A step-by-step guide on how to design Web sites and information applications to take advantage of the explosive growth in mobile device access Designing Wireless Information ServicesWith the dramatic increase in wireless access to the Internet, it's critical that your information is accessible to mobile users. This is the first book that clearly explains how to design user interfaces for mobile applications and Web sites that work in the mobile environment. Author Johan Hjelm cuts to the chase by showing how existing Web sites can be redesigned to work with wireless devices, cellular phones, and PDAs, and take advantage of the special properties of the current and next generation mobile networks. He provides step-by-step guidance on how to set up a Web site for mobile access using open standards such as the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and XML. Explanations and case studies illustrate how the new technologies will work with existing database applications and systems.
Focusing on the underlying applications, this book will help you: Gain a better understanding of the new mobile systems market Design the information set for a Web site Optimize a Web site for mobile access Learn how XML, WML, and XHTML work, and how XSLT ties them all together Build mobile applications using the next generation of technology The CD-ROM includes: Ericsson WAPIDE SDK WMLLIB PERL and JAFFA Java libraries HTML Tidy software The author's Web site at www wireless-information.net features: Direct links to sites mentioned in the book Updated information Visit our Web site at www wiley.com/compbooks/
- ISBN10 0471380156
- ISBN13 9780471380153
- Publish Date 4 July 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 January 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Pages 432
- Language English