Smartphone Operating System Concepts with Symbian OS uses SymbianOS as a vehicle to discuss operating system concepts as they areapplied to mobile operating systems.It is this focus that makesthis tutorial guide both invaluable and extremely relevant fortoday's student.In addition to presenting and discussing operatingsystem concepts, this book also includes exercises that compare andcontrast Symbian OS, Unix/Linux and Microsoft Windows. Theseassignments can be worked on in a classroom laboratory or in astudent's own time.
The book is replete with examples (both conceptual and applied tohandhelds) as well as:
* Summaries at the end of each chapter.
* Problems the students can do as homework.
* Experiment-oriented exercises and questions for students tocomplete on a handheld device
* A reading list, bibliography and a list of sources for handheldsoftware
It also contains a series of on-line laboratories based on thesoftware developed for Symbian OS devices. Students can performthese labs anywhere, and can use printing and e-mail facilities toconstruct lab write-ups and hand in assignments.
Students, for the first time, will be taught Symbian OS concepts sothat they can start developing smartphone applications and becomepart of the mass-market revolution.
Michael J. Jipping
Betriebssysteme / Sonstige Computer-Ratgeber End-User Computing Operating Systems / Other Symbian OS