WAP--The Wireless Application Protocol: Writing Applications for the Mobile Internet |
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Sandeep Singhal, Thomas Bridgman, Lalitha Suryanarayana, Daniel Mauney, Jari Alvinen, David Bevis, Jim Chan, Stefan Hild
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Pages: 678 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0201703114
Pub: Addison Wesley
Pub date: 2000-11-07
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 980662
Editorial Review:
The authors of this book are all active participants at the WAP Forum, the industry body responsible for the development of the WAP specifications, and their knowledge and authority shines through. The Wireless Application Protocol is a detailed reference work on all aspects of the delivery of wireless Internet services and covers WAP versions up to and including version 1.2.1.
A large section of the book is an exhaustive reference on WML and WMLScript language features. It also includes detailed descriptions of emerging WAP technologies such as Push Messaging, UAProf (the WAP implementation of the W3C's Composite Capability/Preference Profiles, an emerging W3C standard for delivering client capabilities through an Internet network) and Wireless Telephony applications.
As stated in the Preface, this book serves "both as a tutorial and as a reference for several audiences: Business strategists and service planners; content and application developers; (and) University students and researchers". It's wealth of detail successfully delivers something of significant value to all these audiences; however developers should also check out Professional WAP by Wrox Press and readers looking for an introductory book would do better to look elsewhere.
The Wireless Application Protocol is a good "nuts and bolts" analysis of WAP technologies and will be of value to anyone looking to dig deeper than simple WML development, such as the experienced WAP professional and software engineers working on infrastructure products. --Andy Wigley
Reader Reviews:
Complete, up-to-date reference ... supports all devices (0/0 people found this helpful)
This is a great tutorial and reference on mobile communications, wireless data and WAP. It contains everything I needed to start building my WAP portal. One thing I was very concerned about is how to support all of the different mobiles out there. This book guided me step-by-step all the way. It also provides a great tutorial on how to make WAP applications easy to use.
This is, by far, the best book I've seen on WAP.
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