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SYMBIAN OPERATING SYSTEM
Presented by

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ANUJ JAIN 1RV17TE009

INTRODUCTION:-

• Symbian OS is one of Nokia's mobile operating system for mobile devices

and smartphones, with associated libraries, user interface, frameworks and
reference implementations of common tools, originally developed by
Symbian Ltd.

• Symbian was formed by Psion, Nokia, Ericsson and  Motorola in 1998.

• First Symbian phone was released in 2000 known as Ericsson R380(by Ericsson)

• 2.5G phone released early 2002known as Nokia 7650 (by Nokia)

• 3G phone released in December 2002,3G FOMA F2051 from Fujitsu

HISTORY:-

• Psion founded by David Potter inn 1980 launched the PsoinOrganizer, the world's first volume-produced
handheld computer in 1984.

• In June 1998 - Symbian is established as a private independent company and is owned by Ericsson,
Nokia, Motorola and Psion. From this point onwards has EPOC OS been called Symbian OS.
• In February 2004 - Symbian OS v8.0 is announced.
• In February 2005 - Symbian OS v9 is announced.
• In May 2006 - 100th commercial phone model ships
• In 2008, the former Symbian Software Limited was acquired by Nokia and a new independent non-
profit organization called the Symbian Foundation was established.
•  The platform has been designated as the successor to Symbian OS following the official
launch of the Symbian Foundation in April 2009.

•  The Symbian Platform was officially made available as open source code in February 2010.
 CHARACTERISTICS:
• PROCESSING THREAD BASED
• MEMORY MANAGEMENT
• INPUT/OUTPUT
• KERNEL EXTENSION DEVICE DRIVERS
• DMA(DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS) BLOCKING I/O STORAGE
MEDIA
MEMORY MANAGEMENT:

How Symbian OS Addresses Memory:

1. Symbian OSis a 32-bit operating system, addresses

can range up to 4 GB
2. Symbian OS divides memory into virtual pages and physical
frames
3. Symbian OS adopts a two-level page table strategy
MEMORY MANAGEMENT:
 FEATURES:
1. CLIENT SERVER ACHITECTURE
2. EVENT MANAGEMENT
3. OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGN
4. POWER MANAGEMENT
5. ROBUST AND DEPENDABLE
6. FULL A MLTI-TASKING
7. AN OPEN OPERATING SYSTEM
8. MEMORY MANAGEMENT
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS:

STRENGTH:
•MEMORY MANAGEMENT

•EXECUTION IN ONE PLACE

WEAKNESS:
•NO VIRTUAL MEMORY
SYMBIAN ARCHITECTURE:
• Symbian has a microkernel architecture, which means that
the minimum necessary is within the kernel to maximise
robustness, availability and responsiveness.

• Symbian is designed to compatibility with other devices,

especially removable media file systems.
• There is also a large volume of User Interface (UI) Code.
Symbian includes a reference user-interface called
"TechView".
• It is very similar to the user interface from the Psion Series 5
personal organiser and is not used for any production phone
user interface.
PLATFORM SECURITY:
•Trust
•Access to private data
•Security
•Cost control
•Compromise important telephone functionality
•Protection
•Software ownership
•DRM
Example of Applications where
the Symbian OS IS being used:
• Nokia Series 80 interface

• UIQ interface(Used for PDAs such as Sony Ericsson P800 )

• Nokia S60 interface

• Nokia S40 interface

DEVELOPING SYMBIAN OS:
• As of 2010, the SDK for Symbian is standard C++, using Qt. It can be used
with either Qt creator, or Carbide (the older IDE previously used for
Symbian development).
• A phone simulator allows testing of Qt apps.

• It is also possible to develop using Symbian C++, although it is not a

standard implementation.
• Prior to the release of the Qt SDK, this was the standard development
environment.
 ADVANTAGES:
• Greater range of applications.
• High quality games.
• Better inbuilt wap browser.
• Connectivity is lot more easier and faster.

• Real Player, Smart movie player etc. sort of application are not
available with java phones.
• You can install software and applications of any type

• You can download big files through your phone easily

with 3G around.
DISADVANTAGES:
• The OS is not available for PCs .
• The Symbian OS can be easily affected by a Virus.
Communication in Symbian OS:
CONCLUSION:

In the small and rapidly growing world the need of mobiles and its
applications are obvious. To meet the users embedded OS are playing the
vital. To speak in a sentence about Android and Symbian, Android is much
advanced and provides more value to the end users. Symbian needs updates
its features.
REFERENCE:
1. http://www.symbianwiki.com
2. www.symbian.com
3. www.symbian.com/technology/symbos-phones.html
THANK YOU