Mobile Phone Programming

This book provides a solid overview of mobile phone programming targeting users in both academia and industry. The coverage includs all commercial realizations of the Symbian, Windows Mobile and Linux platforms. The text introduces each programming language (JAVA, Python, C/C++) and introduces a set of development environments ""step by step,"" to help familiarize developers with current limitations, pitfalls, and challenges.

Each chapter includes examples and source code, to rapidly convey the most important concepts. Examples cover peer to peer networks, cooperative networking, cross layer protocol design, key challenges such as power consumption, and sensor networks for which a full hardware and software implementation is provided.

The DVD included with the book contains all presented development environments and source code examples. Whether you are an experienced developer or an advanced student this book will be your key reference for successfully entering the world of software development for mobile devices.