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Building PDA Databases for Wireless and Mobile Development

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A good reading for novice and intermediate mobile developer
not worth your money
An important and timely book
Great Sample Database
I did not know that PALM development can be so easy

Building PDA Databases for Wireless and Mobile Development
Robert Laberge , and Srdjan Vujosevic
Manufacturer: Wiley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0471216453

Book Description

Introduces the mobile databases (their architecture and features) and how they operate and handle the essential task of synchronization.
Explains how the enterprise work force can move to a handheld device and still have easy access to corporate databases.
Web site contains all source code for working examples of applications showing mobile databases in use.
Foreword and endorsement by Bill Inmon, the "Father of Data Warehousing."

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A good reading for novice and intermediate mobile developer.......2003-10-04

Examples in this book are just great. I have built my own application based on a couple of them. It really have helped me and guided me through step by step. Now I know how to do it on my own.

Thanks guys.

not worth your money.......2003-09-27

I thoroughly examined this book and found that there is not a single piece of information in this book that cannot be found on internet in matter of seconds. My advice is: save your money

An important and timely book.......2003-05-05

There are many reasons that drove my consultant orthopaedic surgeon to buy a handheld. Shutting me up was perhaps the most important. It was a different set of reasons that made him addicted to his machine. Keeping his golf scores on his database was certainly the most important.

And so it is for most clinicians - handwriting recognition, voice recording and digital photography make PDA devices cool. But storing data makes them useful.

Furthermore PDA adoption is entering the next phase. Rather than individual purchases by enthusiastic individual, healthcare organizations are buying devices for entire departments. These devices are picked for their ability to integrate into existing IT infrastructure, and coincide with the rollout of wireless networks.

So Building PDA Databses is an important and timely book.
The book begins with a good introduction to handheld technology, database theory, and data warehousing methodology. Naturally this cannot be exhaustive, but it makes for a usable and approachable text.

The authors then cover the products of several major database providers, including AppForge's MobileVB, Sybase's iAnywhere and IBM's DB2. This list should tip you off to the scale of projects suggested - big. This is not surprising given the focus of their previous book, WAP Integration: Professional Developer's Guide. Laberge and Vujosevic are experienced and expert in large corporate environments.

This explains one of the weaknesses of the PDA coverage in book - it is rather biased towards the Microsoft, praising the iPaq for features that have been standard in Palm-compatibles for a long time and with better implementation. They also do not mention Satellite Forms, or HanDBase, perhaps the leading environments for medium-scale and small-scale projects respectively.

On the other hand if the reader is interested in large-scale projects, the book becomes essential. The description of each database product's feature set is useful for purchasing decisions. And the source code in the tutorials is enough to get the experienced developer going pretty quickly. It is thus best for informaticians, IT managers and software developers rather than clinicians. As the UK's healthcare Trusts become more ambitious with their IT spending, the book should help with mobile access to everything from patient details to golf scores...

Great Sample Database.......2003-02-11

The best thing about this book is the sample mobile database the authors have-just that is worth the price. Thanks guys.

I did not know that PALM development can be so easy.......2002-10-31

I was always intrigued about the ways to make those small pocket size device to do what I want and I have believed that in order to make the programs for the Pocket PC's you have to be software "guru". This book was eye opener for me. I now know "how to" develop portable databases in efficient and professional way with ease. I would recommend this book to everyone who plan to develop PALM or Pocket PC based applications that will utilize major database engines.

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Building Pda Databases for Wireless and Mobile Development
Robert Laberge
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N7G4SM

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