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Summary: A mobile and wireless computing 'must read'...
Review: Anyone dealing with mobile and wireless computing needs to have this book on their desk. It is a great reference, providing a comprehensive and non-biased overview of the different facets of the mobile and wireless space. It is uniquely written in such a way that it can be read, understood and enjoyed by a wide variety of readers. From any IT sales staff needing to understand the mobile and wireless market space, the latest technologies, competing technologies and buzzwords, to the project managers needing to implement real life mobile solutions, to the hard-core techies looking for a introduction into new technology, this book will apply... It is appropriately titled and provides exactly what is says. Read this if you want a competitive advantage in the mobile and wireless space.
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Summary: Mobile and wireless computing 'must read'...
Review: Anyone dealing with mobile and wireless computing needs to have this book on their desk. It is a great reference, providing a comprehensive and non-biased overview of the different facets of this market space. It is uniquely written in such a way that it can be read, understood and enjoyed by a wide variety of readers. From any IT sales staff needing to understand the competing technologies - to project managers needing to implement optimized mobile and wireless solutions - to the hard-core techies looking for an introduction into new technology - this book will apply... Read this book if you want a competitive advantage in mobile and wireless computing...
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Summary: A lot of words
Review: As a developer I got a little dissapointed. A lot of words, but very little substance that I could use directly. I think the word 'Design' is somewhat misleading and also the subtitle 'A developer's approach to developing innovative mobile and wireless solutions'. The book is just an 'overview' for beginners.
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Summary: A comprehensive overview of Everything Mobile
Review: For people looking to get a handle on designing and developing mobile applications I highly recommend this book. It covers pretty much everything you want to know about mobile application architectures, wireless networks, mobile devices and even voice applications. It takes you through the common issues that you will encounter, and provides helpful information on how to design applications to get by them. It is not however a book that will teach you have to actually program the applications themselves. The focus is more on application and architecture design than it is on low level programming. I didn't end up reading the entire book though. There are some chapters on things like location based services that weren't really of interest to me at this point. The way the book is organized allowed me to read seperate chapters on there own without having to read everything in order. In this way I can now use it as a reference when I come across topics that I want to learn more about. All in all Mobile and Wireless Design Essentials is really unlike most book on mobile computing. It provides a great overview of the technologies that are available, and in addition to the vast information in the book itself, there are hundreds of links to valuable websites that can be visited to learn more about any given topic.
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Summary: An Incredible Overview of Wireless Technologies
Review: I am studying towards a Ph.D. in Information Systems. I was given an assignment to research wireless technologies. I decided to read this book to refresh my memory about the topic. The information in the book is better presented than any journal article on the topic that I have read to date, even articles from world renown researchers from MIT, Stanford, Duke and alike. The author takes a very difficult topic and presents in a crystal clear manner that can be understood by virtually anyone. Moreover, the information is not watered-down. To the contrary, it is the single most valuable resource that I have found on the topic after conducting a thorough literature review. I would recommend it to anyone who deals with wireless networks or wants to increase their knowledge about the topic.
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Summary: Grab it!
Review: I am writing wireless applications for about two years now so I am not new into this programming category. I wondered how complete this book is in describing all the standards/tools out there at the moment (and I have to say I did not know all of them). It gives you an insight on what is possible and what tools you could use for mobile development. It's a good buy if you want to have a reference on what standards and techniques are out there and what is possible in mobile development. I will use it for my mobile classes and recommend it to my students as a *must read* if they are going to write robust and secure mobile or wireless applications for the enterprise.
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Summary: Best Mobile Architecture Book Around!!
Review: I currently work for a wireless infrastructure company and was very impressed by the coverage of each chapter in Martyn Mallick's book. Not only does it cover wireless protocols and devices, Martyn's book also includes hot topics like data synchronization. In my field, data synchronization is my bread and butter. I honestly believe Martyn took a very unbiased approach to smart clients, thin clients, messaging, webservices, XML and etc. On top of that, Martyn compares the pros and cons to programming in Java, .Net, BREW, and etc. The bottom line is; I highly recommend Mobile and Wireless Design Essentials for senior architect level programmers all the way to first year computer science/MIS students. This book certainly cleared up the gray areas in my understanding of mobile technology.
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Summary: A great place to get started!
Review: I don't really know much about the wireless space, but I do know some J2EE and other distributed technologies. As a novice, I found this book's first few chapters very informative, and it gave me a chance to zone in on a few key chapters based on my anticipated needs. It covers various mobile solution architechtures and constituents using many examples. When I did have questions, or if I wanted to look at some in-depth samples, I just followed the web links at the end of a particular chapter, and that usually answered them, or at least pointed me in the right direction for more info. I think the biggest thing I took away from this book is that, while the mobile and wireless space is always changing, designing and developing mobile applications relies on a few fundamental concepts (e.g., mobile solution architecture does vary from enterprise solution architecture). This book focuses on these key design and development concepts. So for people looking for a complete overview of the industry, this book will provide everything you need. If you are looking for complete code examples that you can use to start building applications, you might want to look at books that are dedicated to the topic of interest. Since this book covers so many topics, it does not provide sample code for each type of application. This would have been nice, but it also would have made the book twice as long and not as focused on application design. Overall, I liked Mallick's writing style (not too dry, not too fluffy), and I did learn a TON of stuff from this book. I'll definitely be wearing out the book's spine while I'm learning the moblie and wireless space's ropes.
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Summary: Top notch, no BS book for the techie or his manager
Review: Mallick's no-bs approach to taking the wireless ether, breaking it down into the elements that make it up, and then presenting it in a way that people from the warm diet-coke drinking geek to the pointy haird "Dilbert" manager is top notch. Rather then being motivated by pitching products or solutions, the book does an outstanding job of painting the entire wireless landscape. What are the moving parts, how do they interact, and what is the impact they provide on the entire architecture. The writing style is down to earth, conversational, and brief. This book is a must-have reference for anyone's home tech library.
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Summary: Top notch, no BS book for the techie or his manager
Review: Mallick's no-bs approach to taking the wireless ether, breaking it down into the elements that make it up, and then presenting it in a way that people from the warm diet-[drink] drinking geek to the pointy haird "Dilbert" manager is top notch. Rather then being motivated by pitching products or solutions, the book does an outstanding job of painting the entire wireless landscape. What are the moving parts, how do they interact, and what is the impact they provide on the entire architecture. The writing style is down to earth, conversational, and brief. This book is a must-have reference for anyone's home tech library.
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