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What is Server-Side Handheld Computing

Chapter 30
Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications
It is used by handheld devices to perform wireless, mobile, handheld operations, which need the supports from server-side computing. Some of its applications are (a) instant messages, (b) mobile Web contents, (c) online video games, and (d) wireless telephony.
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Handheld Computing and Palm OS Programming for Mobile Commerce
Wen-Chen Hu (University of North Dakota, USA), Lixin Fu (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA), Hung-Jen Yang (National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan), and Sheng-Chien Lee (University of Florida, USA)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-993-9.ch030
Abstract
It is widely acknowledged that mobile commerce is a field of enormous potential. However, it is also commonly admitted that the development in this field is constrained. There are still considerable barriers waiting to be overcome. One of the barriers is most software engineers are not familiar with handheld programming, which is the programming for handheld devices such as smart cellular phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants). This chapter gives a study of handheld computing to help software engineers better understand this subject.
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