia 9500

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● Launched early 2008

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● In 1994, C++ was still evolving – not standardized

● Available since 2007

● Symbian OS is an open platform

Java ME Python .net Basic Perl

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Functionality and performance

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● Siemens 3D Rally ● Sega Rally 3D Source: Nokia ● Pandemonium

● Rudimentary UI controls, ● Ready-made UI controls +

● Ensuring minimum standards for app. behaviour

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● OS and built-in middleware & applications stored and