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<title>What's new in Symbian^3</title>

<shortdesc>Symbian^3 introduces a lot of new features that enhance

communication, connectivity, multimedia, graphics, security and the

overall usability of Symbian devices. These features benefit operators,

application developers and device creators by making it easier to

create feature-rich devices and applications.</shortdesc>

<prolog>

<metadata><keywords></keywords></metadata>

</prolog>

<conbody>

<p>If you are moving from a older version of Symbian platform to Symbian^3,

see <xref href="GUID-021E8B9C-4A1B-4C6D-B69E-4337A766C39A.dita">Porting

applications to Symbian^3</xref>.</p>

<table

id="GUID-2FD9A877-1A75-4ADD-8B9A-B2FA4A9EB7C4-GENID-1-5-1-1-5-1-3-2">

<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col1" colwidth="0.42*"/><colspec

colname="col2" colwidth="1.58*"/>

<thead>

<row>

<entry>Technology Domain</entry>

<entry>New Features</entry>

</row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry>Data Communications</entry>

<entry><ul>

<li><p><b>FreeWay or Three Plane Comms Architecture:</b> The Symbian

platform now supports a new IP networking architecture. The new architecture

significantly improves data flow performance and makes it easier for

third-party developers to integrate new technologies, for example

firewalls and hotspot authenticators. It also implements automatic

roaming between different access points, for example WLAN and GPRS.

For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-B7A40638-BA80-5175-B23D-2F3964C274A0.dita">Goals of the

Comms Architecture</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>One-Click Connectivity (OCC):</b> The Symbian platform now

provides a new way of managing data connections on the Symbian platform.

OCC builds on the existing Application Level Roaming (ALR) solution.

This feature makes the user's interaction with "connecting" and "select

access point" dialogs significantly simple and easier. For more information,

see <xref href="GUID-34BEF44B-EFBE-41EB-941D-0410FCB6782E.dita">Extended

Connection Preferences</xref>.</p> </li>

</ul></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Device Connectivity</entry>

<entry><ul>

<li><p><b>MTP Device Services Extension Specification:</b> The Symbian

MTP implementation now supports the MTP device services extension

to the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP). For more information, see <xref

href="http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/wpd/MTPDevServExt_spec.mspx.dita"

>MTP Device Services Extension Specification</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>AVRCP (Audio/Video Remote Control Profile) v1.4 Support:</b

> A Symbian device user can now see music track names and browse playlists

directly from the screen of a AVRCP v1.4 enabled Bluetooth headset

or remote control.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Centralized AT-command Handling:</b> The Symbian platform

now enables all AT commands to be handled using the same mechanism

regardless of the connection type. For more information, refer to

the <b>AT Extension Plug-in API</b>.</p></li>

</ul></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Device Management</entry>

<entry><ul>

<li><p><b>Support for Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Management Objects

(MO):</b> The Symbian platform now supports OMA MO like Software Component

Management Object (SCOMO) v1.0, Device Capability Management Object

(DCMO) v1.0 and Connectivity Management Object (ConnMO). It also supports

Nokia Standard Streaming MO. Some enhancements have been made to Browser

MO and Email MO.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Other Device Management Enhancements:</b> The Symbian platform

now provides an improved device Lock with security and an enhanced

firmware update installation experience.</p></li>

</ul></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Location</entry>

<entry align="justify"><ul>

<li><p><b>Landmark-based URL Parser:</b> The Symbian platform now

supports a parser that converts between landmark objects and URLs.

The parser supports a URL format that is compliant with Ovi Maps.

For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-5809B26D-9AF9-394A-8FA6-6BB199DC6342.dita"><apiname>CPosLandmarkParser</apiname

></xref>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>New Management Object (MO) for A-GPS:</b>  The Symbian platform

now provides an enhancement to Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) now

allows the service provider to provide two access points for a SUPL

server in the MO. This improves the system stability because it acts

as a fallback mechanism in case one of the access points is unavailable.</p

></li>

<li><p><b>Support for Application Processor Engine (APE) Centric Location

Architecture:</b> Symbian devices can now use the new architecture

based on the APE that offers standardized session IDs on network privacy

and classes that use the SUPL. The architecture converges technology

from OS, middleware and application software layers.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Support for Location Based Services (LBS) SUPL Positioning

Module (PSY):</b> The Symbian platform now enables the LBS SUPL PSY

to allow GPS-enabled devices to handle network-based SUPL location

requests. This includes Cell ID based positioning and assistance data

exchange as part of SUPL v2.0. <ph>For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-816334A7-488B-5F91-8C2E-47076D875013.dita">SUPL Protocol

Module</xref></ph>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Support for GPSCost5.0D and GPSCost4.0D GPS chipsets:</b

> The Symbian platform now uses the APE-centric architecture to support

GPSCost5.0D and GPSCost4.0D chipsets. A new A-GPS Nokia Positioning

Engine (NPE) integration module replaces the OS LBS subsystem reference

A-GPS version.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Support for LBS SUPL Radio Resource LCS Protocol (RRLP):</b

> The Symbian platform now uses the APE-centric architecture to support

NPE and RRLP on GPS-enabled device.</p></li>

<li><p><b>SUPL 2.0 Trigger Support:</b> The Symbian platform now provides

SUPL 2.0 trigger support that allows the requester to receive location

updates periodically, which is both network and device initiated.</p

></li>

<li><p><b>Location-based Triggering Enhancements:</b> The Symbian

platform now includes key enhancements that enable integration with

an Context framework to develop plug-ins and increase support for

total and active triggers. An enhanced, dedicated common gateway interface

enables the client to provide multiple CGIs to create a trigger, which

is fired on successful matching with at least one CGI.</p></li>

<li><p>Enhanced Location Acquisition API to support <codeph>LocationKnownPositionArea</codeph

>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Here and Now:</b> The Symbian platform now includes Here

and now that offers easy-to-use Web services related to the user's

current location. Here and now allows the user to check the local

weather and get other topical information while on the move.</p></li>

</ul></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Multimedia</entry>

<entry><ul>

<li><p><b>Mobile TV DVB-H Receiver HAI:</b> Mobile TV Receiver is

a small internal system but does so much more than traditional TV.

It is broadcasted in a multi-grounded environment with high speed

by using low battery power and low memory usage. <ph>For more information,

see <xref href="GUID-893BFF74-5DBB-5606-96FC-F961A52CA90D.dita">Mobile

TV DVBH Receiver HAI Component</xref></ph>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>OpenMAX IL:</b> OpenMAX IL is a low-level interface used

in mobile devices that allows the Multimedia Device Framework (MDF)

to load, control, connect and unload audio, video and imaging components. <ph

>For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-E5900ED5-C49E-52B2-AE6D-CC0DB1F234A1.dita">OpenMAX IL Collection</xref

></ph>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Thin Adaptation of A3F DevSound:</b> The A3F DevSound is

one of the key component in the Sound Device collection that provides

access to the hardware accelerator in audio technology. For more information,

see <xref href="GUID-170A1D9C-12CB-502A-BCB3-9E2AEBB207FA.dita">A3F

DevSound Component</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Image Processor library:</b> The Image Processor is an independent

and high-level API and framework which is developed for mobile imaging.

The Image Processor has some pluggable advanced image editing libraries

to perform the Panoramic Stitching function and the Speed View function.

For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-042868E6-88BF-5797-BB53-8E34283DCF16.dita">Image Processor

Library</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Camera API Extensions:</b> The Camera API is extended to

support the features such as background processing, continuous digital

zooming, time nudge image capturing and automatic aperture setting.

For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-BDB622BF-1CFA-5F1C-81FB-5579C8599689.dita">Camera Library</xref

>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Camera Support for Video Encoding:</b> The Camera supports

mobile device to capture video frames which are encoded in the H264

format. For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-D038D77F-A6B8-5A18-8978-4981AE8D0F35.dita">Using the Encoded

H264 Video Frames to Capture Video</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>3GP File Format Library:</b> The 3GP Library component is

a Multimedia plug-in which supports for reading and writing 3GP, 3G2,

and MP4 files. The 3GP Library is also extended to support larger

3GP or MP4 files. <ph>For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-8DD3B2E3-636A-5FE6-B081-FDB57260E6D8.dita">3GP Library

Component</xref></ph>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Video Playback from Non-user Interface Thread:</b> Media

Client Video Display is a standalone library used by the Video Client

library to support video playback. For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-17273087-B962-5E8A-8715-055C8BF34A5D.dita">Media Client

Video Display Library</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Video Subtitle CRP:</b> Displays artwork on a video window

using the Video Subtitle CRP component. The Subtitle Graphic library

displays subtitles artwork on the screen through its interaction with

Client Process, Controller Process and WServ Process. For more information,

see <xref href="GUID-412CB101-A92C-54E1-9518-79E94DD40A08.dita">Video

Subtitle CRP Component</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Dolby Digital Audio Support:</b> The Symbian platform now

supports codecs that enable support for Dolby Digital Audio on Symbian

devices. <ph>For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-3483E654-38CC-538B-8B66-9D7A0C0B4025.dita">Supported Audio

Codecs</xref>.</ph></p></li>

<li><p><b>True Pause in Audio Playback:</b> In the audio playback

request the true pause feature is implemented to stop the audio data

at the physical sound device without stopping the buffer traffic.

For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-609A4E83-F074-5A5D-A0DF-A95A7CDC8D2C.dita">Pausing and

Resuming Audio Play</xref>. </p></li>

<li><p><b>Global Surface Updates:</b> The Video Render component is

extended to support the global surface updates. For more information,

see <xref href="GUID-E56EB25C-9B94-5486-9492-5151FDF79B6C.dita">Global

Surface Updates</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Metadata Utility Library:</b> The Metadata Utility library

belongs to the Metadata Utility Framework (MUF) component that provides

fast metadata access to audio, video and image media files. For more

information, see the <xref

href="GUID-15B17B8F-5790-526D-80EA-1ED7A396349C.dita">Metadata Utility

Library</xref> section.</p></li>

<li><p><b>UI Patterns or Thumbnails Enhancement:</b> This is a Multimedia

specific pattern enhancement, which includes many UI (User Interface)

features, listed below:</p><ul>

<li><p>Multiple customized Home Screens with 6 different widget enabled

screens. </p></li>

<li><p>Pinch zoom, kinetic scrolling and single-click features.</p

></li>

<li><p>Good screen view with a new UI theme, and renewed icons.</p

></li>

<li><p>Hardware acceleration with fast and responsive UI that creates

new transition effects.</p></li>

<li><p>Multitasking with Teleport visual task swapper.</p></li>

<li><p>Intelligent slide functionality for Hybrid touch and QWERTY

slider devices. Video Graphics Array (VGA) Touch supports for VGA

QWERTY mono blocks.</p></li>

<li><p>VGA Touch helps to control Music player.</p></li>

</ul></li>

<li><p><b>Mobile TV:</b> Mobile TV uses DVB-H receiver to consume

broadcast digital mobile television. The Symbian platform provides

fast and easy access to all videos and TV media content. One key press

opens videos and TV application suite, and user scrolls and selects

the desired video functionality. This media experience is built with

major components such as Videos and TV, video player and Mobile TV.

Videos and TV support high quality video up to 720 per resolution

at 12 Mbps and 30 frames per second.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Image Viewer Application:</b> The Image Viewer application

is used when the client opens an image file for viewing. File Manager,

Messaging, Camcorder and Browser S60 components use the Image Viewer

application. It supports Extended ICL JPEG API, which enables a faster

and less memory-consuming way to rotate and zoom images.</p></li>

<li><p> <b>FM Radio:</b> The FM Radio application is used to listen

FM radio broadcast over the air. FM radio broadcast is a free service. </p

></li>

<li><p><b>Video Sharing:</b> Using the video sharing service, both

call users can start sharing their device live camera view or pre-recorded

video clip during a normal circuit switched (CS) voice call. The video

sharing feature allows the user to upgrade and downgrade their call

with one-way video at times of need. The video sharing application

uses the Multimedia Comms Engine API. </p></li>

</ul></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Multimedia Applications</entry>

<entry><ul>

<li><p><b>High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI):</b> The Symbian

platform now supports HDMI technology. HDMI is supported as an external

accessory for audio and video playback for a great television playback

experience. It provides improved data performance and is ideal for

streaming high definition audio and video. The 720p resolution is

supported in still image and video viewing. 5+1 channel audio is also

supported.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Home Music Widgets:</b> The Symbian platform now provides

music information through Home Screen Music Widgets. The Home Music

Widgets controls from the Home Screen menu system enables to play

and pause the playing track. The Music Widget supports the Radio Player

and includes the Music Suite Matrix Menu. This menu is configured

through XML and by default supports to launch the functionality listed

below:</p><ul>

<li><p>The last played song</p></li>

<li><p>The music collection view</p></li>

<li><p>A music shop, or to open the FM radio</p></li>

</ul></li>

<li><p><b>Fusion Player Application:</b> The Symbian platform now

introduces the Fusion Player, which replaces the existing Media Player

and Video Center applications. It enables access to both online video

services and locally stored videos. If DVB-H device is available,

live TV viewing is also possible. The main features supported by the

Fusion player application are as follows:</p><ul>

<li><p>To browse stored videos and to see metadata features of the

video, such as title, thumbnail DRM info, size or play-time.</p></li>

<li><p>To check videos that are pre-installed with the device.</p

></li>

<li><p>To play stored video file in the device.</p></li>

</ul></li>

</ul></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>OS Base Services </entry>

<entry><ul>

<li><p><b>Writable Data Paging (WDP):</b> The Symbian platform now

supports WDP. This enables efficient use of memory and allows multiple

applications to run at the same time without physically adding more

RAM to the hardware. This leads to a more responsive system when switching

between a number of running applications. <ph>For more information,

see <xref href="GUID-2B7D04D9-98DE-5284-836D-01DB4FA8949D.dita">Writable

Data Paging</xref></ph>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Symmetric multiprocessor (SMP):</b> The Symbian platform

now supports SMP for multi-core processors, such as the ARM Cortex

A9. This allows device integrators to prototype and prove ARM-based

SMP platforms. <ph>For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-CE72E71B-6ED3-4961-B4C5-C43D823ACA9D.dita">SMP</xref>.</ph

></p> </li>

<li><p><b>64-bit file server:</b> The Symbian platform now supports

files larger than 2 GB. <ph>For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-C473F6B1-35E7-5A1E-B451-4EBD7064CCDC.dita">Large File Access</xref

>.</ph></p></li>

</ul></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Productivity</entry>

<entry><ul>

<li><p><b>Nokia Messaging for Social Networks:</b> Nokia Messaging

Social Networking service is a Nokia-hosted consumer service that

provides easy and affordable mobile access to popular social networking

communities.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Enhanced Calendar UI Architecture:</b> Calendar UI architecture

has changed to improve flexibility of calendar for regional, religious,

custom-tailors and xSP calendar service needs. Multiple storages are

also supported. For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-00631ED2-1B7F-5FC4-9E81-4B6DF7946631.dita">Calendar Guide</xref

>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>CalDAV Protocol:</b> Calendar application now supports the

CalDAV Protocol, which is an open calendar synchronization standard

contributed by SUN Microsystems. This enables a user to access scheduling

information on remote servers.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Enhanced Contacts Application:</b> The Contacts application

in this release includes the following changes:</p><ul>

<li><p>Integration with social media.</p></li>

<li><p>Support for Remote Contacts Lookup, for example, from post-installed

Mail for Exchange account.</p></li>

<li><p>Virtual Phonebook API (supports getting access to the user’s

own contact card).</p></li>

<li><p>Own contact card.</p></li>

</ul></li>

</ul></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Runtimes </entry>

<entry><ul>

<li><p>The Symbian platform now supports the Open Source based Java

MIDP 2.1.</p></li>

<li><p>The Symbian platform now supports Browser Application v7.2

(with Web Run Time 7.2) that includes the following features:</p><ul>

<li><p>Browser Control</p></li>

<li><p>Browser core features</p></li>

<li><p>Browser Customization</p></li>

<li><p>Browser plug-ins</p></li>

<li><p>Browser with touch screen</p></li>

<li><p>Content Download</p></li>

<li><p>URI Schemes</p></li>

<li><p>Display Resolution Optimizations</p></li>

<li><p>Optical Finger Navigation (OFN)</p></li>

<li><p>FlashLite 3.1</p></li>

<li><p>Search Client Integration</p></li>

<li><p>Expanding Language and Character Set Support</p></li>

<li><p>Improved Security Prompting</p></li>

<li><p>Updated Platform Service APIs</p></li>

<li><p>Visual Task Swapper Support</p></li>

<li><p>Performance Optimizations</p></li>

<li><p>Multiple touch/pinch zooming</p></li>

</ul></li>

</ul></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Security</entry>

<entry>The Symbian platform now provides an enhanced Security subsystem

that enables device creators to integrate hardware acceleration modules,

which improves the performance of cryptographic algorithms. This is

particularly valuable in intensive real-time use-cases, such as streaming

audio or video over a secure link, where bulk data needs to be encrypted

and decrypted.</entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>User Interface</entry>

<entry><ul>

<li><p><b>ScreenPlay, also known as the New Graphics Architecture

(NGA):</b> This new graphics architecture enables device creators

to take advantage of improved software performance, hardware acceleration

and third party graphics engines. It makes it possible to combine

UI components, graphics and video to create highly innovative UIs.

For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-D93978BE-11A3-5CE3-B110-1DEAA5AD566C.dita">The ScreenPlay

Graphics Architecture</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Extended Bitmaps:</b> The Font and Bitmap Server provides

a framework for device creators to add support for their own types

of bitmap compression. Bitmaps that use compression formats that are

provided by device creators are known as extended bitmaps. For more

information, see <xref

href="GUID-D76C7759-739D-5C98-B718-7297687FE630.dita">Extended Bitmaps</xref

>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Dynamic Direct Screen Access (DSA) Allocation:</b> The Symbian

platform now supports the dynamic allocation of the DSA buffer. For

more information, see <xref

href="GUID-8DF46A11-874A-52E5-9298-C083EA633BA0.dita">Implementing

Dynamic DSA Allocation</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Multiple Touch Support:</b> The ScreenPlay version of the

Window Server has been extended to support multiple advanced pointers,

with support for proximity and pressure. The emulator now also supports

multiple advanced pointers. For more information, see <xref

href="GUID-A12A66ED-2C8F-5CE6-8F3E-332B045A35B4.dita">Advanced Pointers</xref

>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Enhanced Touch UI:</b> The touch UI includes the following

improvements:</p><ul>

<li><p>Multi-page Home Screen enables the user to navigate between

widgets with a simple flick gesture</p></li>

<li><p>Capacitive multiple touch <?Pub Caret?>events are supported.</p

></li>

<li><p>Tactile Feedback utilizes advanced haptics effects.</p></li>

</ul></li>

</ul><p>For more information about the new features in Graphics, see <xref

href="GUID-D0C84E1D-A625-4F79-8515-399B8153727B.dita">What's New in

Graphics in Symbian^3</xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</table>

</conbody>

<related-links>

<linklist>

<link href="GUID-AB69D251-7635-4325-BBCE-92F7AFC86DC2.dita"><linktext

>New C++ APIs in Symbian^3</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-BA0A115B-068C-4257-9489-DF35DF633AD2.dita"><linktext

>Porting applications to Symbian^3</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-13987218-9427-455E-AC77-ADE6B0E9CD7E.dita"><linktext

>Introduction to Symbian^3</linktext></link>

</linklist>

</related-links>

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