Attracting the Planets

In the late 1990s, after Nokia developed the first smartphone (the “Communicator”), executives became increasingly sensitive to the importance of operating systems, data communications, and multimedia. It was also becoming clear that more complex business models would be needed to tap in to new opportunities. This chapter describes and analyzes how Nokia managed this transformation. It describes the development of the Communicator smartphone, the establishment of the Symbian OS, and the creation of an innovative camera phone. As the nature of the industry was changing and becoming more complex, it also looks at how Nokia responded by engaging with a wider ecosystem to develop the visual radio concept. These examples highlight the challenges that the new world of software platforms and application ecosystems raised for Nokia.

Symbian OS for Developing Mobile Multimedia Software Platform for Gymnastics

Traditional multimedia technology is not convenient for mobile devices. Therefore, traditional teaching methods are still used in gymnastics teaching. Meanwhile, these classes can far from satisfying students’ requirements for social development and learning. In this research, we designed a mobile multimedia software for gymnastics utilizing Symbian OS. This uses the wireless package switch technology and guarantee the network transmission quality for the client. We used the audio editing interfacing to improve the smooth operation of the client software based on Symbian MMF. A survey shows that the experimental group had higher satisfaction with the application of this platform and could improve their gymnastics skills.

The Symbian Robot

As mobile phone handsets attain increasing capabilities, there are many more opportunities for novel applications development. While it is important to respect these resource constraints, some of the unique features of mobile phones also want to highlight, such as high quality audio, constant connectivity and comfortable form factor for use as device to interact with the physical world. In this project, there is exploration of the opportunities available with the usage of Symbian OS coupled with Bluetooth technology in developing an environment for current mobile phones and demonstrate applications and simultaneously exploiting the unique features of these commercially available devices. Applications for mobile phones have been limited to standard telephony or messaging services, PDA activities (calendar and contact management) and games. In this paper, the goal is to demonstrate that viewing a handset as a generic computing platform with some unique capabilities opens up the possibility for a variety of interesting applications. The main aim of the paper is to design and develop a symbian OS coupled with Bluetooth technology based wireless remote control to control motions of robot in the real time applications with four degrees of freedom. In this paper, there is a development of program which uses the symbian OS, which reads the data from the MEMS sensor present in the cell phone. This data is then compared to the stored data and then the user will get to know the way the cell phone is being tilted, This data is sent to the robot using the blue tooth technology that is present in the cell phone. At the other end the Blue tooth in the robot will read the data and will send the data to the micro controller, which will then accordingly drive the robot in the direction as required by the user.

Security of Symbian Based Mobile Devices

Security issues of Symbian-based mobile computing devices such as PDAs and smart phones are surveyed. The evolution of Symbian OS architecture is outlined. Security threats and problems in mobile computing are analyzed. Theft/loss of the mobile device or removable memory cards exposes stored sensitive information. Wireless connection vulnerabilities are exploited for unauthorized access to mobile devices, to network, and to network service. Malicious software attacks in form of Trojan horses, viruses, and worms are also becoming more common The Symbian OS is open for external software and content which makes Symbian devices vulnerable for hostile applications. Embedded security features in Symbian OS are: a cryptographic software module, verification procedures for PKI signed software installation files, and support for the communication security protocols IPSec and TLS. The newest version 9.3 of Symbian also embeds a platform security structure with layered trusted computing, protection capabilities for installed software, and data caging for integrity and confidentiality of private data. Fundamental security requirements of a Symbian based mobile device such as physical protection, device access control, storage protection, network access control, network service access control, and network connection security are described in detail. Symbian security is also evaluated by discussing its weaknesses and by comparing it to other mobile operating systems. Current availability of add-on security software for Symbian based mobile devices is outlined in an appendix. In another appendix, measurement results on how add-on security software degrades network communication performance of a Symbian based mobile device are presented and analyzed as a case study.