Planning to offer enterprise access to PDA or smart phone devices via the
Web? Read this article to learn what is available in the mobile browser
arena.
A significant factor in the user experience of a wireless Web site or
application is the mobile or microbrowser that is used to navigate the
application or site and interact with its contents. A mobile or microbrowser
constitutes the software that renders markup language elements and data
received over a wireless link.
In this article, I will briefly highlight the current mobile browser
landscape and provide a short overview of the browsers available for Palm OS,
Windows CE, and Symbian J2ME, as well as several mobile phone device
platforms. Table 1 outlines the mobile browsers that will be discussed in
this article. Please note that while this list includes numerous mobile
browsers, many of which are quite popula... (more)
If you are interested in writing computer games or simulations in .NET, then
the Apress book Beginning .NET Game Programming will prove to be a valuable
resource. A trio of authors, notably David Weller, Alexandre Santos Laboa,
and Ellen Hatton, wrote this book, which introduces the reader to many of the
fundamental concepts that go into programming a game. All topics are
illustrated in .NET using Visual Basic .NET or C# along with the .NET
Framework managed wrapper APIs for DirectX and GDI+.
The book is organized principally around four game projects, including a .NET
version o... (more)
.NET and COM - The Complete Interoperability Guide is divided into four major
areas: using COM components in .NET, using .NET components from COM,
designing great COM components for .NET, and designing great .NET components
for COM. A brief scan of the table of contents will quickly convey the wealth
of material that has been compiled into this book. Adam Nathan starts out
with an overview of .NET, managed code, and unmanaged code. In the first two
chapters, he provided the reader with the necessary vocabulary that is
applied throughout the book. His description of advanced .NET ... (more)
Mobile VPN technology offers enterprises a mature, proven solution for
providing secure, private access to remote users of enterprise resources.
This article provides an overview of what's available for immediate
deployment.
An exciting development to watch this year has been the accelerated release
of new and existing Virtual Private Network (VPN) offerings with feature
lists that include optimization for operation over local or cellular-based
wireless networks and new handheld device support. The primary features that
differentiate a mobile VPN from other VPN solutions include... (more)
An important trend in the wireless sector that has for the most part gone
unnoticed has been the emergence of a new class of mobile devices that can
support multiple wireless air interfaces.
Dozens of handheld, smart phone, tablet, subnotebook (including ultrathin),
and notebook systems are shipping with built-in wireless radio modems. These
built-in radio modems typically support one of the primary interfaces, which
include Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11b, GPRS, and CDMA2000 1x. Devices with
dual-wireless interface support are also appearing on the market, but most
often as higher-end ... (more)
Kevin Wittmer works for SmartSignal Corporation as a technical lead. His programming interests span .NET, Java, C++, and Perl.
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