i-mode Crash Course [Paperback]

John Vacca (Author)

Book Description

Series: Crash Course | Publication Date: October 25, 2001

i-mode is NYY SoCoMo's mobile Internet access system. It allows users to access email, weather, stock prices, message friends and buy airline tickets from their cellular phones. This book follows the Crash Course series format, provides everything a service provider needs to know to gauge the effect of i-mode on his or her business. It covers technology basics, business context and has a detailed analysis of the ley markets involved.

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From the Back Cover

i-mode CRASH COURSE

i-mode IS COMING

The wireless Internet service that dominates the Japanese market--mushrooming from 3 to 17 million users in a single year--is coming to the United States and Europe. i-mode Crash Course helps you prepare, whether your interest is technical or financial--whether you're offering the killer app or competing against it--even if you're simply a consumer who wants to get on top of the latest technology.

i-mode Crash Course gives you insider details on the most successful wireless Internet application in the world.

Get the big picture on i-mode, the wireless Internet service that took Japan by storm, now targeting the US and Europe Technologies, requirements, and markets
Understand installation, deployment and configuration The international i-mode spectrum i-mode security,
Up-and-coming applications and market directions
Make the right career and corporate decisions

i-mode:

UNQUALIFIED WIRELESS INTERNET SUCCESS

Learn how i-mode connects cell phones and other handhelds to the Internet for instant messaging to friends, email, online shopping, and real-time news, stocks, weather reports, and more
See why i-mode beat out WAP
Discover development secrets behind i-mode applications and the advantages of cHTML
Understand NTT DoCoMo's market strategy in Japan and its plans to take America and Europe--this year
Gain insights to help you analyze markets, predict results, and influence outcomes

GET READY FOR i-mode

About the Author

John Vacca (Pomeroy, OH) is an information technology consultant and internationally known author. Since 1982 Vacca has published 28 books and 370 articles in the areas of internet security, application development, programming, and the internet. He served as configuration management specialist, and computer security official for NASA's Freedom Space Station program.

Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1st edition (October 25, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071381872
• ISBN-13: 978-0071381871
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,825,615 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars comprehensive i-mode course, February 4, 2003

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L. E. Smith (Georgetown, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: i-mode Crash Course (Paperback)

An excellent 'crash course' in i-mode. After taking Japan by storm, i-mode no doubt is the coming mobile technology in the US. This book is a well-organized walk through that technology from fundamentals through the future outlook.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars [i-mode Crash Course], September 17, 2002

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Rodney Van Meter III (Half Moon Bay, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: i-mode Crash Course (Paperback)

This just might be the worst technical book I own. There is some useful material in it, but it is so poorly written that t's hard to tell. There are non-sentences, some sentences that are impossible to understand even after re-reading, non-sequitirs, and more typos than I have seen in any other book. The text repeatedly says things like, "At present (as of this writing)", without telling you when that is -- and the data given will be at odds with data just a few pages away, which begins with the same disclaimer. The text is also highly repetitive -- how many times do I have to be told that cHTML is just like HTML? The material on WAP is internally inconsistent, and, from what I can tell, outright wrong in places. Many of the pictures appear to be low-resolution images.... I feel the publisher should have had someone redraw pie charts so that the fonts are legible. ... There must be a better one on the topic.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A definitive No-No, November 26, 2001

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Markus Hoevener (Emsdetten, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: i-mode Crash Course (Paperback)

As it was one of the first i-mode books available, I didn't expect much - and that's what I got. It seems very unstructured and often provides redundant and inconsistent information.

Sometimes it's better to take some time and not to be the first.