Instant Wireless Java with J2ME

By Paul Tremblett

Now you can get up to speed on the technology all the major wireless players--Palm, Handspring, RIM (Blackberry), Nokia, and Sony--are implementing with this hands-on resource. Ideal for developers,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072191759
• ISBN13: 9780072191752
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.5" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Choice

I really liked reading this book. I thought it was well written. The author uses good examples. It is easy to read. The code will challenge you. The code starts out simple, and then it gets more complicated. He covers all the major parts really well. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn J2ME. Worth the investment. Extensive knowledge of JAVA will help with this book and learn J2ME.Michael

Well Written

This book can be best described as a "learn by example", and does rather well in that regard. I had a very simple midlet up and running in the emulator within minutes. If you know Java already, this book is wonderful. If not, you may want to pick up a copy of "Java in a Nutshell" to go along with this one. It will not teach you how to program Java by any means. The only things that disapointed me about this book was that the included CD-ROM does not include anything /really/ useful. It has the examples from the book, but does not include the referenced tools (such as Forte, Apache, or KToolBox). As all of these applications are free, they could have easily been included on disk. Instead the reader must spend a bit of time downloading materials on the internet. Also, it doesn't tell you how to get the Midlets into your phone. I struggled with that for a couple days, frustrated because it worked fine in the emulator. The book is well worth its price.