The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP): A Wiley Tech Brief (Technology Briefs Series) - Softcover

Mann, Steve; Sbihli, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471399922 ISBN 13: 9780471399926

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2000

Synopsis

Discover how to utilize the latest WAP technologies to meet your business needs With wireless services rapidly exploding worldwide, WAP is becoming the most talked about standard for wireless applications. In this accessible book, mobility experts Steve Mann and Scott Sbihli cut through the buzz and the jargon surrounding the technology to provide an authoritative yet easy–to–understand discussion on all aspects of this fast–growing protocol.With their help, you′ll become well–versed in the terminology of WAP components and gain valuable insight into how WAP fits in with wireless business development. You′ll learn what WAP is, how it works, and what benefits your company can derive from using it.

Plus, you′ll get pointers to additional resources for more information. Thorough, up–to–date coverage includes:

• The nuts and bolts of WAP′s key technologies, including WML (Wireless Markup Language)
• Key wireless technologies and how WAP fits in
• WAP applications development tools and how WAP–compatible Web pages are created
• Currently available WAP–com–patible products and services
• The history of WAP development
• Case studies of three enterprise WAP projects plus an individual′s experience with a consumer WAP service

Wiley Tech Briefs Focused on the needs of the corporate IT and business manager, the Tech Briefs series provides in–depth information on a new or emerging technology, solutions, and vendor offerings available in the marketplace. With their accessible approach, these books will help you get quickly up–to–speed on a topic so that you can effectively compete, grow, and betterserve your customers.

About this title

Review:

"For business management who have felt slightly left behind with the sudden emergence of WAP this is the ideal book for you."

"An excellent book that captures the sanpshot of the current WAP scene perfectly." (M2 Communications, 3 January 2001)

From the Publisher:

The Wireless Application Protocol technology is enjoying explosive growth in the U.S. and Europe and is expected to dominate the handheld market going forward. It has become the de-facto world standard for the presentation and delivery of wireless and telephony services on mobile phones and handheld devices such as Palm. According to the Strategis Group, there will be more than 530 million worldwide wireless subscribers by the end of 2001 growing to break the one billion mark by 2004. Wiley is the dominant WAP publisher. Its dominance on the bookshelf can be seen with the significant sales of Programming Applications with WAP and the Official Wireless Application Protocol: The Complete Standard with Searchable CD-ROM. The market is requesting a WAP primer. At leading trade shows such as the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Organization's (CTIA) Wireless2000 in New Orleans in early March 2000, with attendance of more than 20,000 mostly middle managers, sales and marketing professionals, the most requested product at the Wiley booth was a WAP primer. This book in our Technology Brief Series is specifically tailored for the market demanding a WAP primer with WAP's best-selling author at the lead, Steve Mann.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471399922
• ISBN 13: 9780471399926
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224