Programming for the Series 60 Platform and Symbian OS

 
This book is the first and only one dealing specifically with Nokia Series 60 platform. In that sense, it has no competitor and contains valuable information. It presents most aspect of the platform.
 
The Part 2, dealing with Series 60 GUI objects, is the main interest of the book, and could be a subject for an entire book.
 
I had a lof of expectations regarding Programming for the Series 60 Platform and Symbian OS but I must admit I was a little bit disappointed by it: It is not that easy to navigate and get a precise information from it. And it is more or less a description of a Rock-Paper-Scissors game than a book describing all the details of Series 60. I would recommend Professional Symbian Programming: Mobile Solutions on the EPOC Platform if you are a beginner to Symbian OS, unless you need NS60 specific information.

Here is the table of content:
Introduction
1. Introduction
Roots at Psion's EPOC Operating System
Operating System Structure
Generic Technology
User Interface Styles
Application Development
Series 60 - Smartphone Platform
Part 1 - Software Engineering on the Series 60 Platform
2. Overview of the Series 60 Platform
3. Design Patterns for Application Development
4. Software Development on the Series 60
5. Platform Architecture
6. User-Centered Design for Series 60 Applications
7. Testing Software
Part 2 - Graphics, Audio, and User Interfaces
8. Application Architecture
9. Standard Panes and Application Windows
10. Lists and List Types
11. Other UI Components
12. View Architecture
13. Audio
14. Customizing the Series 60 Platform
Part 3 - Communications and Networking
15. Communications Architecture
16. Communications APIs
17. Messaging
18. Connectivity
Part 4 - Programming in Java
19. Programming in Java for Smartphones
20. Java Applications