Webmaster's Guide to the Wireless Internet part 2. The Webmaster’s Guide to the Wireless Internet provides the Wireless Webmaster with all of the tools necessary to build the next generation Internet. Packed with the essential information they need to design, develop, and secure robust, e-commerce enabled wireless Web sites. This book is written for advanced Webmasters who are experienced with conventional Web site design and are now faced with the challenge of creating sites that fit on the display of a Web enabled phone or PDA | Technical Reviewer and Contributor Richard Weeks . is Managing Director of brightfluid a research consultancy that is studying the behavioral patterns of the users of mobile communications the social and psychological triggers that accompany mobile phone usage. Richard s background includes key positions at Grey Interactive Services Ltd. UK where he helped launch the Cartoon Network s WAP site and in the UK where he was Business Development Manager. Richard is a frequent contributor to various consumer and professional mobile publications and has appeared on CNN Financial as an expert in the field. His expertise extends from mobile phone technologies such as SMS and WAP through to wireless LAN satellite communications and in-flight information delivery resulting in an all-round appreciation for all aspects of the wireless Internet phenomenon. x Contents Answers to Your Wireless Questions Q Will I have to learn different programming if i-Mode comes to the United States A i-Mode uses a subset of HTML called Compact HTML cHTML . Anyone familiar with HTML should have no problem learning this. However there are signs that the industry may move towards XHTML as the preferred markup language for these devices. Foreword xxv Chapter 1 Moving from the Web to Wireless 1 Introduction 2 Explaining Wireless 2 Types ofWireless Connectivity 4 Mobile Phones as Wireless Modems 8 Packet Switched Networks 9 Future Networks 10 Local and Personal Networks 11 Fixed Wireless Connectivity 13 Evolving Mobile Devices 14 Wireless Phones 15 Basic Mobile Phone Properties 15 PDAs 19 Palm OS Devices 21 Pocket PC Devices 23 Basic PDA Properties 24 Laptop Computers 28 Basic Laptop Properties 29 Convergent and Future Mobile Wireless Devices 31 Something Old Something New 33 Old Stuff The Existing Internet 34 New Stuff Mobile Connectivity 35 Moving from a Wired to a Wireless Internet 38 Rethinking User Interface and Interaction 39 xi xii Contents Recognizing
