J2ME: The Complete Reference

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Summary: All you need to know about J2ME
Review: This book is amazing! It contains great advanced samples and information. All you need to know about J2ME. I have bought many books (40+) and this book is the best book that I have read so far about J2ME. Very comprehensive and a must buy!

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Summary: Solid Presentation of J2ME
Review: This book really gets to the core of J2ME. Keogh writes with a no-nonsense, down to business style that gets right to the heart of the topic. He covers all the different parts of J2ME. Along the way he points out opportunities for optimization and how to access built-in calendars, address and to do list databases. You'll find J2ME, The Complete Reference a valuable addition to your library because it contains practical information that you won't find anywhere on the Internet.

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Summary: Should be renamed --MIDP and JDBC :The Complete Reference
Review: This book should be retitled as MIDPand JDBC:The complete reference. It is in NO way a complete reference for J2ME.

If you are looking a book on using the MIDP profile, this is as comprehensive as a book can get.It has complete code listings to explain each concept and has extensive coverage of the MIDP API's.

J2ME also consists of CDC profile that is used to write J2ME applications for wireless devices that are NOT memory constrained. When one clainms that they are creating a complete reference for J2ME, they cannot leave out CDC. This book does not even devote 1 chapter to explain CDC which is such a crucial part of J2ME. Instead the author wastes space and piles on chapters by explaining JDBC and web services.

Buy this book if you want to learn only MIDP, else this one is not for you.