Symbian Announces Symbian OS v9.3
The world's favorite mobile OS just got better. Symbian announced the availability of the latest version of Symbian OS, v9.3, incorporating enhancements to phone performance while offering cost-effective deployment for mobile operators. Whether a manufacturer is planning a 2.5G, 3G or HSDPA phone, Symbian aims to lower costs.
Some of the end-user related enhancements include faster boot times and startup of key apps, improved memory management and a new set of development tools. Nokia already has the Carbide.c++ set of tools ready to be launched this year.
Reference S60 designs for Symbian OS v9.3 are available; migration should be a breeze for third-party app developers as well as terminal manufacturers, since this version is fully compatible with the 9.1 version.
[Read via Darla Mack]
Symbian OS v9.3 includes:
Improved phone performance
- Shorter start-up times for phones and key applications
- Improved memory management resulting in more responsive applications and phone features ensuring smartphones work as quickly with better quality features as mid-range phones
Reduced development and ownership cost, and time to market
- New development tools
- Symbian OS awareness for the Eclipse/CDT IDE framework and Nokia's Carbide.c++ Development Tools for Symbian OS v9.3 phones
- Configuration tools to easily create and customise Symbian OS variants
- The Symbian Verification Suite to support compatibility and phone integration for creating Symbian OS variants, reducing time taken to customize phones for operators targeting different market segments
- A fully searchable on-line edition of the Symbian OS Library including a significant amount of new content
- Backwards compatibility from v9.1, easy migration for phone vendors, technology and third party software providers
- Reference design for Symbian OS v9.3 with Freescale and Nokia S60
- Hindi and Vietnamese language support for improved market coverage
Support for new hardware
- Native support for WiFi
- USB 2.0 on-the-go, allowing faster device connectivity
Support for key operator services and requirements
- Firmware over the air (FOTA) provisioning, FOTA allows network operators to provide OTA software upgrades or fixes lowering cost of ownership
- HSDPA support
- Introduction of IPSec for UMA service (Voice over IP)
- Improved 3GPP R5 support
- Native support for Push To Talk
- Java JSR 248 support
Stumble It! | Posted by Paul on July 13, 2006 12:26 AM
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