Wireless Java™ for Symbian Devices

By Jonathan Allin

To be published by Symbian Press on 1 November 2001
ISBN 0-471-48684-1 £32.50 Paperback

As adoption of next generation mobile phones such as the Nokia 9210 Communicator rises users will be able to access new types of applications, content and services on the move. To take advantage of this huge opportunity, software developers need to look at new ways of designing, programming and distributing applications and services. Java, in combination with Symbian OS, is a key enabler for these wireless services.

“As computing moves away from the desktop and into our hands, we demand ever higher reliability. Device manufacturers and service providers can no longer afford to think in terms of proprietary systems. They think instead of open standards and cross-platform Java technology.” Greg Papadaopoulus, Chief Technology Officer of Sun Microsystems

Java is the preferred language for developing applications and services on Symbian OS. It is a powerful programming environment that enables fast, secure deployment of applications and services onto a wide range of mobile phones and PDAs.

Wireless Java for Symbian Devices by Jonathan Allin gives developers access to key wireless technologies, including telephony, contacts management, calendaring, Datagram messaging and power monitoring. The book will help millions of Java developers quickly adapt to programming for Symbian OS phones by enabling them to write and distribute high quality, efficient applications which are suited to constrained devices with small memories, low processing power, small screens and which utilise wireless communications.

Wireless Java for Symbian Devices will also help network operators and service providers who are not necessarily Java proficient to understand the role Java will play in developing advanced data services and how to gain revenue from such services.

Complete with numerous illustrative and real-world examples, this essential programmer-to-programmer reference is written by Jonathan Allin, Symbian’s Java Technology Manager. With contributions by other leading Java programmers within Symbian and Symbian's partner community, it is filled with practical advice, code, guidelines and examples. This cutting-edge title also includes a companion website to keep readers updated with the latest technology developments and sample code.

Essential reading, this key reference covers:

• Using the Symbian OS Java Software Development Kits
• JavaPhone and Personal Java APIs and their Symbian OS implementations
• Writing efficient and optimised code for constrained devices
• Understanding and working with Java on different Symbian OS reference designs
• Accessing native functionality through Java Native Interface
• Creating games and wireless services (with case-studies from Digia Oy and Telenor R&D)
• Issues faced by wireless operators and service providers, including security, provisioning and rapid reliable development.

For further information, an interview with the author, sample chapters and contents, see: www.wiley.co.uk/commstech/ or Symbian Press

Notes for Editors

Jonathan Allin is Symbian’s Java Technology Manager. His role is to ensure that Symbian provides a first class Java platform in Symbian OS phones. He was responsible for Symbian’s Wireless Java technology training programme and previously wrote the Java section in Professional Symbian Programming.

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About Symbian Press

Symbian Press has been established to communicate authoritative, timely and practical information on Symbian OS and related technologies. Established as a partnership between Symbian Ltd ( Symbian ) and Wiley ( Wiley ), Symbian Press aims to enable and encourage developers to build great products as well as to educate commentators and decision-makers within the wireless industry. The second title from Symbian Press — Symbian OS Comms Programming — will be published in 2002.

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Symbian ( Symbian ) supplies an operating system to the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers enabling them to create mobile phones which combine voice communications, wireless Internet access and computing functionality. Ericsson, Nokia and Psion are already shipping Symbian OS devices. Other licensees of Symbian OS include Kenwood, Motorola, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sony and Siemens.

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