Symbian OS Docs & Tools

May 28, 2009

Sony Ericsson fully supports the creation of the Symbian Foundation and is one of the organization's founding members. Sony Ericsson strongly believes in the benefits of open source as a means of developing software for mobile phones and driving innovation.

Sony Ericsson's first Symbian Foundation phone, Satio, is based on S60 v5.0, which also is the basis for the upcoming Symbian Foundation platform, so we suggest that you use the Symbian/S60 5th edition SDK for application development.

• More information about the Symbian Foundation release plan>>
• Download S60 v5.0 SDK from Forum Nokia>>

Members of the Symbian Foundation have the right to license the Symbian Foundation platform, royalty free and without source code fees.

• More information about becoming a member of the Symbian Foundation>>

may 29, 2009

Sony Ericsson Satio White paper (358KB)

February 8, 2007

On-Device Debugging tool for UIQ 3-based phones.

June 8, 2006

The UIQ 3 SDK is provided through the the UIQ community web portal and includes the necessary documentation, tools and libraries to build UIQ 3 based applications. The Sony Ericsson extension packs are designed for usage towards the UIQ 3 SDK.

October 11, 2007

This provides P1 support including Sony Ericsson APIs and emulator profile. Includes Sony Ericsson CDC Platform 1.

October 11, 2007

This provides M600 support including Sony Ericsson APIs and emulator profile. Includes Sony Ericsson CDC Platform 1.

August 22, 2006

This provides P990 support including Sony Ericsson APIs and emulator profile. Includes Sony Ericsson CDC Platform 1 and P990 specific WLAN API

June 8, 2006

The OpenGL ES SDK provides documentation, source code and utilities to take advantage of the the OpenGL ES graphics library on the P990, M600 and W950. The SDK is designed for usage with the UIQ 3 SDK and relevant Sony Ericsson extensions.

May 19, 2008

This plug-in allows you to easily maintain the integrity of your UIQ 3 SDK from within Eclipse / Carbide.

March 22, 2007

This plug-in allows you to configure your UIQ 3 SDK environment from within Eclipse / Carbide.

March 29, 2006

This provides NetBeans 5.0 integration for the Sony Ericsson CDC Platform 1.

Feb 16, 2006

This provides Eclipse 3.1 integration for the Sony Ericsson CDC Platform 1.

Note this is an open source project hosted at Sourceforge - if you wish to contribute please register interest in the CDC forum

November 21, 2006.

Available in Chinese>>

October 03, 2006.

This special interest paper includes two sample applications illustrating the porting process from S60 Second Edition and UIQ 2.1.Available in Chinese>>

February 21, 2008

Available in Chinese>>

Feb 14, 2006

Available in Chinese>>

August 21, 2008

Available in Chinese>>

November 21, 2006

January 24, 2007

The first in a series of tutorials to introduce you to the UIQ 3 platform. The first installment describes what UIQ is, where it fits in the Symbian ecosystem, why one should develop for it and the fundamentals of designing a UIQ application. Available in Chinese>>

February 23, 2007

The second in a series of tutorials to introduce you to the UIQ 3 platform. The second installment looks at the UIQ SDK and its configuration, Integrated Development Environments (IDE) and other useful tools for UIQ 3 development. Available in Chinese>>

March 23, 2007

The third in a series of tutorials to introduce you to the UIQ 3 platform. The third installment looks at platform security and application integrity. Available in Chinese>>

April 24, 2007

The fourth in a series of tutorials to introduce you to the UIQ 3 platform. The forth installment looks at working with code, command line and with an IDE. Available in Chinese>>

April 24, 2007

The fifth in a series of tutorials to introduce you to the UIQ 3 platform. The fifth installment looks at release an application, signing and packaging in preparation for distribution. Available in Chinese>>

June 20, 2007

The sixth and final in a series of tutorials to introduce you to the UIQ 3 platform. The final installment looks at taking your application to market with practical advice and tips. Available in Chinese>>

November 22, 2006

Getting Started with Web Services for gSOAP takes you through the gSOAP package, its usage and creating a simple Google<™> query application. Available in Chinese>>

Symbian OS v7.0 UIQ 2.1 SDK

Use the UIQ SDK to build applications for the Sony Ericsson P800/P802, P900/P908 and P910 phones. The SDK contains library files, documentation, sample code, tools and utilities for building applications in C++ and for creating installation files.

Nov 19, 2003

Install this version of the SDK if you plan to test and emulate your Symbian OS applications using Metrowerks CodeWarrior™

Nov 19, 2003

Install this version of the SDK if you plan to test and emulate your Symbian OS applications using Borland's C++BuilderX Mobile Edition and Microsoft Visual Studio 6

Oct 11, 2004

APIs including Vibration, Camera, Streaming AMR codec and MMS to be used with the UIQ 2.1 SDK.

Feb 10, 2004

This UIQ 2.1 SDK extension adds support for Chinese Traditional and Simplified Chinese input in the UIQ emulator (P908). Both wins and winscw versions are included in the package.

Aug 20, 2003

A collection of documents and SDK for the Beatnik Audio Engine. Beatnik is included in the Sony Ericsson P800 and P900 smartphones and extends the music capabilities.

May 24, 2004

Certificate Installation Application sis file and installation guide for Symbian Signed root certificate for Sony Ericsson P800.
Read more about Symbian Signed>>

Jan 22, 2004

May 31, 2005

May 31, 2005

Jan 22, 2004

Nov 24, 2003

Nov 19, 2003

Nov 24, 2003

Dec 2, 2003

Aug 20, 2003

Nov 24, 2003

May 27, 2003

To be used with P800/P802 only.
Release Notes

Aug 20, 2003

Sony Ericsson specific API's for the P800 phone (currently including vibration, camera and Streaming AMR codec) to be used with the Symbian OS UIQ 2.0 SDK.

Aug 20, 2003

UIQ 2.0 SDK extension adds support for Chinese Traditional and Simplified Chinese input in the UIQ emulator (P802). Only winscw version.

Dec 2, 2003

This update corrects a cosmetic defect in the R1* and R2* organizer versions concerning PersonalJava where the background color of transparent GIF images is shown in an incorrect way.

May 3, 2003

An improvement to the image quality obtained on P800 when a Personal Java application loads graphic images and photos into the application for display.

Apr 3, 2003

The Redirector application is to be used by Java developers to redirect the out and err streams of Java to a console window, a log file or a serial port on the target device.

May 28, 2009

Sony Ericsson fully supports the creation of the Symbian Foundation and is one of the organization's founding members. Sony Ericsson strongly believes in the benefits of open source as a means of developing software for mobile phones and driving innovation.

Sony Ericsson's first Symbian Foundation phone, Satio, is based on S60 v5.0, which also is the basis for the upcoming Symbian Foundation platform, so we suggest that you use the Symbian/S60 5th edition SDK for application development.

• More information about the Symbian Foundation release plan>>
• Download S60 v5.0 SDK from Forum Nokia>>

Members of the Symbian Foundation have the right to license the Symbian Foundation platform, royalty free and without source code fees.

• More information about becoming a member of the Symbian Foundation>>

February 8, 2007

On-Device Debugging tool for UIQ 3-based phones.

June 8, 2006

The UIQ 3 SDK is provided through the the UIQ community web portal and includes the necessary documentation, tools and libraries to build UIQ 3 based applications. The Sony Ericsson extension packs are designed for usage towards the UIQ 3 SDK.

October 11, 2007

This provides P1 support including Sony Ericsson APIs and emulator profile. Includes Sony Ericsson CDC Platform 1.

May 15, 2006

This provides M600 support including Sony Ericsson APIs and emulator profile. Includes Sony Ericsson CDC Platform 1.

August 22, 2006

This provides P990 support including Sony Ericsson APIs and emulator profile. Includes Sony Ericsson CDC Platform 1 and P990 specific WLAN API

June 8, 2006

The OpenGL ES SDK provides documentation, source code and utilities to take advantage of the the OpenGL ES graphics library on the P990, M600 and W950. The SDK is designed for usage with the UIQ 3 SDK and relevant Sony Ericsson extensions.

May 19, 2008

This plug-in allows you to easily maintain the integrity of your UIQ 3 SDK from within Eclipse / Carbide.

March 22, 2007

This plug-in allows you to configure your UIQ 3 SDK environment from within Eclipse / Carbide.

March 29, 2006

This provides NetBeans 5.0 integration for the Sony Ericsson CDC Platform 1.

Feb 16, 2006

This provides Eclipse 3.1 integration for the Sony Ericsson CDC Platform 1.

Note this is an open source project hosted at Sourceforge - if you wish to contribute please register interest in the CDC forum

November 21, 2006.

Available in Chinese>>

October 03, 2006.

This special interest paper includes two sample applications illustrating the porting process from S60 Second Edition and UIQ 2.1.Available in Chinese>>

February 21, 2008

Available in Chinese>>

Feb 14, 2006

Available in Chinese>>

October 3, 2006

Available in Chinese>>

November 21, 2006

January 24, 2007

The first in a series of tutorials to introduce you to the UIQ 3 platform. The first installment describes what UIQ is, where it fits in the Symbian ecosystem, why one should develop for it and the fundamentals of designing a UIQ application. Available in Chinese>>

February 23, 2007

The second in a series of tutorials to introduce you to the UIQ 3 platform. The second installment looks at the UIQ SDK and its configuration, Integrated Development Environments (IDE) and other useful tools for UIQ 3 development. Available in Chinese>>

March 23, 2007

The third in a series of tutorials to introduce you to the UIQ 3 platform. The third installment looks at platform security and application integrity. Available in Chinese>>

April 24, 2007

The fourth in a series of tutorials to introduce you to the UIQ 3 platform. The forth installment looks at working with code, command line and with an IDE. Available in Chinese>>

May 24, 2007

The fifth in a series of tutorials to introduce you to the UIQ 3 platform. The fifth installment looks at release an application, signing and packaging in preparation for distribution. Available in Chinese>>

June 20, 2007

The sixth and final in a series of tutorials to introduce you to the UIQ 3 platform. The final installment looks at taking your application to market with practical advice and tips. Available in Chinese>>

November 22, 2006

Getting Started with Web Services for gSOAP takes you through the gSOAP package, its usage and creating a simple Google<™> query application. Available in Chinese>>

Symbian OS v7.0 UIQ 2.1 SDK

Use the UIQ SDK to build applications for the Sony Ericsson P800/P802, P900/P908 and P910 phones. The SDK contains library files, documentation, sample code, tools and utilities for building applications in C++ and for creating installation files.

Nov 19, 2003

Install this version of the SDK if you plan to test and emulate your Symbian OS applications using Metrowerks CodeWarrior™

Nov 19, 2003

Install this version of the SDK if you plan to test and emulate your Symbian OS applications using Borland's C++BuilderX Mobile Edition and Microsoft Visual Studio 6

Oct 11, 2004

APIs including Vibration, Camera, Streaming AMR codec and MMS to be used with the UIQ 2.1 SDK.

Feb 10, 2004

This UIQ 2.1 SDK extension adds support for Chinese Traditional and Simplified Chinese input in the UIQ emulator (P908). Both wins and winscw versions are included in the package.

Aug 20, 2003

A collection of documents and SDK for the Beatnik Audio Engine. Beatnik is included in the Sony Ericsson P800 and P900 smartphones and extends the music capabilities.

May 24, 2004

Certificate Installation Application sis file and installation guide for Symbian Signed root certificate for Sony Ericsson P800.
Read more about Symbian Signed>>

Jan 22, 2004

May 31, 2005

May 31, 2005

Jan 22, 2004

Nov 24, 2003

Nov 19, 2003

Nov 24, 2003

Dec 2, 2003

Aug 20, 2003

Nov 24, 2003

May 27, 2003

To be used with P800/P802 only.
Release Notes

Aug 20, 2003

Sony Ericsson specific API's for the P800 phone (currently including vibration, camera and Streaming AMR codec) to be used with the Symbian OS UIQ 2.0 SDK.

Aug 20, 2003

UIQ 2.0 SDK extension adds support for Chinese Traditional and Simplified Chinese input in the UIQ emulator (P802). Only winscw version.

Dec 2, 2003

This update corrects a cosmetic defect in the R1* and R2* organizer versions concerning PersonalJava where the background color of transparent GIF images is shown in an incorrect way.

May 3, 2003

An improvement to the image quality obtained on P800 when a Personal Java application loads graphic images and photos into the application for display.

Apr 3, 2003

The Redirector application is to be used by Java developers to redirect the out and err streams of Java to a console window, a log file or a serial port on the target device.