Articles and tutorials regarding EPOC http://www.troobloo.com/tech/epoc.shtml en-us http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/channels/pda/training/epocopl1.html by Richard Bloor Introduction The Symbian EPOC operating system is a powerful platform for the development of palmtop and wireless applications. It's robust object orientated architecture makes efficient use of the reduced processing power and memory available on portable devices. The developer has three options with which to exploit EPOCs power, OPL, Java and C++. Each language provides the ability to develop and deliver fully featured robust applications, however each language... http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/channels/pda/training/epocoverview.html by Richard Bloor EPOC is the first truly communication centric operating system for mobile information platforms. It is not constrained by being a down sized PC operating system or a 16 bit architecture. It harnesses the full potential of object-orientation to deliver a powerful set of user and developer tools from a small ROM footprint. Its three tier architecture means it can be delivered on a range of chip sets and allow device manufacturers to deliver unique and ergonomic... http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/channels/pda/training/epocjava1.html by Richard Bloor Introduction One of the challenges presented by the current array of wireless devices is that programming can involve the use of proprietary languages, with all their obvious drawbacks. This was true of EPOC until 1999. Up to that date the developer had two choices for creating portable applications, OPL and C++. Both these are proprietary languages, OPL in the true sense, and C++ because all the underlying EPOC classes are proprietary (even though the language is... http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/channels/pda/training/epocconnect1.html by Richard Bloor Introduction One of the most compelling aspects of information technology is the ability to share and exchange information between computers. A mobile device is no different and while this connection will increasingly be over wide area communication networks the main connection is currently to a PC. EPOC Connect is Symbian's solution to these PC connection requirements. Connect's open architecture also means that EPOC device vendors can customise the User Interface to... http://www.fawcette.com/javapro/2002_04/magazine/columns/javatogo/ T he Quartz reference implementation, a major player in Symbian's new EPOC 6 operating system, defines software for a class of devices that most closely resemble PDAs, such as Palms and Cassiopeias. A Quartz device is assumed to be a pocket-PC-style system, whose input is a stylus and a few hard-coded keys, albeit with some sort of telephony support. (For more on the Quartz and Crystal reference implementations, see the Java To Go column " The Multifaceted Quartz, " in the March 2002... http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/channels/pda/training/symbian2/symbian6java1.html by Richard Bloor Posted March 04, 2002 Note: This is an update to the original article "EPOC OPL Development" Introduction Since the release of a Java 1.1.4 JVM for EPOC R5 in 1999 Symbian have been working towards making Java the development language of choice for the Symbian platform. The release of Version 6 of the platform made some significant steps towards this goal, with inclusion of PersonalJava, a reference implementation of JavaPhone and a visual interface to some of the...