After a brief introduction to Symbian OS fundamentals the book focuses on describing the interaction between the OS and the application, broadly following the lifecycle of an application. It describes the new features particular to v7.0s and provides conceptual and theoretical underpinnings to give the reader a thorough understanding of the OS.

• Aims to build a general understanding of Symbian OS, not just for a particular smartphone or UI
• Packed with code and examples
• Details advanced features such as user interfaces, files and views, multimedia services and communications, and messaging