quantum

Author: Wood, David
Isbn 13: 9780470016831
ISBN: 0470016833
Pub Date: Aug 19, 2005
Publisher: Wiley
Shipping Weight: 1.31 pounds
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This book starts with the question of how to add new functionality and new services into smartphone devices. The answer has two parts. The first part is Symbian OS - the de facto standard operating system for the emerging generation of advanced mobile phones. The second part is the main subject matter of this book - the skills and expertise necessary to successfully complete projects using Symbian OS. The Symbian operating system is not enough without this set of skills and understanding. This book focuses on these skills is based on experience with literally hundreds of Symbian OS development projects. Over the time spent on these projects the author has come to understand what the key issues are which make the most difference between successful and unsuccessful development projects with Symbian OS. This book highlights and explains these key issues. The most significant of these issues is the calibre of the people who are leading the software development process. It's not a matter of the quantity of the resources or the size of the team; it's a matter of the quality of the team leaders. These leaders can take good advantage of the advice in this advice in order to create truly outstanding products which yield high value both to their companies and to many millions of mobile end users. The book covers material one level up from technical - and higher. There is no discussion of specific APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). However, there is discussion on the general principles governing: *The use of these APIs *The design of these APIs *The philosophy behind these APIs *The way to organise teams to make best use of these APIs *The methods that are most likely to deliver commercial success when using Symbian OS * The wider significance of Symbian OS skills and expertise in the evolving mobile marketplace.
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