Symbian C++ Application Programming Overview

This paper offers an introduction to the development of applications for mobile devices, and in particular for the development of applications created using Symbian C++. Mobile development is limited by the nature of mobile devices and wireless technologies. Due to this special environment conditions, the choose of an Operating System prepared for handle specific issues related with resource constrained devices is a key factor to successfully overcome the limitations of the mobile development world. Symbian Operating System (OS) is described and compared with other well-kwon mobile operating systems. Furthermore, the main issues related with Symbian C++ programming are exposed, and the security of Symbian devices are discussed. 1