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The Symbian Platform RoadmapDecember 2009


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Welcome!


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So whats new in December?

OpenWFSymbian becomes the first platform to includesupport for the OpenWF graphics standard inSymbian^3 kits now, courtesy of Nokia

PrintA complete overhaul of the Print sub-system (newproposal from K3)

Social

MobileFramework

Social Mobile Framework: easing integration of webservices into applications (new proposal fromSasken)

New look

for the

roadmap

Weve given the roadmap a bit of a pre-Christmas

polish. Do you like the new look? Let us know


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Day 1

The futureJune

Growth & MomentumNew contributions to the roadmap every month

End 2009


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S^2 S^3S^1 S^4 S^5

The pla/orm The roadmap feature highlights1 3

The roadmap release summaries2

Contents


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The most widely used open platform today

Used in 46% of smartphones worldwideSource: Canalys, market share for Q3 2009


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Satio

F-03A

F-01A F-08ASH-05A

F-09A

SH-06ASH-06ANerv

SH-07A

5230 SH-02AF-02AF-04A

SH-03A

SH-01A

X6

N97 Mini

N97

5800 ExpressMusic

5530 ExpressMusic

5800Navi

i8910

SH-04A

33 Symbian^1 devices so far

F-01B

F-02B

F-03B

F-04B SH-01BSH-02B

SH-03B

SH-04BSH-05B5235


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Huge scope for customisation and differentiation.

Scalable and efficient

Secure

True multitasking

Core OS

Communications

HD Multimedia

Deep web integration

Middleware

Location & sensors

Complete app suite

Enterprise integration

Rich UI framework

Apps and UI

A more efficient, scalable and secure core.

The most powerful collection of middleware, a great base forapplication development.

The richest mobile platform available today


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2.11g POP email OSCP EMS Bluetooth stereo headset USB 802.11nqwerty Numeric keypad Touch ARM11 support EDGE Presence ARM support Image editor Bluetooth GPS HD video AGPS

PP Hap9cs ARM Cortex A8 support SMS Landmarks database IrDA Music player FM radio app Dic9onary USB Mass Storage UPnP Camcorder Buddy list Notepad sync Instant messaging IMAP

pport Calendar SAT Landscapeportrait switching Hap9c feedback SSL GPS TrueType IMAP Voice recorder 802.11g POP email OSCP EMS Bluetooth stereo headset USB 802.11nqwerty Numeric

Presence ARM support Image editor Bluetooth GPS HD video AGPS OMA DRM 1.0 WAP Calculator XMPP Hap9cs ARM Cortex A8 support SMS Landmarks database IrDA Music player FM rad

ge UPnP Camcorder Buddy list Notepad sync Instant messaging IMAP email MMS SIM sync Lotus Notes support Calendar SAT Landscapeportrait switching Hap9c feedback SSL GPS TrueType I

email OSCP EMS Bluetooth stereo headset USB 802.11nSQLite WebKit browser Loca9onbased triggering Swipe home screen SIP Audio messaging Playlists PictBridge Extensible Search Accele

nsor framework SUPL Home screen widgets TVout iCal OpenC SDHC Photo album HSDPA Power manager MTP Contacts VoIP WebDAV Photo upload HSUPA App miniview Album art ARM Cort

S Exchange support SendAs vCard 2.1 World Clock Smart messaging Camera app Qwerty Halfqwerty Numeric keypad Touch ARM11 support EDGE Presence ARM support Image editor Bluet

RM 1.0 WAP Calculator XMPP Hap9cs ARM Cortex A8 support SMS Landmarks database IrDA Music player FM radio app Dic9onary USB Mass Storage UPnP Camcorder Buddy list Notepad syn

MS SIM sync Lotus Notes support Calendar SAT Landscapeportrait switching Hap9c feedback SSL GPS TrueType IMAP Voice recorder 802.11g POP email OSCP EMS Bluetooth stereo headset

tensible Search Accelerometer support Task manager Sensor framework SUPL Home screen widgets TVout iCal OpenC SDHC Photo album HSDPA Power manager MTP Contacts VoIP WebDAV

w Album art ARM Cortex A 802.11b QoS framework MS Exchange support SendAs vCard 2.1 World Clock Smart messaging Camera app Qwerty Halfqwerty Numeric keypad Touch ARM11 sup

ort Image editor Bluetooth GPS HD video AGPS OMA DRM 1.0 WAP Calculator XMPP Hap9cs ARM Cortex A8 support SMS Landmarks database IrDA Music player FM radio app Dic9onary USB

ddy list Notepad sync Instant messaging IMAP email MMS SIM sync Lotus Notes support Calendar SAT Landscapeportrait switching Hap9c feedback SSL GPS TrueType IMAP Voice recorder 80

th stereo headset USB 802.11n qwerty Numeric keypad Touch ARM11 support EDGE Presence ARM support Image editor Bluetooth GPS HD video AGPS OMA DRM 1.0 WAP Calculator XMPP

SMS Landmarks database IrDA Music player FM radio app Dic9onary USB Mass Storage UPnP Camcorder Buddy list Notepad sync Instant messaging IMAP email MMS SIM sync Lotus Notes su

ortrait switching Hap9c feedback SSL GPS TrueType IMAP Voice recorder 802.11g POP email OSCP EMS Bluetooth stereo headset USB 802.11nqwerty Numeric keypad Touch ARM11 support E

editor Bluetooth GPS HD video AGPS OMA DRM 1.0 WAP Calculator XMPP Hap9cs ARM Cortex A8 support SMS Landmarks database IrDA Music player FM radio app Dic9onary USB Mass Sto

Notepad sync Instant messaging IMAP email MMS SIM sync Lotus Notes support Calendar SAT Landscapeportrait switching Hap9c feedback SSL GPS TrueType IMAP Voice recorder 802.11g PO

reo headset USB 802.11 Full QWERTYNumeric keypad Touch ARM11 support EDGE Presence ARM support Image editor Bluetooth GPS HD video AGPS OMA DRM 1.0 WAP Calculator XMPP H

MS Landmarks database IrDA Music player FM radio app Dic9onary USB Mass Storage UPnP Camcorder Buddy list Notepad sync Instant messaging IMAP email MMS SIM sync Lotus Notes sup

portrait switching Hap9c feedback SSL GPS TrueType Video edi9ng IMAP Voice recorder 802.11g POP email OSCP EMS Bluetooth stereo headset USB 802.11nqwerty Numeric keypad Touch AR

support Image editor Bluetooth GPS HD video AGPS OMA DRM 1.0 WAP Calculator XMPP Hap9cs ARM Cortex A8 support SMS Landmarks database IrDA Music player FM radio app Dic9onder Buddy list Notepad sync Instant messaging IMAP email MMS SIM sync Lotus Notes support Calendar SAT Landscapeportrait switching Hap9c feedback SSL GPS TrueType IMAP Voice record

luetooth stereo headset USB 802.11nqwerty Numeric keypad Touch ARM11 support EDGE Presence ARM support Image editor Bluetooth GPS HD video AGPS OMA DRM 1.0 WAP Calculator

pport SMS Landmarks database IrDA Music player FM radio app Dic9onary USB Mass Storage UPnP Camcorder Buddy list Notepad sync Instant messaging IMAP email MMS SIM sync Lotus No

apeportrait switching Hap9c feedback SSL GPS TrueType IMAP Voice recorder 802.11g POP email OSCP EMS Bluetooth stereo headset USB 802.11nqwerty Numeric keypad Touch ARM11 supp

ort Image editor Bluetooth GPS HD video AGPS OMA DRM 1.0 WAP Calculator XMPP Hap9cs ARM Cortex A8 support SMS Landmarks database IrDA Music player FM radio app Dic9onary USB

ddy list Notepad sync Instant messaging IMAP email MMS SIM sync Lotus Notes support Calendar SAT Landscapeportrait switching Hap9c feedback SSL GPS TrueType IMAP Voice recorder 80

h stereo headset USB 802.11nqwerty Numeric keypad Touch ARM11 support EDGE Presence ARM support Image editor Bluetooth GPS HD video AGPS OMA DRM 1.0 WAP Calculator XMPP




Notepad sync Instant messaging IMAP email MMS SIM sync Lotus Notes support Calendar SAT Landscapeportrait switching Hap9c feedback SSL GPS TrueType IMAP Voice recorder 802.11g POtereo headset USB 802.11nqwerty Numeric keypad Touch ARM11 support EDGE Presence ARM support Image editor Bluetooth GPS HD video AGPS OMA DRM 1.0 WAP Calculator XMPP Ha





tereo headset USB 802.11nqwerty Numeric keypad Touch ARM11 support EDGE Presence ARM support Image editor Bluetooth GPS HD video AGPS OMA DRM 1.0 WAP Calculator XMPP Ha





Bluetooth stereo headset USB 802.11n

Shipped in over 300 million mobile devices.

Kernel &HW

OSSecurity

Dataservices

Boardsupport

Deviceservices

Locatingservices

Commsframework

Networkingservices

WLAN

Basebandservices

Shortlinkservices

Multimedia

Imagingextensions

Graphics

TextXML

services

Generic appsupport

Messagingmiddleware

Open servicesLegacy

metadataCameraservices

Service API

High level

InternetProtocols

DRM Remote storage

Locationservices

VPN clientTelephony &

SIMLegacy

presenceImage handling Video utilities

Service APIframework

IP Connectivitymanagement

Remoteconnectivity

Input methods

Classic UI UI resources

App installationWireless Access

Securityservices

Access security Mobile TV

IM & Presence

Remote

management

DLNA

Metadata

Multimedia UIframework

Multimedia app

framework

Home screenservices

Web

Hapticsservices

IP App

protocols

Networkingdevice

management

IP Appservices

Shortlink

connectivity

Multimediamiddleware

SVG Tiny

UI accelerator Web services

Locationapps

Video

telephonyapp

File managerMessaging

appsConversation

appsInstant

messagingImageeditors

GalleryVideocenter

Voicerecorder

Profiles Settings

Phone apps IP Telephony Organizer DictionaryGraphics

UIs

Speechrecognition

UIWeb UIs Photos Radio Printing Tech View

Device

control

Media

sharing UIContactsPoC Email

Camera

apps

Image

viewer

Video

editors

Music

playerVideo player

Screen

saver

Content

controlHelp app Home screen

Over 100,000 man years of development.

A proven platform.


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S^2 S^3S^1 S^4 S^5


2 The roadmap release summaries


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S^3

Kitsavailable

S^4 KitsQ1 2010

S^2Kitsavailable

CompleteQ1 2010

CompleteNow Handsets

Now

CompleteQ3 2010

H1 2010 H2 2010 H1 2011

HandsetsFrom H2 2010


December2009


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Symbian^2

A Complete Platform

The Symbian platform is a complete solution, stretchingfrom applications right down to kernel and hardwareadaptation:

A full suite of applications built around a UI frameworkthat supports a great deal of customisation

A rich middleware layer designed to make all the featuresin a mobile device easily available, fostering innovationabove

This all sits above a core OS layer designed specifically tobest deliver on the particular requirements andconstraints of internet-enabled mobile devices

And this is all open source available to and owned by thecommunity, free

S^2

The first open release of the Symbian platform

All-new Homescreen

An updated Homescreen application supports usercustomization, embedded widgets and live internet content.

Make the Homescreen the center of your world.

Location Triggering

The Symbian platform already has industry-leading support

for location technologies such as GPS and cell basedpositioning.

Symbian^2 adds platform support allowing an application to

trigger a custom event when the user enters or leaves adefined trigger area: Get ready to get off the train, yourstation is next.

In Symbian^2 any application can be location-smart.

Key themes

Kitsavailable

CompleteNow

HandsetsFromH1 2010


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Symbian^3

A big step forward in user experience

Multi page Homescreen group your widgets (eg homeand work) and easily swipe between pages

Single tap" support throughout the UI no more "tap toselect, tap again to action"

Enhanced look and feel in applications such as Photos,

where effects such as view transitions, semi-transparencyand fades are being delivered on top of the New GraphicsArchitecture

Multi-touch gesture support (swipes, pinches etc) comes tomany applications, including Photos and Video Player

One-click connectivity for all applications significantsimplification of the "connecting dialogs to deliver asmoother user experience

S^3Kits

available now

CompleteQ1 2010


Incremental evolution across the platform, a big step forward in user

experience

Improved music and video

HD TV - watch movies from your phone on a big screen(HDMI output, large video file support)

See playlists, track titles and artists on your Bluetoothheadsets display (AVRCP v1.4)

Better streaming sounding clear

A new high performance networking architecture enabling

broadband speeds, ideal for streaming high definition videoand high quality VoIP calls

For developers: Qt runtime pre-integrated

In Symbian^4 Qt will become the standard runtime for

applications. It is available as an option in kits as of S^3 toallow developers to start exploring this new world.

Key themes


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Symbian^4

S^4

A revolution in user experience, built on Qt

Key themes

KitsQ1 2010

CompleteQ3 2010


New User Experience

Symbian^4 delivers a whole new user interface forSymbian devices.

The on-screen layout of applications will be updated andnavigation will be streamlined to provide a simpler andmore fluent user experience.

The suite of platform applications themselves will be re-

designed and re-organised to support this elegant andaccessible paradigm, features being grouped to maximiseease of use.

The user interface will take full advantage of nextgeneration graphics to incorporate visually appealingeffects such as transparency and transitions.

This all adds up to a winning user experience for devicesbased on Symbian^4.

Enhanced Applications

The new user experience brings specific benefits to manyapplications, for example:

In Messaging the main views are being enhanced toprovide a conversation-based view that gives the user thefull context of a discussion when reading and replying.

Calendar gains email integration, allowing meetingrequests to be sent and responded to from within theCalendar UI.

Qt - a revolution in app development

In Symbian^4 Qt becomes the standard environment inwhich all native applications are written and run.

This brings the simplicity of the Qt developmentenvironment to Symbian developers, coupled with the powerof the underlying Symbian platform.


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S^2 S^3S^1 S^4 S^5


The roadmap release summaries3


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20102009

S^3 S^5^4

Feature Complete Dates

S^2

Single tap

enhancements

UI&Apps

Middleware

CoreOS

Location-

based

triggeringFreeWay

ScreenPlay

2011

Roadmap highlights

Multipage

Homescreen

HDMI

BT AVRCP v1.4

CalDAV

December2009

Widget-

based

Homescreen


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Delivering stunning effects

Loved by developers

Cut development time by nearly 50%

Reduces code by more than 50%

Deploy 50% faster because of better code maintainability

94%

Qt meets or exceeds myexpectations

76%

Qt has increased myproductivity

Widely used

100,000+ developers

5000+ companies working with Qt

Google Earth KDEVLC

Strong architecture

Modulararchitectureallows easyextension

Scales to fithardware

capabilities

IntegratedWebkit

renderingengine

Animations Physics Transitions

Kinetic scrolling 3D effectsGestures Multitouch

QtNew application and UI framework

Source: Qt website


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DevicesFrom H2 2010

DevicesFrom H1 2011

DevicesFrom H1 2010

QtNew application and UI framework

S^3 S^4^2Up to andincluding

and beyond

Qt runtimeavailable todownload and

install

Qt runtime

integrated intoSymbian^3 kitsand available for

inclusion indevices

Qt adopted as theprimary runtime for

applications

Orbit UI framework

provides enhanced Qt-based controls

Platform applicationsported to Qt and Orbit


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New User ExperienceA whole new look, a whole new feel

Nokia concept for a Symbian^4-based device, courtesy Nokia


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First-order commands on the new toolbar

Second-order commands on theintegrated menu

A whole new look, a whole new feel

New User Experience

New user experience built on Qt

Artists concept

Long touch unlocks more

Beautiful effects and transitions

DevicesFrom H1 2011

Coming in S^4

And a complete reworking of the app suite


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See friends tweets through your phonebook

Surf their photos from your gallery

Your web life available in any app, right where youwant it

Social Mobile FrameworkSo much stuff to share, so many sites, so little time.

A core set of libraries that ease integration of webservices into applications

An extendable framework allowing adaptors for

particular services to be added

Symbians Social Mobile FrameworkProposal under discussion, targetting S^4

Brought to you by:


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MulticoreGreat battery life, performance on demand

Symbian: designed for low power consumption from the ground up.

Now leading the next wave of energy efficiency.

Multicore support in Symbian, optimized for ARM and low power environments.

Current processor designs are leading to increasingly power-hungry devices.

Multicore processors are designed to achieve better performance with givenbattery life.


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MulticoreGreat battery life, performance on demand

2004

2008

2006

Symbian and ARM

SMP work initiated

2009Demo on ARM11

MPCore

FPGA Demo on

Cortex-A9

Kernel support for multicore

Symbian^3 running on dual

Cortex-A9 SoC

2010

2011

S^3

S^4

S^5

Multicore

devices will beshipping

Product-ready

multicore support

Key usecases optimised to

take full advantage ofmulticore


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Symbian

Hardware

Adaptation

S.H.A.I.Symbian Hardware Abstraction Interface

SHAI is a new, open interface being adopted and developed by a range of hardware vendors

Driving speed, efficiency and time-to-market.

Additional

common

platform

code

Simplifiedadaptation

layer

A common

interface

aligned with

industry

standards

Hardware adaptation becomes easier the latest hardware is available sooner, devicemanufacturers can spend more time making their devices great.


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DevicesFrom H2 2010

DevicesFrom H1 2011

DevicesFrom H1 2012

DevicesFrom H2 2011

Symbian

Hardware

Adaptation

S.H.A.I.Symbian Hardware Abstraction Interface

Some existing interfacesapproved to become part of

SHAI immediately

Review of existinginterfaces completed, the

first new SHAI componentsmay be delivered

Any remaining SHAIcomponents are

completed

S^3 S^5^4 S^6

The bulk of new SHAIcomponents are

delivered


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Readers Guide

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Further Information

The top level roadmap: http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Roadmap_for_the_Symbian_Platform

An overview of each release, eg Symbian^3: http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Symbian%5E3

More detailed roadmap information http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Symbian_Foundation_Technology_Roadmaps

The release plan http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Platform_Release_Plan


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How to read the plan (1)

The yellow arrow depicts the evolving Symbian platform codelineRelease blobs show that each Symbian platform release is a snapshot

of the codeline at that time

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Smba

2

Smba

3

Smba

4

Each blob represents a release reaching functionally complete Prior to functionally complete the prime focus for contributions is

on extending and enhancing the platform

At functionally complete feature growth for the release ceasesand the focus for contribution moves fully towards improvingstability. In effect the release branches away from the main line ofdevelopment.

6 months


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How to read the plan (2)

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Symbia

nX

FunctionallyComplete Hardened

Featuregrowth Hardening StableRetired

Each release on the roadmap evolves through a few distinctphases

New features

are developed

and submitted

to the MCL

Focus moves to

collectively

driving up

stability

Defect fixes are

still accepted but

the main focus for

defect fixing is onlater releases


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Change history

NB The latest version of the platform plan is always available at

http://developer.symbian.org/main/source/platform/

December 2009 Restructured Updated all content for cleaner look

September 2009 Orange added as a contributor Vision, platform overview and roadmap pages tweaked

August 2009: Spotlight on location-based triggering added in place of UX

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