The Symbian OS architecture sourcebook design and evolution of a mobile phone OS - Morris, Ben (J. Wiley & Sons, 2007)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
The current Symbian Press list focuses very much on the small scale features of Symbian OS in a programming context. The Architecture Sourcebook is different. It's not a how-to book, it's a 'what and why' book. And because it names names as it unwinds the design decisions which have shaped the OS, it is also a 'who' book
The Symbian OS Architecture Sourcebook; Contents; About this Author; Acknowledgements; Glossary of Terms; Introduction; Part 1: The Background to Symbian OS; 1 Why Phones Are Different; 2 The History and Prehistory of Symbian OS; 3 Introduction to the Architecture of Symbian OS; 4 Introduction to Object Orientation; Part 2: The Layered Architecture View; 5 The Symbian OS Layered Model; 6 The UI Framework Layer; 7 The Application Services Layer; 8 The OS Services Layer; 9 The Comms Services Block; 10 The Base Services Layer; 11 The Kernel Services and Hardware Interface Layer