In this rapidly developing field, this book explains why the various technologies are needed and will guide the reader to a deeper understanding of their significance and benefits within the industry. Focussing on the wireless context will give the reader a better understanding of how to use the technologies specifically in the development of wireless applications. Uniquely,
Next Generation Wireless Applications shows how the many and various technologies interoperate and can be used in combination to achieve useful results. The book also provides an authoritative view of the market opportunities for 3G enabling the reader to gauge the credibility and value of the many participants active in this market and helping the reader to detect and avoid risky business opportunities.
- Unique coverage of the state-of-the-art software development technologies appropriate in a wireless context
- Brings together software development expertise with an understanding of wireless issues
- Based on author’s extensive experience building wireless applications and training on the topic
- Describes both strengths and weaknesses of particular technologies, short-cuts and potential pit-falls
- Demonstrates how technologies fit together and may be used together to enhance functionality
- Dispells myths and demystifies technologies thanks to author’s extensive knowledge base and tried-and-tested presentation skills
- Numerous case studies (from Lucent, NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone) and anecdotes anchor the book in reality
- Covers SMS, MMS, LBS, billing issues, mobile information device profile specs (MIDP2.0), over-the-air-deployment mechanisms, service delivery platforms (SDP) and security.
"There is no other book I've come across that offers this breadth of knowledge and makes you that excited about the possibilities in this fast paced market.
Next Generation Wireless Applications is written in a very accessible way and packed full of useful insights from the author reflecting his extensive experience in this field.
I recommend it to everyone in the industry as a must-read book"
Shomila Malik, Product Manager O2 3G, GPRS, WAP, MMS, J2EE, J2ME, XML, SMIL, MLP, A-GPS . What is the big picture? How may we piece these technologies together?
In Next Generation Wireless Applications, Paul Golding bridges the gap between the technologies available today and the services available tomorrow. What is possible with existing technology and techniques? What will mobility mean to tomorrow s customers and how may we begin to create exciting new services today? Rather than covering each technology in detail the author explores their symbiotic potential, explains how, when used in association, the sum may be greater than the parts. He encourages the reader to become a smart integrator , to become aware of the vast array of possibilities, to think of the opportunities, and to start creating the future.
This book will revolutionise your thinking on:
- Mobile Service Delivery Platforms
- Content networks
- Mobile and smart devices
- Service integration
- Human-Computer interaction and user interfaces
Professional engineers and application developers working in the Wireless sector have had to embrace a veritable explosion of technologies in moving from the 2G voice-only world to the Internet-connected 3G universe. This book demonstrates how they might be connected - not in a proscriptive manner - but in an inspiring and motivational way that aims to provoke discussion and new ideas.
Written for strategists, managers, consultants and engineers, this book is also a practitioner s toolkit giving up-to-date information on accurate location-finding, interesting Java variants, smarter devices, useful protocols and many other mega-components.
"The author has pulled together the disparate corners of wireless to show a meaningful map for the rest of us. This latest work sets Paul apart as a great analyst of monetizing wireless."
Chris Hare, Digit Wireless
