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Summary: Excellent primer - you'll know enough to be dangerous
Review: I got this early 2000 - I still refer to it today from time to time. Although not too heavy into the technical specs / protocols in regards to WAP as a whole, it is nonetheless a very valuable primer and quick reference. Highly recommended.
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Summary: A poor introduction and even poorer reference
Review: I really tried to like this book. After all, it's one of 5 titles available for those looking for a reference/tutorial on WML, WMLScript and wireless applications development in general. I found much of the info to be out of date. What little there was didn't focus on practical advice on how to develop wireless apps. It reads more like a textbook, providing a framework for what WAP is, rather than substantive code examples, references to development tools, device pitfalls, etc. I purposely avoided the Wrox title on WAP, but it looks like I have little choice if I want a hardcopy reference to look at.
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Summary: A poor introduction and even poorer reference
Review: I really tried to like this book. After all, it's one of 5 titles available for those looking for a reference/tutorial on WML, WMLScript and wireless applications development in general. I found much of the info to be out of date. What little there was didn't focus on practical advice on how to develop wireless apps. It reads more like a textbook, providing a framework for what WAP is, rather than substantive code examples, references to development tools, device pitfalls, etc. I purposely avoided the Wrox title on WAP, but it looks like I have little choice if I want a hardcopy reference to look at.
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Summary: How to write a bad book
Review: Save your money. Instead of buying the book, download the UP.SDK 4.0 from phone.com, or the Nokia WAP Toolkit 1.3 from nokia.com, or the Mobile ADK 1.1 from Motorola.com. I'm sure you'll find another WAP SDK at ericsson.com. Read through the various documents and cross-reference the online help. If you buy this book you'll have to do that anyway.This book is not a tutorial, and it`s certainly not a reference book. It neglects to explain key fundamental concepts, leaving the reader wondering how the pieces tie together. It rushes through WML and WMLS syntax like a bat out of hell and then presents the reader with a "real world application" - a really short chapter dealing with writing a Java Servlet to read a text file.
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Summary: Good only for a beginner
Review: This book does an introduction to the WAP protocol, the various layers in the protocol stack, and a quick introduction to WML programming. This book is not intended for a serious/practical programmer looking for information to create professional WML programs. This book cannot be used as a reference, though beginners would find this book a confidence builder.
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Summary: Not enought info
Review: This is an OK book but is too tied to one brand's technology. I found a much better book that seems to cover wireless web development in general: Rischpater's "Wireless Web Development." That book seems to be more up to date than this book as well.
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Summary: Better than nothing...
Review: Two aspects of the book that I did not like: - index is horrible; don't buy this book for a quick reference; it sucks - examples don't necessary work on Phone.com UP.Browsers; ie. fieldsets and caching solutions One strength of the book: it's better than nothing; a bit sad that I still had to surf onto the Phone.com developer forum to get answers.
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Summary: At least you can buy this book today...
Review: Unlike many vaporware WAP books, you can buy this one today. But you do pay a price, which is a circa 1997 view of the wireless world. Although (as other reviewers have pointed out) the book is totally biased towards Phone.com technology, that shouldn't be surprising considering that they wrote the book and authored the WAP sepcification. What was most interesting was seeing how incomplete the WAP spec is when trying to implement their examples. By reading "between" the lines, you can learn a lot from this very short book. It will have to do, until someone get's their act together and releases a better one (which should be soon).
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