Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.8 / 5.0

A great survey of mobile technologies:

I go to Java Users Groups (yes, I'm struggling to get in touch with my inner geek) once every two or three months. Sometimes there's an engaging speaker, but most of the time the fellow up front looks like he's just swallowed a hot pepper, speaks like he has a permanent stutter, and answers questions like I'm speaking Greek. (I'm not making fun; I had a hard time when I was in front of a JUG too.) Regardless of the quality of the speaker, I gain something just by watching the presentation--he points out... more info

Advanced J2ME:

Unlike many J2ME books that focus on CLDC/MIDP, this book also covers CDC/Personal Profile and J2ME support for high-end (32Mb+) PDA devices. I've been using IBM's pervasive tools to develop Java for PocketPC. In this book, Michael Yuan has answered questions I've had about IBM's SMF that IBM consultants could not answer.

As of December, 2003, the content in this book appears to be all up-to-date. Mobile computing is a fast changing world and having a current reference is very valuable to me.

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Great for experienced J2ME developers:

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Michael Yuan has done a great job on writing a book that goes well beyond the basics. While the concept of developing mobile applications with Java has seen much hype over the years, the actual software has yet to hit the critical mass. Yuan goes beyond the basics to take the developer to the next level of mobile development.

The book assumes more than beginning level J2ME knowledge. If you've never dealt with J2ME, you'll need to start with a book such as Wireless J2ME Platform Programming by... more info

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