Contents

• Series 80 Platform Overview
• C++ Application Developers
• Java™ Application Developers
• Media and Content Developers

• Featured Devices
• Getting Started
• Recommended SDKs and Tools
• Most Recent Tools and SDK's
• Most Recent Documents
• Code and Examples

Series 80 Platform Overview

Series 80 Platform 2^nd Edition is designed to provide enterprise and professional consumers with an optimized experience for accessing, viewing, and manipulating business data and media content. Support for editing popular office documents and a full keyboard make the Series 80 Platform 2^nd Edition ideal in and away from the office. Security features, such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) in the Web browser make it ideally suited for accessing enterprise data securely.

Onboard applications can be developed in C++ or using Java™ technology in the form of Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) or Personal Profile (PP). Content developers can use XHTML, HTML, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and a range of audio and video formats.

The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) forward-lock method for Digital Rights Management (DRM) is provided to protect developers' intellectual property.

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C++ Application Developers

The Series 80 Platform 2^nd Edition provides developers with access to the APIs from Symbian OS v7.0s, the Series 80 UI, and Series 80 Platform application engines. The Series 80 Platform C++ APIs provide developers with access to all platform features, including telephony, IP communication (with multihoming across supported wide and personal area networks using HTTP and WAP stacks), messaging, multimedia, and a range of application engines, as well as access to contacts and calendar data, word processing, and spreadsheet functionality.

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Java™ Application Developers

Developers working with Java™ technology have a choice of profiles with which they can work.

There is an implementation of Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) 2.0, which also provides Java APIs for Bluetooth (JSR 82), Wireless Messaging API (WMA) (JSR 120), Mobile Media API (MMAPI) (JSR 135), and FileConnection and Personal Information Manager (PIM) API (JSR 75).

The alternative option is to use Personal Profile, which includes Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API (JSR 169) and the Nokia Extension Java API, which allows applications to create user interfaces in the Series 80 UI style.

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Media and Content Developers

The Series 80 Platform 2^nd Edition provides developers with a desktop-like browsing environment, messaging features, and support for static and streaming audio and video.

Developers of browsing applications can create rich content using either HTML or XHTML, as well as secure browsing applications that use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS). The browser also supports a flash memory plug-in. The Series 80 Platform 2^nd Edition's support for a 640 x 200-pixel screen means that is possible to achieve browsing comparable with browsing on a desktop PC.

Messaging developers can use Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) with full 3GPP Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) support to create rich messaging applications.

Suppliers of audio and video content support static and streaming audio and video in a wide range of formats. MP3, AAC, AMR, WAV, MIDI, and RealMedia are supported for audio; and 3GPP and MP4, as well as RealMedia (.ram and .rm), encoded using H.263 or MPEG-4 (Profile 0 Level 10), are supported for video.

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Featured Device

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Getting Started

Not yet developing for the Series 80 Platform? These documents provide an introduction to the platform, to developing applications using C++ or Java™ APIs, and to delivering content using HTML or XHTML.

05-Jul-2004

Series 80 Developer Platform 2.0: Designing XHTML/HTML Content v1.1
This document presents the Web browser in Series 80 Developer Platform 2.0 and gives some guidelines for Web content developers.
Document; Adobe PDF (.pdf); English (en)

15-Jun-2004

Series 80 2nd Edition: Getting Started with C++ Application Development
This document describes how to develop a simple application in C++ for Series 80 2nd Edition. Revision on April 12, 2006: minor editorial changes including terminology update. Nokia 9300 Product ID added in Section 6.3.1.1.
Document --- Getting Started Guide; Series 80 --- Series 80 2nd Edition, Symbian C++; Adobe PDF (.pdf); English (en)

14-Mar-2005

Series 80 Developer Platform: Porting From Series 60 (With Example)
This document describes the issues that need to be considered when porting applications designed for Series 60 Developer Platform 2nd Edition to Series 80 Developer Platform 2.0.
Document; Porting, S60 --- S60 2nd Edition, Series 80 --- Series 80 2nd Edition, Symbian C++; Adobe PDF (.pdf); English (en)

24-Nov-2004

Series 80 Developer Platform 2.0: Introduction To Java Native Interface (JNI) (With Example)
This document explains how to use the Java Native Interface (JNI) in Series 80 devices and SDKs. This document covers the basics of JNI, and it focuses on the details of the JNI application creation process. An example application is included in the package.
Document; Java ... Personal Profile (JSR-62), Series 80 --- Series 80 2nd Edition; Zip Archive (.zip); English (en)

 

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Tools and SDKs

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Most Recent Tools and SDK's

Download what you need for stand-alone development or to extend your favorite IDE.

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Most Recent Documents

Check out these recent documents for the latest information.

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Code and Examples

Plenty of useful example application source code to jump start development:
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