Professional Quartz Programming

Quartz is an operating system from Symbian designed specifically for palm-type devices, which use a pen interface and no keyboard, but additionally have a telephone capability. Quartz devices are more than just PDAs - they are communicators. They can be used as a phone, while the user is still browsing or entering data. This could be done using a typical speakerphone approach, or a separate headset using wired or Bluetooth connection to the device. This combination of functionality opens up a whole new world of opportunities and possibilities in application development.Devices using this system are expected to be released from manufacturers (such as Ericsson) in mid-2001. Quartz is part of the EPOC family of platforms, which also includes Crystal, for communicators with keyboards, and Pearl, for smartphones.WROX Author Team is the author of 'Professional Quartz Programming', published 2003 under ISBN 9781861004857 and ISBN 1861004850.