Wireless Internet Crash Course

by Michael Courtney, Al Fisher, Roman Kikta

This text provides a crash course in the wireless Internet. WAP, SMS, i-mode, and Bluetooth are all compared and contrasted for their respective strengths and weaknesses, along with the existing and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071382127
• ISBN13: 9780071382120
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Compelling insights into the world of the wireless internet

Provides compelling insight into the world of the Wireless Internet! This is both a technology and business book covering the background and evolution of wireless technology, portable devices, market opportunities. Spellbinding, humorous in parts, it reads at times like a magazine article or a novel, for instance when describing Japan's successful i-mode services or taking the reader through many of the entertaining and imaginative applications. Definitely a reference book for anyone seeking to understand the wireless past and future.

filled with many ideas

You know that the wireless internet is about to change the world, it is one of the hottest subjections around. This book is for the " ideas men " that will be in the driving seat of that change. It provides clear, concise information about where the technology is now and where it is likely to go in the future. It even lists potential applications and their benefits, market size projections and actrual case studies, and outline future tgrends. There is enough detail to allow you to converse with the technologists, while keeping the manager's perspective, where new ideas are born. This book is insightfull! and quite enjoyable.

Clearing the confusion

This is a must read for anyone trying to navigate through all of the various wireless data options that innundate us today. There is a lot of fiction and untruths about what is out there and how it will benefit a person or organization. It provides a fast read in a highly organized manner that can be used to bring the various Wireless Internet options into focus for IT managers, business professionals, the technologist getting into'd to a new area or a consumer trying to sort the wheat from the chaff.

enlightening and fact filled

This book on the Wireless Internet is enlightening and fact filled, covering how the Wireless Internet will play in our everyday life. Many examples of applications are provided, with some excellent commentary, market data and photographs of products. The format of this book makes it easy to read, you can skip sections and read only what you want to know, without losing any information. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to get a better understanding of mobility, techologies, and market information that are effecting the Internet.

Brilliant! Delightful to Read! Packed with Information!

"Wireless Internet Crash Course" is brilliant, delightful to read -- even humorous in places (I chuckled several times at the authors' subtle sense of humor)and is packed with tons of information and statistics! As an analyst for a major investment banking firm, I found this book to be exactly what it claims to be: an insiders perspective which clearly provides answers to the confusing world of the wireless internet, in a language that is easily understood. The book is divided up into six chapters that take the reader through a brief historical perspective in chapter 1(some interesting facts). Chapter 2 makes sense of the competing technologies in words that non MSEEs can understand, while chapter 3, filled with charts and graphs, provides detailed market research statistics and market drivers (the authors have quoted many leading research firms' figures)-- also there are some insightful comments on the market case studies which look at both the Japan and Finnish markets, and the new generation of customers--teenagers. Chapter 4 is quite compelling in identifying key applications and new business opportunities. Chapter 5 covers key issues- billing, security, privacy, and Chapter 6 is fascinating, providing a glimpse into the future of wireless internet. The chapters are far reaching in breadth and depth, contain many illustrations: graphs, product pictures, so that the reader walks away with a solid understanding of the technical, product, market and business base. In addition, all the wireless industry lingo and acronyms were very clearly defined in the glossary and the appendix sections contain very useful web-site information and further suggested reading. This not only helped me in my reading, but also makes this a great future reference guide. Overall, this book delivered much more than it promised and exceeded expectations, and was a delight to read.