eBook By Category (Mobile Computing)

As the number of mobile device users increases rapidly and exceeds that of PC users by a large margin, conducting business and services over these mobile devices, also known as mobile commerce is becoming very attractive and is expected to drive the future development of electronic commerce...

Packed with practical, freely-available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a complete overhaul of Unix Backup & Recovery by the same author, now revised and expanded with over 75% new material...

Wireless communication slowly is becoming reality...

• Introduces the mobile databases (their architecture and features) and how they operate and handle the essential task of synchronization...

This lecture provides an introduction to the problem of managing the energy demand of mobile devices...

Explore the new design discipline that is behind such products as the iPod and innovative Web sites like Flicer...

This publication is the second in the Research in Design series...

The provision of IP-based multimedia services is one of the most exiting and challenging aspects of next generation wireless networks...

This book’s emphasis is on describing a complete architectural framework, which combines theory and practice in a way that gives a realistic view of the opportunities and challenges in the applications and services area, including results from both extensive user evaluations and technical evaluations...

The Encyclopedia of Mobile Computing and Commerce is the leading reference source for innovative research on mobile applications and commerce...

Operators are introducing mobile television and digital video content services globally...

The Handbook of Research on Mobile Multimedia provides a descriptive, analytical, and comprehensive assessment of factors, trends, and issues in the ever-changing field of mobile multimedia...

Get the most out of your Dell Axim with this step-by-step guide...

This book explains the different types of paging systems, how they operate, and changes that are occurring in the paging industry...

Location-based services (LBS) are a new concept integrating a users geographic location with the general notion of services, such as dialing an emergency number from a cell phone or using a navigation system in a car...

Location-based Services (LBSs) are mobile services for providing information that has been created, compiled, selected or filtered under consideration of the users’ current locations or those of other persons or mobile devices...

Defending Microsoft Windows against viruses requires careful attention to emerging technical alerts and diligence in installing manufacturers' latest patches and upgrades...

New, attractive services for communications systems are versatile and promise to make the next generation of communications a success...

The book is divided into three parts: theory, method and implementation...

MMS will reshape mobile communication, making it more personal, versatile, and expressive than ever before...

Get mobile messaging going on virtually any platform, in any language

Mobile Application Development Using SMS and the SIM Toolkit is just the guide you’ve been looking for if you’re building applications for GSM or 3G networks, wish you had sample code for reality-based applications, or want to add mobile extensions to your software products and corporate network...

Mobile Commerce Applications addresses and explores the critical architectural issues in constructing m-commerce applications and in applying mobile technologies in different areas, including methodologies, enabling technologies, models, paradigms, architectures, standards and innovations...

M-commerce (mobile-commerce) refers to e-commerce activities carried out via a mobile terminal such as a phone or PDA...

Mobile Interaction Design shifts the design perspective away from the technology and concentrates on usability; in other words the book concentrates on developing interfaces and devices with a great deal of sensitivity to human needs, desires and capabilities...

Here’s a first-of-its-kind book that introduces you to the next generation of mobile networks, where IP data capability and mobile communications become integrated to form new, cutting-edge Mobile IP networks...

* The first comprehensive guide to building and deploying mobile location-based services * Detailed coverage of mobile location servers, client platforms, protocols, and standards * Mapping, geocoding, mobile positioning, security, personalization, privacy, and more Foreword by Joe Astroth, Executive Vice President, Autodesk Location Services "I expect this comprehensive book to inspire a new generation of engineers and to help propel a new wave of independent software vendors...

Experience the forces behind the changes in the IT, Mobile Telecom and Media industries through real-life cases from this converging market!

Mobile Media and Applications - From Concept to Cash shows how to address the challenges of consumer marketing, technology strategy and delivery tactics for new 3G services from a pragmatic ‘how they did it’ approach...

Building on the success of the first edition, Mobile Messaging Technologies and Services offers extensive new and revised material based upon the latest research and industry developments...

With rapid growth of the Internet, the applications of multimedia are burgeoning in every aspect of human life including communication networks and wireless and mobile communications...

This is a book about mobile virtual work...

Preface There are some common mistakes technology vendors tend to make in an early market...

The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is regarded as the best-of-the breed of proven messaging technologies, surpassing SMS and electronic mail to offer a truly multimedia experience to mobile users...

Professional Palm OS Programming is everything programmers need to create applications for the world’s most popular operating system for handheld devices...

With forewords by Jan Bosch, Nokia and Antero Taivalsaari, Sun Microsystems...

A guide to programming Symbian OS smartphones using OPL (The Open Programming Language): a simple to learn, open-source scripting language, ideal for fast-track development of enterprise applications...

The Handbook of Mobile Middleware provides an exhaustive overview of recent developments in the various fields related to how software supports mobile computing...

SMS or Text is one of the most popular forms of messaging...

The compression schemes applied for the storage and transmission of digital video data leave content sensitive to transmission errors, information loss and quality degradation...

This book brings you complete web application with design specifications, flow diagrams, and source code with line-by-line explanation...