Programming PC Connectivity Applications for Symbian OS: Smartphone Synchronization and Connectivity for Enterprise and Application Developers

The only guide for developers and power users on how to build PC connectivity applications for Symbian OS. This unique handbook provides all the information that is needed for the job.

• Fully worked examples and a do's and don'ts section provide design recommendations and expose common pitfalls giving a highly practical focus.
• Explains the relevant parts of the protocols that need to be used
• Demonstrates how to create your own device side components to provide new services
• Shows how to handle custom servers and socket servers

As mobile working becomes a reality, understanding Symbian OS is a key skill for enterprise and IT developers. This book is a must-have resource for developers that wish to create applications that utilize both the mobility of Symbian OS and the raw power of the desktop. It introduces the APIs, patterns and issues involved in developing applications that run on a Windows PC and integrate with Symbian OS phones - including developing specialized servers on the Symbian OS phone.

In conjunction with the relevant SDKs, Programming PC Connectivity Applications for Symbian OS will enable an experienced developer to speedily create a basic Connectivity application and be in position to take advantage of other books from Symbian Press to create more sophisticated applications. Existing Windows PC programmers will be able to integrate their skills and their applications with Symbian OS phones; existing Symbian OS developers will be able to integrate their applications with Windows PCs.

Whether you are developing applications and services for currently available mobile phones, or involved in pre-market mobile phone development, this book will give you an understanding the fundamental theory behind developing connectivity between Symbian OS phones and the desktop.

Source code is available from www.symbian.com/books

PC Connectivity for Symbian OS is part of the Symbian Press series. Written by Symbian OS software engineers, titles in the series are replete with expert knowledge that will allow the reader to develop better software, faster.

Ian joined Symbian in 2000 and is currently a technology architect responsible for connectivity. He has previously filled roles ranging from developer through project manager to technical manager by way of quality manager and process consultant (including presentation at international conferences).

He has an MA in Computer Sciences from Cambridge University and an MBA from Warwick University. As a software engineer for over twenty years he has been with a number of software companies and has worked on more than fifteen operating systems, developing software ranging from enterprise  systems to embedded software. He his married to Lorraine and they have two children, Ross and Kelly, and a number of pets.