Wireless Java Programming with J2ME

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Summary: Good startup for J2ME
Review: A real good book. It introduces with basic wireless device technological architecture and then explains how J2ME can be used to develop wireless applications. A useful reference book if you want to start learning wireless programming.

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Summary: Sloppy in the Details
Review: Great reference book with good examples and information on J2ME programming. The UI, RMS, and networking material is very useful. I refer to the book often and find the detailed information extremely useful and comprehensive. I would recommend it for any serious J2ME developer.

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Summary: Great Reference Book
Review: Great reference book with good examples and information on J2ME programming. The UI, RMS, and networking material is very useful. I refer to the book often and find the detailed information extremely useful and comprehensive. I would recommend it for any serious J2ME developer.

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Summary: excellent book
Review: If you are a experienced Java Developer, this book surely help you to develop your own J2ME project even you have no idea on J2ME is. Although this released a bit early so that it has not cover the MIDP for Palm OS. But with the exmaple insides, I think you should hand over J2ME smoothly within a month

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Summary: Average book but good compared to what is out there.
Review: Normally I would rank this book as average, however compared to the books that are out there on J2ME technologies this book is good. The high level overview is informative and I liked that it drilled into the details of J2ME application development. The examples are and simple and clear. Overall, a good book for intermediate java programmers looking to get their foot into the J2ME door.

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Summary: Just About All That Is Available
Review: Not many books are yet available on J2ME. For this reason alone, this text is decent. However, much of the text is simple embellishement of the limited J2ME MIDP documentation available from Sun. The examples are decent but sometimes confusing -- I typed in several and experienced minor problems with a few. My basic issue with the text is the lack of explaination. Code examples are good, but explaination is better and the topics are only modestly explained.

Overall, a decent first book on this issue but nothing spectacular.

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Summary: Excellent book
Review: Recently I had a need to come up a prototype in a short period of time. I started with no idea about J2ME programming. This book helped me a lot. It gives very detailed information on how to get start.

The examples in the book are excellent. Some examples about Networking, XML and SyncML, addresses the real problems every developer would encounter.

Considering the book comes so early, its coverage on J2ME is pretty decent. High level introduction of J2ME is not very comprehensive but very precise and informative.

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Summary: A Must-Have Wireless J2ME Book For Both Beginner And Expert
Review: This book provides a comprehensive and in-depth study on the next-generation wireless programming with J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition). The authors introduce this cutting-edge wireless technology with superb knowledge and professional insight. Chapters are well structured, tightly connected and rich in practical sample codes, that simply makes understanding highly effective.

Besides covering all the major J2ME topics, such as CLDC(Connected Limited Device Configuration) and Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), this book also explains, in great details, other wireless developments, including "Using XML in Wireless Applications" (Chapter 10) and "NTT DoCoMo's Java for i-Mode in Japan" (Appendix D). Knowing these current industry trends would greatly empower readers with added advantages in this competitive wireless market.

Being the first-prize winner in the 2000 Motorola J2ME Virtual Developer Contest, Yu Feng, one of the authors, dedicates the entire Chapter 9 for his award-winning m-commerce application. This recognition on his quality wireless production gives a strong promise to the high usability and the world-class standard of this book.

Overall, this is a great book for beginners to have a quick jump-start into writing the first wireless Java application. It is also a handy reference text for professional programmers. I highly recommend this book to all those developers who want to build the next-generation wireless applications using J2ME.