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+ Symbian^2, Base_OS_services, Kernel & Hardware Services, Power resource manager , Kernel-side Resource Manager API for managing power-related resources - eg voltage lines  clock lines  power domains
+ Symbian^2, Base_OS_services, Kernel & Hardware Services, FAT performance improvements , File server performance improvements from Memory card DMA transfers  Optimised FAT cluster handling and alignment of FAT user data area to media block boundaries
+ Symbian^2, Base_OS_services, Generic OS Services, Open Environment base , Backend adaptor  pipe device driver
+ Symbian^2, Base_OS_services, Generic OS Services, PIPS libraries , Libc  libpthread  libdl  libm
+ Symbian^2, Base_OS_services, Generic OS Services, Extended Open C libraries , Libssl  libcrypt  libz  glib
+ Symbian^2, Base_OS_services, Generic OS Services, Basic Std C++ support , Static linking old STLPort & Boost libraries
+ Symbian^2, Base_OS_services, Generic OS Services, Real-Time Graphics and Audio (RGA) , Real-Time Graphics and Audio (RGA) APIs
+ Symbian^2, Base_OS_services, Persistent Data Services, Symbian SQL i/o performance , Tuning SQLite input/output operations and improved robustness on flash media
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Domain-Wide Features, SMP Safe , All components within OS Base Services have been validated as SMP Safe. Testing covers multiple threads  synchronisation  shared memory  timing and race conditions
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Kernel & Hardware Services, SMP prototype Kernel , SMP building blocks enabling SMP Safe development  kernel has been updated to support SMP on up to 4 cores
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Kernel & Hardware Services, Writeable demand paging , Extends the existing read-only paging system to the paging of live Read-Write data from the memory of user space processes
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Kernel & Hardware Services, Flexible memory model , A new memory model which enables SMP  WDP and zero-copy
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Kernel & Hardware Services, Modular hardware adaptation , Device driver helper functions for registers  I2C  I2S and SPI which isolate off-chip peripherals from BSP implementations
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Kernel & Hardware Services, 64-bit file server , The file server API has been extended to provide 64-bit versions of current APIs to enable it to access files that are greater than 2GB
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Generic OS Services, Symbian C++ usability improvements , Includes Core Idioms work for Strings and Exception handling
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Generic OS Services, Posix signals emulation , 
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Generic OS Services, Full Std C++ support , Dynamic linking up-to-date STLPort
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Generic OS Services, Extra Linux Standard Base libraries , librt & Re-route to (& update of) internal zlib under EZlib C++ APIs
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Device Services, Sensor framework , Hardware abstraction framework for sensors  including accelerometers  magnetometers and proximity sensors
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Device Services, System State Manager , Management of device state transitions through startup to shutdown
+ Symbian^3, Base_OS_services, Persistent Data Services, SQLite C API , Exposing the native SQLite APIs to C developers
+ Symbian^4, Base_OS_services, Kernel & Hardware Services, Hardware Configuration Repository (HCR) , Repository that provides a standardised mechanism for device drivers to read platform specific settings such as pin numbers or bus addresses.
+ Symbian^2, Data_Communications, WLAN, SW Support for 802.11n draft specifications , 802.11n is supported in WLAN SW infrastructure mode for 2.4GHz with mandatory features from [ANSI/IEEE Standard 802.11n  Draft 4.0].
+ Symbian^2, Data_Communications, IP Connectivity Management, Connectivity Widget , The WLAN widget on Idle Screen informs the user about the state of WLAN  provides an easy access to discover WLAN networks and an ability to launch the Browser application using the selected WLAN network as the connection. WLAN user experience for VoIP has been enhanced by a product configurable feature that can be used to add new WLAN AP's under VoIP proprietary SNAP's and easily connect to VoIP service.
+ Symbian^2, Data_Communications, IP App Protocols, Application level roaming support for SIP , Providing support for application level roaming means that applications using SIP can effectively and efficiently make use of available bearers allowing application such as VoIP to roam across access points in a SNAP.
+ Symbian^2, Data_Communications, IP App Protocols, Improved SIP Client resolver , The SIP client resolver mechanism has been extended to provide more information on incoming requests allowing applications to participate in the analysis of incoming SIP request. This improves the ability of the SIP stack to determine which SIP client application should receive those requests.
+ Symbian^2, Data_Communications, IP App Protocols, Configurable SIP timers , Configurable SIP T timers and SIP expires timers allow service providers to define timers based on their network and bearer type  especially for VoIP use cases.
+ Symbian^2, Data_Communications, Networking services, Simple IPv4 NATP , IP address translation and address and port translation for TCP and UDP
+ Symbian^2, Data_Communications, Networking services, Improved VPN IPsec Support , Improved key management  VPN connection handling and IPv6 compliance 
+ Symbian^2, Data_Communications, Wireless Access, Hotspot Framework improvements , Improvements in supported features for 3rd party Connectivity developers
+ Symbian^2, Data_Communications, VPN, Certificate Chaining , 
+ Symbian^2, Data_Communications, VPN, Diffie-Hellman Group 14 Support in VPN Client , 
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Tech Domain Wide Features, New Comms Framework , Introduction of 3-plane-comms architecture (Freeway). Supports bearer mobility  improved jitter and includes IP performance deltas that improve peak data throughput and improve CPU efficiency.
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Tech Domain Wide Features, One-Click Connectivity , Centralized and dramatically simplified approach to provide IP connectivity for all applications.
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Tech Domain Wide Features, Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP) , Ensuring all relevant technical elements are "SMP safe".
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, IP Connectivity Management, Connect Screen, One-Click Connectivity , Central place to manage all IP Connectivity settings  accessible through a widget. & Automatic switch to WLAN: Applications that do not support mobility API are forced to switch WLAN connection through reconnect. & Improving some connection dialogues for better user experience & More efficient application performance using bearer mobility & New connection preference type that gives applications more useful way to control connection start-up behavior. & DirectUI implementation - Orbit implementation of ipconnmgmt UI components & Device provides Internet connectivity by implementing router functionality
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Networking Protocols, URI permission services - support for IDN blacklists/white lists , Whitelist/Blacklist support for IDN ( Internationalized domain names ) and TLDs ( Top Level Domains ) allow applications to implement procedures against IDN homograph attacks.
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Networking Protocols, Multiple performance improvement in the HTTP stack/Filters , 
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Comms Framework, Freeway architecture  , Bearer mobility  improved jitter and delay characteristics  improved peak throughput and data transfer efficiency
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Comms Framework, Single shot networking , Demonstrates to device creators how best to implement varying degrees of single-shot control over networking.
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Comms Framework, DHCP message header and data options , Developers of client-server applications that want to access service related information published via the DHCP server will be able to use the DHCP daemon.
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Comms Framework, Bearer independent IP network performance test program and measurements , Allow device creators to analyse and optimise network performance on their hardware. 
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Comms Framework, Zero copy networking , Removes data copies between the network device driver and networking stack allowing improved data transfer efficiency. Applications using ESock should see improved data rates (where the stack is a throughput bottleneck) or lower CPU usage (where the stack is not a throughout bottleneck)
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Networking services, Simple DNS proxy , Allows Device vendors to build a device that can operate as an IP connected modem over USB or Bluetooth in a way that allows the connected PC to use the IP connection to access device based services as well as network based services.
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Networking services, IPSec based support for VoIP , Enables VoIP developers to support encrypted calls using RTP over IPSec as opposed to SRTP (required to support standards based UMA/GAN  SIP based VoIP and I-WLAN services). 
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Networking services, Variable TCP window size , Allows device integrators  to improve TCP data throughput by matching the window size to the characteristics of the prevailing network and bearer.
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, Networking services, PDP contention management , Device vendors will easily be able to associate contention priorities with specific access points to allow ESock to automatically handle contention. Device/UI vendors who wish to adopt a different contention policy can modify the provided PDP context tier manager.
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications,  Wireless access , DirectUI implementation , Orbit (Qt) implementation of wirelessacc UI components.	
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications,  Wireless access , Features in Hotspot Framework , STIF (System Integration and Test Framework) test cases for HotSpot Framework Client API & Improved user experience through reduced dialogues
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications,  Wireless access , Features in WLAN utilities , Homescreen widget updates of WLAN Sniffer & Enhance the architecture  functionality and code for making WLAN Sniffer less error prone & STIF test cases for WLANSniffer
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, IP App Protocols, Features for SIP Framework , Configurable backup proxy and subscription timers & Offline handling and integration with Symbian SSM & RFS event handling for disabling always-on profiles
+ Symbian^3, Data_Communications, IP App Protocols, Feature for RTP/RTCP/SRTP , RTP extensions for VOIP & RTP Performance optimizations
+ Symbian^2, Device_Connectivity, Remote Connectivity, MTP v1.0 , Provides multimedia user experience like media sharing with Windows Media player via USB. PTP also enables still image sharing
+ Symbian^2, Device_Connectivity, Remote Connectivity, MTP over USB. Support for audio / video / generic files , 
+ Symbian^2, Device_Connectivity, Remote Connectivity, PTP , 
+ Symbian^2, Device_Connectivity, DLNA Services, DLNA media browsing from Home network , 
+ Symbian^2, Device_Connectivity, DLNA Services, DLNA media sharing enablers , 
+ Symbian^2, Device_Connectivity, DLNA Services, DLNA media synchronization , 
+ Symbian^2, Device_Connectivity, Short Link Connectivity, Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR UI services , New features includeSecure Simple Pairing & Extended Inquiry Response & Encryption Pause Resume & Link Supervision Timeout Event
+ Symbian^2, Device_Connectivity, Short Link Connectivity, Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) v1.3 , AVRCP defines the features and procedures required in order to ensure interoperability between Bluetooth devices with audio/video control functions in the Audio/Video distribution scenarios. & New feature in v1.3 is the metadata transfer of currently playing song
+ Symbian^2, Device_Connectivity, Short Link Connectivity, Human Interface Device (HID) profile v1.0 , The Human Interface Device Profile defines the protocols  procedures  and features that are used by Bluetooth Human Interface Devices & Support is implemented for Bluetooth HID keyboards
+ Symbian^2, Device_Connectivity, Short Link Services, Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR Core Stack , 
+ Symbian^3, Device_Connectivity, Service Discovery & Usage, Device and Service Discovery Framework APIs , Provides a technology agnostic method for the discovery and publishing of devices and services in a local area network. This release will allow applications to use the same API for service discovery using either UPnP or Bonjour
+ Symbian^3, Device_Connectivity, Service Discovery & Usage, DLNA media connectivity solution , Application level touch support & Search & browse functionality improvements & Video seek support & Independent application delivery support
+ Symbian^3, Device_Connectivity, DLNA Services, DLNA media connectivity solution with touch support  , 
+ Symbian^3, Device_Connectivity, DLNA Services, DLNA media connectivity solution usability improvements , 
+ Symbian^3, Device_Connectivity, Short Link Connectivity, Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) v1.4 , New features include: media player selection  browsing  searching and advanced volume control
+ Symbian^3, Device_Connectivity, Short Link Connectivity, NFC inclusion , 
+ Symbian^3, Device_Connectivity, Short Link Connectivity, NFC initiated BT , 
+ Symbian^3, Device_Connectivity, Short Link Connectivity, NFC integration to control panel , 
+ Symbian^3, Device_Connectivity, Short Link Services, Bluetooth stack enhancement for AVRCP v1.4 , 
+ Symbian^2, Device_Management, Tech domain wide features, OMA-DM 1.2 Support , 
+ Symbian^2, Device_Management, Content Control Daemons, Timed Sync , Time based data synchronization initiation
+ Symbian^2, Device_Management, Device Control Daemons, FOTA Low Battery Test , Solution for USB only charging products & This solution prevents devices to get into update mode if low battery is detected for USB only charging devices
+ Symbian^2, Device_Management, Device Control Daemons, FOTA,  suspend-resume for firmware package download & Allows suspend and resume of FOTA package download 
+ Symbian^2, Device_Management, Device Control Daemons, Terminal diagnostics UI & Framework , Terminal Diagnostics provides test suites that can be executed for capturing data that can be used for troubleshooting and analysis
+ Symbian^2, Device_Management, Settings, Optical joystick,  UI setting for optical joystick usage enable/disable & The optical joystick usage is an addition to normal rocker- + navikey user input  and user must be able to disable the optical joystick usage if wanted. When disabled  the setting should prevent optical joystick to send events
+ Symbian^2, Device_Management, Remote Management, Handling of an un-trusted provisioning message (disabled by default in platform) , Un-trusted provisioning message are deleted and error message is shown to the user 
+ Symbian^2, Device_Management, Remote Management, TARM (Terminal Advanced Rights Management) Support in platform  , Enabling TARM support in platform which includes Policy Management  Terminal Security and Remote Customization support
+ Symbian^2, Device_Management, Networking DM, Global WLAN settings Device Management		 , 
+ Symbian^3, Device_Management, Tech domain wide features, OMA-SCOMO Support , OMA-DM Implementation  [Candidate Version 1.0 – 24 Oct 2008 ]
+ Symbian^3, Device_Management, Tech domain wide features, Device Control Management Object (DCMO) Support , OMA-TS-DCMO-V1_0-20081008-D.doc
+ Symbian^3, Device_Management, Content Control Daemons, Content change triggering , The user data will be kept up-to-date automatically without the need of manual or a timed synchronization. The changes are available in the server as soon as there is some changes is detected
+ Symbian^3, Device_Management, Device Control Daemons, Device Asset Control through DCMO [Storage Card, Camera, FOTA] , OMA-TS-DCMO-V1_0-20081008-D.doc & Developing a generic adapter for Device asset configuration (e.g. configuring of Camera  WLAN  USB  Bluetooth  FM radio)
+ Symbian^3, Device_Management, Device Control Daemons, End User Application mgmt – Deployed application visibility from DM server , Trusted DM server will have visibility to SCOMO deployed and pre-installed applications on the device
+ Symbian^3, Device_Management, Device Control Daemons, Carrier profiles cannot be deleted by end users , Mandatory carrier profiles cannot be deleted by end-users
+ Symbian^3, Device_Management, Device Control Daemons, Access Point Linkage to DM Account /SNAP support , End User Enhancement so that device default access point is always used for Device Updates
+ Symbian^3, Device_Management, Settings, Plug-in for Ringtone changing in Control Panel , User experience can be enhanced by adding a way to change ringing tone setting also from control panel
+ Symbian^3, Device_Management, Remote Management, Device Lock Code Policy Enhancements for Multi-application Use , Policy Enforcement when multiple applications are using TARM features to enforce administrative policies
+ Symbian^3, Device_Management, Remote Management, Device Encryption & Storage Card Encryption Policy Support , Enforcing Device Encryption and Storage Card Encryption Policy Support
+ Symbian^3, Device_Management, Networking DM, DCMO sub-part,  Ability to remotely Allow / Disallow WiFi with Device Management & OMA-TS-DCMO-V1_0-20081008-D.doc
+ Symbian^3, Device_Management, Networking DM, ConnMo Support , OMA ConnMo
+ Symbian^2, Location, Tech domain wide features, Location Based Triggering , This framework allows an application to create a location trigger. When the user enters or leaves the trigger area  the triggering framework notifies the application that the trigger has been fired
+ Symbian^2, Location, Tech domain wide features, Navigation meets Organizer & Contacts (+ Browser?) , 
+ Symbian^2, Location, Location, Location Events UI , Location Based Events enables end-user to define geographical target area by various means  and define action to be executed when user arrives in the target area
+ Symbian^2, Location, Location, Configurability for multiple Location (SUPL) Servers with Setting UI , Besides Nokia’s  SUPL server  option to have Operator SUPL server
+ Symbian^2, Location, Location Services, Location Based Triggering , 
+ Symbian^2, Location, Location Services, Configurability for multiple Location (SUPL) Servers , 
+ Symbian^2, Location, Location Services, Support for Google (KML/KMZ) format import of Landmarks , KML- (Keyhole Markup Language) format is used by the Google Maps application. This is a rather popular format  that is widely used in industry these days. It's needed to support importing of such formats for Landmarks
+ Symbian^2, Location, Location Based Services, Standalone LBS Privacy Configuration with Flexible UI Level Controls , Enables the LBS Privacy Component to be used independently of the rest of the LBS subsystem to support device configurations where network location requests are processed primarily in the base-band
+ Symbian^2, Location, Location Based Services, Remote Reset of GPS Assistance Data , Helps device manufacturers  and GPS integrators implement automated test suites to test the Time To First Fix (TTFF) of their chosen GPS hardware as specified in 3GPP TS 34.109 R7 and 3GPP TS 25.171 R7
+ Symbian^2, Location, Location Based Services, LBS support for S60 Location Server , Symbian OS LBS subsystem is extended to optionally provide the S60 Location Server and associated Positioning Plug-ins (PSYs) as an alternate to the Symbian OS existing Location Server. This ensures compatibility for existing device manufacturers using the S60 Location Server and forms the basis for future migration of device manufactures from the Symbian OS Location Server to the S60 Location Server and deprecating the Symbian OS Location Server
+ Symbian^3, Location, Tech domain wide features, SUPL Evolution , SUPL 2.0 Compliance with support for feature-sets besides SUPL1.0. There would be the following support Periodic Location request support
+ Symbian^3, Location, Tech domain wide features, Photos geo-tagging enhancements , 
+ Symbian^3, Location, Tech domain wide features, SMP safe LBS subsystem , The LBS subsystem runs correctly on a symmetric multiprocessor system (1-4 CPUs)  without errors  lockups or major performance degradation
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location, Access Point selection using SNAP , 
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location, Enhancements in Location Events UI , Further enhancements in usage of technologies  enhanced user experience  e.g. scheduled based trigger  etc
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location Services, Enhancements in Location Triggering , Further enhancements in usage of technologies  enhanced user experience  e.g. scheduled based trigger  etc
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location Services, Periodic Location request support with SUPL 2.0 , 
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location Services, Representation of Landmarks in URL format , Landmarks if represented by a URL format would ease the use-cases of sharing the landmarks/points of interest that can be used by other applications as well
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location Services, Support for SNAP & ALR (Service Network Access Point & Application Level Roaming) , Access Point selection using SNAP would ease the usage of data connection (IAP) selection for SUPL  and then selection decision of best connection would be taken care of by the SUPL framework
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location Based Services, SMP safe LBS subsystem , The LBS subsystem runs correctly on a symmetric multiprocessor system (1-4 CPUs)  without errors  lockups or major performance degradation
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location Based Services, Automatic Bluetooth GPS device selection , Applications that use the LBS subsystem will automatically utilize the best Bluetooth GPS positioning source available (rather than be manually configured to use a particular Bluetooth GPS device)
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location Based Services, Deprecate LBS Location Server , Deprecates the Symbian OS Location Server. Device manufactures should migrate to using the S60 Location Server
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location Based Services, Deprecate LBS SUPL v1.0 , Deprecates the Symbian OS SUPL v1.0 protocol module. Device manufacturers should migrate to using the S60 SUPL 2.0 implementation 
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location Based Services, Validate Last Known Location using network information , LBS application developers can take advantage of the stored Last Known Location (rather than wait for a GPS fix) to provide a more responsive application when this feature indicates that the Last Known Location is sufficiently close to the actual position
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location Based Services, GPS Simulation PSY improved support for multiple clients , When a client is using the Simulation PSY  new clients will receive updates corresponding to the elapsed time since the first client obtained its initial position update i.e. a new client will not receive updates from the beginning of the file
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location Based Services, Support for position requests from local/remote applications as well as emergency services , Reception and processing of location requests from local and remote applications (e.g. emergency services or commercial services) and other users via control or user plane protocols
+ Symbian^3, Location, Location Based Services, Support for Terminal based, Terminal assisted and hybrid positioning , Provides LBS applications with a more accurate and faster location fix
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), Specialist frameworks for supporting cameras ,  WVGA resolution support.
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), Still image conversion ,  No changes.
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), EXIF file parser ,  No changes
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), 3GP/MP4 file format parser , Improved interfaced to the library that reads and writes 3GP  3GP2 and MP4 format audio/video files
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), Advanced audio adaptation framework , API to provide multimedia middleware with access to audio hardware capabilities and acceleration  including audio hardware control  audio encoding  decoding  recording and playback. Includes framework and reference code to assist semiconductor vendors in developing audio adaptations
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), New package created from various multimedia components from Symbian^1 , 
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), Harvesting and other performance improvements , To Do
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), Improved performance of thumbnail manager , 
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), There are no plans to add more functionality to the Imaging Extensions package. New features will go to the Multimedia Package (<a href="http://developer.symbian.org/main/source/packages/package/index.php?pk=3" class="external text" title="http://developer.symbian.org/main/source/packages/package/index.php?pk=3" rel="nofollow">mm</a>). , 
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), No features planned , This is a legacy component - all metadata functionality should go in the Metadata System (mds) package
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), Completely new component introduced in Symbian Foundation Release , 
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), Metadata parsers,  Harvesters for several media types (new components)
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, ), No features planned , 
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, Helix, Enhanced codec and format support (Phase 1) , Enables use of H.264 High Profile  MPEG-4 ASP  VC-1 Advanced Profile  Sorenson Spark and WMA 10 Pro on devices where those codecs are available.   Enables support for the AVI file format and adds additional brand support to the mp4 file format
+ Symbian^2, Multimedia, Helix, Enhanced playback support , Enables support for TrickPlay  the ability to watch video at reduced and accelerated speeds and enables support for anamorphic video
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Move MMF Collections to Multimedia Package , Fixes some illegal architectural dependencies with mmmw package
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), OpenMAX IL 1.1 Core and Component Framework , To Do
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Audio OpenMAX IL Support for A3F , OpenMAX IL v1.1 core validated for use in audio adaptations
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Video playback on graphics surfaces , Extension to the DevVideo framework to enable an application to render video frames to an opaque graphics surface
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Video Subtitle API  , Extension to the MMF video client API to control the presentation of subtitle and closed captioning text. Note that Helix does not support subtitles in Symbian^3.  NB: API and framework only - does not include implementation
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), 64-bit File Support in the 3GP/MP4 Library  , To Do
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Camera API Updates  , To Do
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Pluggable advanced image editing APIs , API and framework for decoding  displaying and rendering jpeg images.  Supports advanced use cases such as applying effects and panorama stitching. Note that this contains framework and APIs only  without an underlying implementation.
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Refactor package decomposition  , Refactor the package from one large collection into three smaller  more manageable collections
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), OpenMAX AL , Add OpenMAX AL API and supported implementation
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), OpenSL ES , Add OpenSL ES API and supported implementation
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Enhancements for DRM playback support , Allows 3rd party applications that do not have DRM capability to playback DRM protected content
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Added Audio Routing Control , New Public API for controlling audio input and output routing and better control of audio playback during a phone call
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Telephony Multimedia Service , New Public API for supporting CS and IP multimedia telephony  including audio routing and control for CS calls and VoIP calls
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), JAVA Multimedia Service , New Platform API for support java application multimedia use cases specified in JSR 135 and JSR 234
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, GStreamer (new proposed package), GStreamer Elements (phase 1) , Integration of GStreamer into S60 platform and addition of audio sink 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Support for files over 2GB , To Do
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Advanced orientation support for Thumbnamil Manager , To Do
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), There are no plans to add more functionality to the Imaging Extensions package. New features will go to the Multimedia Package (<a href="http://developer.symbian.org/main/source/packages/package/index.php?pk=3" class="external text" title="http://developer.symbian.org/main/source/packages/package/index.php?pk=3" rel="nofollow">mm</a>). , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), No features planned , This is a legacy component - all metadata functionality should go in the Metadata System (mds) package
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Enhanced support for music metadata , Integration of metadata system to MPX framework
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Enhanced support for location metadata , Use of Base Station ID as location info & Textual location
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), Distributed database , Fast transfer of multimedia metadata between device(s) and PC  by distributing the metadata database together with the media  instead of a centralized database
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, ), No features planned , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, Helix, Enhanced codec and format support (Phase 2) , Allows for support of video at resolutions up to 720p
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia, Helix, Matroska file format , 
+ Symbian^4, Multimedia, ), No features planned , 
+ Symbian^4, Multimedia, ), There are no plans to add more functionality to the Imaging Extensions package. New features will go to the Multimedia Package (<a href="http://developer.symbian.org/main/source/packages/package/index.php?pk=3" class="external text" title="http://developer.symbian.org/main/source/packages/package/index.php?pk=3" rel="nofollow">mm</a>). , 
+ Symbian^4, Multimedia, ), No features planned , This is a legacy component - all metadata functionality should go in the Metadata System (mds) package
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Camera &amp; Camcorder application, New graphics architecture , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Camera &amp; Camcorder application, 720p HD recording , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Camera &amp; Camcorder application, Textual location tagging , GPS coordinates translated to country  city  street  etc.
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Photos application, Background image processing , R&amp;D release
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Photos application, Pinch-to-zoom , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Photos application, HDMI output , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Photos application, Near-field communication (touch-to-transfer) , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Photos application, Better visibility of location tags in Photos app , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Music Player application, Metadata improvements to reduce harvesting time , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Music Player application, New faster scrolling for large libraries , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Music Player application, Multi-channel audio , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Music Player application, HDMI-out for music player , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Video &amp; TV application, Matroska file format , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Live TV application, DVB-H &amp; unicast support , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Live TV application, Mobile TV streaming and security middleware , Deliver the DVB-H mobile TV streaming and security middleware to platform
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Live TV application, Mobile TV performance improvement phase I , Improve channel switching and start up time for Mobile TV application
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Video Player application, HDMI output , 
+ Symbian^3, Multimedia_Apps, Camera Services, Camera middleware NGA support , Camera middleware support for the NGA (New Graphic Architecture)
+ Symbian^3, Personal_Communications, Ipappsrv ,  Support for Screenplay-UX Competitiveness-Nokia
+ Symbian^3, Personal_Communications, Iptelephony ,  Enhanced QoS Support-Standards Compliance-Nokia
+ Symbian^3, Personal_Communications, Iptelephony ,  VoIP Conference Calling-Telephony Convergence-Nokia
+ Symbian^3, Personal_Communications, Ipappsrv ,  VoIP Video-Telephony Convergence-Nokia
+ Symbian^3, Personal_Communications, Phone ,  Touch UI Enhancements-UX Competitiveness-Nokia
+ Symbian^3, Personal_Communications, Cellularsrv ,  SMP Safe Telephony-Performance &amp; Battery Life-Nokia
+ Symbian^4, Personal_Communications, Phone ,  Direct UI -UX Competitiveness-Nokia
+ Symbian^4, Personal_Communications, Phonesrv ,  Migration to TMS APIs-Standards Compliance-Nokia
+ Symbian^4, Personal_Communications, Iptelephony ,  Video Sharing in VoIP-Telephony Convergence-Nokia
+ Symbian^4, Personal_Communications, Cellularsrv ,  Multiclient Access-Standards Compliance-Nokia
+ Symbian^4, Personal_Communications, Cellularsrv ,  3GPP R7 Priority Compliance-Standards Compliance-Nokia
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Contact Apps, (Dynamic) Communication Launcher , Easy launching view to start the actual communication
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Contact Apps, Favourite Contacts in names list , Enables the selection of your favourite/mostly used contacts to be in the top of the list
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Contact Apps, <a href="/wiki/index.php/Glossary#X" title="Glossary">XSP</a> integration enablers , Enables the creation of Service specific Tab in phonebook
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Contact Apps, <a href="/wiki/index.php/Glossary#P" title="Glossary">Presence</a> indicators in names list , 
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Contact Apps, Map support for Phone Book , You can choose the ”Show on map” in the launcher to see the address of the contact in the Nokia Maps application
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Organizer App Suite, Improved <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NITZ" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NITZ" rel="nofollow">NITZ</a> interpretation algorithm , 
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Organizer App Suite, Plug-in framework for automatic time update protocols , Provides easier means for extension to the platform's recognized time update types.
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Organizer App Suite, Countdown timer , 
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Organizer App Suite, Stopwatch , 
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Organizer App Suite, Calendar architecture improvements , Enables e.g. 3rd-party regional calendars as plug-ins
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Messaging Apps, Support for using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS" rel="nofollow">SMS</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service" rel="nofollow">MMS</a> in Korean networks , 
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Instant Messaging Apps, Service Tab , Service specific view for services to show the service specific contacts in the Phonebook Tab. Supports IM and VoIP specific services with Presence
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Instant Messaging Apps, Conversational view for instant messaging , 
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Instant Messaging Apps, Full <a href="/wiki/index.php/Glossary#I" title="Glossary">IAD</a> capability in Service tab &amp; IM framework , 
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Instant Messaging &amp; Presence Services, IM Framework , Additional part to Presence framework  IM services can now use the instant messaging framework to enable a service using either the ready-made XMPP protocol or bring their own
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Instant Messaging &amp; Presence Services, Telepathy framework , Open source
+ Symbian^2, Productivity, Instant Messaging &amp; Presence Services, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP" rel="nofollow">XMPP</a> protocol support , Open source & Enabling technology for services such as Google Talk
+ Symbian^3, Productivity, Tech domain wide features, <a href="/wiki/index.php/Glossary#I" title="Glossary">IAD</a> support , 
+ Symbian^3, Productivity, Contact Apps, Contacts supporting <a href="/wiki/index.php/Glossary#I" title="Glossary">IAD</a> updates , 
+ Symbian^3, Productivity, Contact Apps, MyCard view , A contact card dedicated to the owner of the device & New view in phonebook to handle your own status &amp; other information
+ Symbian^3, Productivity, Contact Apps, Sharing of contacts via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Field_Communication" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Field_Communication" rel="nofollow">NFC</a> , Near Field Communication support to enable the easy changing of contact information
+ Symbian^3, Productivity, Contact Apps, Conference Call support , 
+ Symbian^3, Productivity, Contact Apps, Remote contact lookup , Enables the use of remote databases to look for contact data
+ Symbian^3, Productivity, Organizer App Suite, Support for multiple calendar databases, Family/Shared Calendar , 
+ Symbian^3, Productivity, Organizer App Suite, <a href="/wiki/index.php/CalDav" title="CalDav">CalDav</a> synchronisation support for calendars , 
+ Symbian^3, Productivity, Organizer App Suite, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Field_Communication" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Field_Communication" rel="nofollow">NFC</a> Support for Calendar , 
+ Symbian^3, Productivity, Organizer App Suite, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Field_Communication" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Field_Communication" rel="nofollow">GPS</a> protocol support for Clock ,  Time zone updates based on a user's current location.
+ Symbian^3, Productivity, Messaging Apps, <a href="/wiki/index.php/Glossary#I" title="Glossary">IAD</a> support for Messaging , 
+ Symbian^3, Productivity, Messaging Apps, Increased message handling capacity (by switching to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL" rel="nofollow">SQL</a> database) , 
+ Symbian^2, Runtimes, Browser 7.2, VGA &amp; touch , 
+ Symbian^2, Runtimes, Browser 7.2, Several UX improvements, e.g. one click album download , 
+ Symbian^2, Runtimes, Browser 7.2, Scriptable Plug-in API , aka NSPAPI 
+ Symbian^2, Runtimes, S60 WRT 1.0, Web Feeds (RSS &amp; ATOM) engine &amp; UI , 
+ Symbian^2, Runtimes, S60 WRT 1.0, JavaScript Extensions 1.0 (license is open)  , Location  Contacts  Messaging  System Information  Media Mgmt  Calendar  Camera  File System and Landmarks
+ Symbian^2, Runtimes, , Excluded Items , WebKit engine
+ Symbian^2, Runtimes, , Open Items , OVI service enablers & IAD enablers & Nokia Home Screen integration components & Hosting location for all above
+ Symbian^3, UI, ,  AVKON graphics acceleration-Performance-Nokia
+ Symbian^3, UI, ,  Open GL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 APIs and backends-Performance-Nokia
+ Symbian^3, UI, ,  Homescreen multiple views support-Enjoyability-Nokia
+ Symbian^3, UI, ,  Kinetic scrolling (flick gesture-based scrolling rather than via scroll bar)-Enjoyability-Nokia
+ Symbian^3, UI, ,  Soft keys embedded into dialogs-Usability-Nokia
+ Symbian^3, UI, ,  Gesture support for tap, double-tap, long-tap, drag, and flick. Multi-touch support for pinch gesture-Usability and Enjoyability and Consistency-Nokia
+ Symbian^3, UI, ,  Support for Adobe Flash(TM) Homescreen widgets—even full screen - Flexibility, Enjoyability and Consistency - Nokia
+ Symbian^4, UI, ,  Qt replaces Avkon-Performance-Nokia
+ Symbian^4, UI, ,  Orbit (UI controls &amp; structure)-Usability, Enjoyability and Consistency-Nokia
+ Symbian^4, UI, ,  Direct UI proposal (Redesigned applications)-Usability, Enjoyability and Consistency-Nokia
+ Symbian^2, Security_Domain, Package: DRM, OMA DRM v1.0 Agent , Implementing the OMA DRM v1.0 specification  including all of the optional content delivery mechanisms (Forward Lock  Combined Delivery  Separate Delivery and Superdistribution).
+ Symbian^2, Security_Domain, Package: DRM, OMA DRM v2.0 agent , Implementing the OMA DRM v2.0 specification  extended with support for metering  WBXML ROAP triggers and .O4A and .O4V file types.
+ Symbian^3, Security_Domain, Package: OS Security, Cryptographic Service Provider Interface , Enabling high-performance cryptography algorithms using hardware acceleration.
+ Symbian^3, Security_Domain, Package: OS Security, Service for Run-time User Permission Prompts , To be used by system servers (e.g. placing voice calls  initiating a network connection)  in addition to capability-based security checks  to manage user prompts for application security permissions.
+ Symbian^3, Security_Domain, Package: OS Security, SHA-2 Signature Validation for Certificates , Supporting SHA-224/256/384/512 hash algorithms when validating certificate chains.
+ Symbian^3, Security_Domain, Package: DRM, Support for HDMI Output Control , Supporting HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) as a possible return value when querying the DRM agent for which output types are permitted.
+ Symbian^3, Security_Domain, Package: DRM, Platform API for Access to WMDRM Functionality , Currently some WMDRM functionality (e.g. decryption) is only available using a Helix plug-in.  This API will provide such functionality in a component-independent manner.
+ Symbian^4, Security_Domain, Package: OS Security, Authentication Framework , An service to be used for all operations on the device which require the user to authenticate themselves  such as device lock and key store operations.  Including a plug-in interface for authentication service providers  so that alternative authentication mechanisms such as fingerprint biometrics or picture/gesture PINs can be added.
+ Symbian^4, Security_Domain, Package: DRM, Support for Streaming in the Content Access Framework , Extensions to CAF to support content protection of streamed and broadcast media (e.g. mobile TV).
+ Symbian^4, Security_Domain, Package: Security Services, New Key/Device Lock Architecture , Integrating with the authentication framework