The Symbian OS Architecture Sourcebook is part description, part reference, part case study and part history: quite simply, it?s a what and why book. It shows the origins of Symbian OS, and how it has evolved and provides a model for understanding what it is, how it is put together, how to interface to it and work with it.In addition, Ben Morris reveals why design decisions were made, and brings those decisions to life in the words of Symbian?s key architects and developers. The author describes the OS architecture in terms of the Symbian System Model. He highlights how the model breaks down the system into parts, what role the parts play in the system, how the parts are developed, what motivates their design, and how the design has evolved through the different releases of the system. . The Symbian OS Architecture Sourcebook is organized into four sections: Part 1 is a rapid introduction to Symbian OS, which sketches the...