| This book includes an explanation of I-mode; its history, technology, features and services available, and discussion of how it is being used -- followed by a developer's guide to show how to begin building I-Mode applications. The book also includes some case studies illustrating various implementations including what has worked and what has not. You will gain a very clear picture of both the hardware and software involved with this very successful implementation of a mobile phone-based Internet service, the cultural milieu that it occurred in, and how to develop for I-mode and the mobile Internet. Specific coverage includes: exploring handsets, deployment, 3G network plans, packet-switching, CHTML, and programming I-Applis, the I-Mode version of Java. |
