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Beginning Java ME Platform

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Ray Rischpater
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  • One of the first tutorials on Java ME
  • Usually, one of only one or two best selling J2ME/Java ME books in bookscan 3,000 sales
  • According to Sun in 2005, there are over 500 million Java-enabled cell phones in the world and more than 60% of all new phones will ship Java-enabled. This does not include PDAs such as Palm, BlackBerry RIM, etc.

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Getting Started

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Mapping the Java Jungle

      Pages 3-18

    3. Shrinking Java to Fit

      Pages 19-32

    4. Getting Started with the NetBeans IDE

      Pages 33-77

  3. CLDC Development with MIDP

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Introducing MIDlets

      Pages 83-96

    3. Building User Interfaces

      Pages 97-131

    4. Storing Data Using the Record Store

      Pages 133-160

    5. Accessing Files and Other Data

      Pages 161-191

    6. Using the Java Mobile Game API

      Pages 193-218

  5. Communicating with the Rest of the World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 291-291
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    2. Accessing Remote Data on the Network

      Pages 293-329

    3. Accessing Web Services

      Pages 331-372

    4. Messaging with the Wireless Messaging API

      Pages 373-407

  6. Other Java ME Interfaces

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 411-411
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About this book

Have you thought about building games for your cell phone or other wireless devices? Whether you are a first–time wireless Java developer or an experienced professional, Beginning Java™ ME Platform brings exciting wireless and mobile Java application development right to your door and device!

Beginning Java™ ME Platform empowers you with the flexibility and power to start building Java applications for your Java–enabled mobile device or cell phone. The book covers sound HTTPS support, user interface API enhancements, the Mobile Media API, the Game API, 3D graphics, Bluetooth, and more.

Furthermore, this book is easy to read and includes many practical, hands–on, and ready–to–use code examples.

About the author

Ray Rischpater is a freelance consultant and author with over eight years of experience writing about and developing for handheld computing platforms. During this time, Ray has participated in the development of Internet technologies for J2ME, QUALCOMM BREW, Palm OS, Newton, and Magic Cap, and proprietary operating systems for vertical handheld computers. In addition, he's consulted during the development of websites for wireless devices using HTML and WAP. Ray is a senior software engineer at Rocket Mobile, Inc. and holds a bachelor's degree in pure mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Wireless Web Development, Second Edition and Wireless Web Development with PHP and WAP.

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