sept 2010 symbian platform roadmap

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The Symbian Platform RoadmapSeptember 2010


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Welcome!


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Symbian^2

is archived

After seeing a number of devices ship in Japanthis year, the S^2 codeline is now completelystable and the Release Council have declared it

closed. All the code plus the final set of kits willremain available on Symbians web site while thecommunity get on with S^3 and S^4.

More S^3

devices

The C6-01, C7 and E7 have joined theN8 in Nokias S^3-based device line-up.All are expected to ship this year.

SEE 2010

The biggest event in the Symbian calendar iscoming round again in November, this time in

Amsterdam. Theres bound to be big news, soget over to www.see2010.org and book yourplace now its free!

So whats new?Hot news


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S^1!

The first platform release

hosted by the Symbian

Foundation.

Faster and more responsive.

New home screen, improvements

across the app suite.

Ease and simplicity: a whole new touch UI.

Qt adopted for native app development.S60 5.0

Symbian OS v9.4

The pre-existing

codebase thatseeded theSymbian

Foundation

S^3.0!Complete: Now

Devices: Sept 2010

S^4.0!

Complete: H2 2010

Devices: Viable H1 2011

S^2.0!

Complete: Now

Devices: Now

Powered by Symbian^3:Nokias C6-01, C7, N8 & E7

Five S^2-based devicesare shipping in Japan

Evolving experiences

Symbian Platform Roadmap


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S^2.0! The first platformrelease hosted by theSymbian Foundation

S^3.0!Faster, more

responsive UI.

New home screen,improvements across

the app suite.

A whole new touch UI.Qt adopted for native

app development

S^4.0! HandsetsViable H1 2011

Notes: Complete equates to functional

completion. Handsets dates are a guide based ona typical 3-9 month gap between Complete and

first handset shipment. Actual device shipmentdates are the domain of device creators.

Now H2 2010 H1 2011

Sept

2010

KitsAvailable

HandsetsOn sale

KitsAvailable

Kernel KitAvailable

Full KitsH2 2010

CompleteH2 2010

HandsetsSept 2010

Starting with the Nokia N8

CompleteNow

5 devices shippingin Japan


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S^1! S^3.0! S^4.0!S^2.0!

Making it simple to harness the power of the platform

App development is easy

Making it easy to create powerful applications

Great IDE, including drag-n-drop UI creation

WRT Web Technologies

Flash Lite

Other available runtimes include

Open runtime for

JavaTm applications

JRTHTML, CSS and JavaScript.Anyone who can create a web page can

develop an app for Symbian.


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Releasesummaries

Featurespotlights

Pla0ormoverview

Readersguidetotheroadmap

Appendices:


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Symbian^3

A Big Step Forward in User Experience

Multi page Homescreen group your widgets (eghome and work) and easily swipe between pages;download and add widgets using the new widget manager

Single tap" support throughout the UI: no more "tap toselect, tap again to action"

A faster UI including effects such as view transitions,

semi-transparency and fades - delivered on top ofScreenPlay, Symbians new graphics architecture

Multi-touch gesture support (swipes, pinches etc)comes to many applications, including Photos and VideoPlayer

One-click connectivity streamlines the experience ofgoing on line. High bandwidth uploads and jitter-freestreaming are delivered by FreeWay, Symbians new datanetworking architecture.

S^3HandsetsSept 2010

Evolution across the platform, a big step forward in user experience

Improved Music and Video

HDMI: Watch movies and play games on a big TV screen,listen to streaming music on your hifi

See playlists, track titles and artists on your Bluetoothheadsets display (Bluetooth AVRCP v1.4)

Download podcasts and manage subscriptions with the new

Podcasts app

The Radio app gains music store integration - More infoand Buy now buttons use RT+ metadata to make the radioexperience interactive

For Developers: Qt Runtime Pre-integrated

Start to take advantage of Qts power and ease of

development. Qt 4.6 is pre-integrated into S^3 kits andavailable in S^3 devices.

Key themes

KitsAvailable

CompleteNow


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Symbian^4

S^4

A whole new touch UI, built on Qt

Key themes

Full KitsH2 2010

CompleteH2 2010

HandsetsViable H1 2011

The Touch UI Reworked

Symbian^4 will deliver a whole new user interface forSymbian devices.

The on-screen layout of applications will be updated andnavigation will be streamlined to provide a simpler andmore fluent user experience.

The suite of platform applications will be re-designed and

re-organised to support this elegant and accessibleparadigm, features being grouped to maximise ease ofuse.

The user interface will take full advantage of ScreenPlay,the new graphics architecture introduced in S^3, toincorporate visually stunning effects such as transparencyand transitions.

This all adds up to a winning user experience for devicesbased on Symbian^4.

Tighter Web Integration

The Social Mobile Framework, introduced in Symbian^4,

provides all the building blocks necessary for all of the mostpopular web-based services to be integrated seamlessly intoboth platform and 3rd party applications.

Qt A Revolution in App Development

In Symbian^4 Qt becomes the standard environment inwhich all native applications are written and run.

This brings the simplicity of the Qt developmentenvironment to Symbian developers, coupled with thepower of the underlying Symbian platform.

Qt is loved by developers as it is quick and easy to createpowerful yet maintainable applications. Qts modular andscaleable architecture makes it a great fit for cutting edgemobile devices.

Kernel KitAvailable


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Releasesummaries

Featurespotlights

Pla0ormoverview


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Delivering stunning effects

Loved by developers

Cut development time by nearly 50%

Reduces code by more than 50%

Deploy 50% faster because of better code maintainability

94%

Qt meets or exceeds myexpectations

76%

Qt has increased myproductivity

Widely used

100,000+ developers

5000+ companies working with Qt

Google Earth KDEVLC

Strong architecture

Modulararchitectureallows easyextension

Scales to fithardware

capabilities

IntegratedWebkit

renderingengine

Animations Physics Transitions

Kinetic scrolling 3D effectsGestures Multitouch

QtNew application and UI framework

Source: Qt website


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DevicesFrom H2 2010

DevicesFrom H1 2011

DevicesNow

QtNew application and UI framework

S^3 S^4^2Up to andincluding

and beyond

Qt runtimeavailable to

download andinstall

Qt runtimeintegrated intoSymbian^3 kits

and devices

Qt adopted as theprimary runtime for

applications

Orbit UI framework

provides enhanced Qt-based controls

Platform applicationsported to Qt and Orbit


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A whole new look, a whole new feel

Symbian^4 UI Refresh

New toolbar provides direct

access to the most usefulcommands

Integrated menu frees up

valuable screen space

Tap indicators to accessnotifications panel

Long touch unlockscontext-specific actions

Back button cuts down hardkey requirements

Titlebar and toolbar can behidden for full-screen

application views

DevicesIn 2011Coming in S^4

Artists rendering


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See friends tweets through your phonebook

Surf their photos from your gallery

Your web life available in any app, right where youwant it

Social Mobile FrameworkSo much stuff to share, so many sites, so little time.

A core set of libraries that ease integration of webservices into applications

An extendable framework allowing adaptors for

individual services to be added

Brought to you by:

Symbians Social Mobile Framework S^4


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Symbian

Hardware

Adaptation

S.H.A.I.Symbian Hardware Abstraction Interface

SHAI is a set of open interfaces being adopted and developed by a range of hardware vendors

Driving speed, efficiency and time-to-market.

Additional

common

platform

code

Simplifiedadaptation

layer

A common

interface

aligned with

industry

standards

Hardware adaptation becomes easier the latest hardware is available sooner, devicemanufacturers can spend more time making their devices great.


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Releasesummaries

Featurespotlights

Pla2ormoverview


Appendices:


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21 separate companies & individuals have contributed featuresinto S^3, together making it what it is. And thats not counting allour keen bug fixers.

Building Symbian^3 together

Driven by contribution

S^3

EmbedDevSequence

Point

SoftwareFlavio Castelli

Iwan Junianto

Lukasz Forynski


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The most widely used mobile platform today (and its open)

Used in 44% of smartphones worldwide

27 million handsets shipped in Q2 2010Source: Canalys, market share for Q2 2010


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Huge scope for customisation get noticed.

Scalable and efficient

Secure

True multitasking

Core OS

Communications

HD Multimedia

Deep web integration

Middleware

Location & sensors

Complete app suiteEnterprise integration

Rich UI framework

Apps and UI

A more efficient, scalable and secure core.

The most powerful collection of middleware, a great base forapplication development.

The richest mobile platform available today

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Releasesummaries

Featurespotlights

Pla0ormoverview


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Further Information

An overview of the platform www.symbian.org/symbian-platform

An introduction for app developers www.symbian.org/symbian-platform/developing-for-symbian

Detailed platform roadmaps for developers developer.symbian.org/roadmap

The release plan developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Platform_Release_Plan


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Change history

NB The latest version of the platform roadmap is always available

at: developer.symbian.org/roadmap

September 2010 New look roadmap summary and developer story slides Updated stats in the platform section Updated the contribution stats

June 2010 Status updates for S^2, S^3, S^4 Updated list of shipping devices & contribution summary

March 2010

S^3 and S^4 status updated Multicore schedule corrected

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