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Mobility

Editor's Note | News | Features |

Tools, Resources and Techniques for Tablet, Handheld, Mobile Device, Network Service and VoIP developers.


Editor's Note

Want to write .NET apps for PocketPC target devices? Hari Gopal, of Infosys Technologies, Ltd., describes ResourceMonitor -- a resource management component for the .NET Compact Framework that helps manage asynchronous access to low-level CE APIs for power management, network connectivity and other essential functions. What about location-aware apps for J2ME-equipped mobile phones? David Parsons, senior lecturer in the Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences at Massey University, NZ, covers the nuts and bolts of the Java Location API.

In the News

How CIOs Are Dealing With A Tough Economy
Plan A: no new hires, hold off on infrastructure upgrades; Plan B: an IT inventory to target discretionary projects.

Brocade Plus Foundry Equals Ethernet Everywhere
The idea is that, in the data center, the combined company will service both sides of server.

Startup Uplogix Simplifies Remote Management
Its appliances can manage multiple devices either in or out of band.

CIO Values: Dave Goff, VP And CIO, Emulex
"Close working relationships with all functional areas are critical. They're the ultimate judges--they let us know if we're meeting their expectations."

 

Features

Power Management for Mobile Devices
Sabyasachi Dey
With the convergence of new computing, communication and entertainment applications on wireless handsets, power demands are increasing rapidly, yet the capacity of batteries cannot keep up.

Web Services and Mobile Devices
Jonathan Erickson
Roy Mitchell discusses the challenges developers face when delivering Web services on mobile devices. (MP3, 5:12 mins.)

Infrastructure Management Institute Launched
Jonathan Erickson
Tim Ferguson explains the goals of the recently launched Infrastructure Management Institute. (MP3, 4:41 mins.)

Resource-Aware Mobile Device Applications
Hari Gopal
Smart-client applications need to be constantly aware of the changing status of the constrained devices resources.

C++/CLI Sockets
Rex Jaeschke
If you want interprocess or interapplication communication, you want to know how to use sockets. Rex shows us the way.

Displaying GIF Images on J2ME Mobile Phones
Tom Thompson
Surprisingly, many Java-based mobile phones couldn't display GIF image files--until now.

The Java Location API
David Parsons
When it comes to real estate and mobile phones, the three most important words are "location, location, location."

Google's Summer of Code: Part II
the DDJ staff
Google's Summer of Code resulted in thousands and thousands of lines of code. Here are more of the students who participated.

Linux Phone Standards Forum Announced
Jonathan Erickson
Michel Gien introduces the Linux Phone Standards Forum, a consortium aimed at facilitating the use of Linux for telephony applications in general, and mobile phones in particular. (MP3, 4:21 mins.)

Amazon Web Services
Ashish Muni, Justin Hansen
ScanZoom lets you use mobile camera phones to launch services by taking photos of barcodes.

More Articles

NetSeminars

Career Strategies for the Offshoring Era: A Conversation with Chad Fowler
As U.S. executives increasingly see IT as a commodity, how do you hold on to your job? In a follow-up to the popular October 2005 Software Development NetSeminar with Dr. Ron Hira, IEEE-USA’s vice president for career activities, this 90-minute interactive conversation with career maven Chad Fowler will give you the ammunition to avoid the shock of seeing your position outsourced to cheaper climes.

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