- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional (1 Dec 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0071375406
- ISBN-13: 978-0071375405
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.5 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,108,705 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The first complete hands-on SMS and SIM tutorial for mobile application developers
From the Back Cover
MAKE MOBILE APPLICATIONS THAT WORK
Just what you need to get mobile messaging going on virtually any platform, in virtually any language, this guide provides a thorough tutorial in the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) programming environment, today's most-used mobile applications technology. Smart card expert Scott Guthery teams with information management specialist Mary Cronin to show seasoned developers how to:
* Design, build, and integrate SMS messaging into your applications environment
* Create code that harnesses the power of the SIM
* Use the micro-browsers and micro-Web servers in 3G phones
* Construct leading-edge mobile commerce applications on today's networks
* Send and receive SMS messages from your server or your laptop
* Enable interfaces and other needed components
* Create secure wireless applications for corporate networks and VPNs
This book is for you if--
* You're building applications for GSM or 3G networks
* You know that today's 2 billion SMS messages per month are not enough
* You wish you had sample code for reality-based applications
* You want to add mobile extensions to your software products and corporate network
* You manufacture smart cards or create smart card applications
* You seek reliable answers on 3G programming interfaces and toolkits
* You want guidance on SIM application design, integration, or management for any platform
* You prefer to avoid others' mistakes
Other books offer application overviews. Mobile Application Development Using SMS and the SIM Toolkit gets you writing code.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a fairly well written introduction. But it is only that, an introduction. Better suited to managers than developers.
Don't expect this book to allow you to decode or create messages; you need the (freely downloaded) GSM specs for that. Check the 11.14 SAT spec before buying as that's relatively readable for a GSM spec and if you can understand it then this books not worth it. If you can't, it is.
Don't expect this book to allow you to decode or create messages; you need the (freely downloaded) GSM specs for that. Check the 11.14 SAT spec before buying as that's relatively readable for a GSM spec and if you can understand it then this books not worth it. If you can't, it is.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A useful book on this scarcely written about topic, but a lot of it is filled with just reguritation of the international SMS standard, although he does explain it well.
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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
No frills, fast pace and for SmartTrust developers
22 May 2002
Format:Paperback
Because 3G is on the verge of being rolled out in the US by major carriers I purchased this book to explore how to best integrate the next generation cell phone with system management information for our data center. Although this book will work with GSM phones as well, our company is standardized on a carrier that will be making 3G available, so if you're using GSM my comments will also apply.
This book will get you started in mobile development quickly if you're using or going to use the SmartTrust toolset, which I highly recommend. This book is about those tools, so if you are not going to use them don't get this book.
The authors do not mess around. They introduce the basics, then very quickly jump into design, development and testing. If you're a developer you'll appreciate the lack of fluff and the fast pace. The book lives up to its title in all respects and is outstanding for anyone who needs realistic information about developing mobile applications using proven tools and techniques.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Get up to speed on SMS and SIM fast
30 April 2008
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Very good introduction to SMS (Short Messaging Service) and its interaction with SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) in mobile devices, as of c. 2001. If you know nothing of the field (as I didn't), you can get up to date in a good day's reading. In that regard it was exactly what I was looking for.
Sure, lots of the technology has moved forward since this edition was published, but since the authors give plenty of well-organized references to the enormous body of standards covering mobile networks (not just GSM but 3G), SMS, SIM, etc. it should be easy to follow from where they left off to what's current using online resources. So I would not say this book is outdated, by any means.
While it's great that actual code examples are provided, the code is all MS Windows-based. Even the examples using web interfaces use VBScript. So if you're not savvy on MS/Windows programming (from what I read on Linux forums, there are actually some people out there like that!), you might not find the examples too useful.
A gripe about the book is the sloppy copy editing/proofreading. There are lots of typos and glitches - far more than a reputable publisher like McGraw-Hill should have let through.
For example, there's a chart (p. 123) showing the hex file names on a UICC smart card. Some of them have don't care bits in the file names, and are correctly shown as "4FXX" but one is shown as "4FSS." If you were new to this type of notation, this kind of error might cause some confusion.
And here's a real brain-twister, taken verbatim from p. 129: "No matter whose application it is, the subscriber can't figure out how to use it will call their network operator."
Trying to decipher these oddities (I finally figured out the word "who" is missing between "subscriber" and "can't") can bog you down. If it were once or twice, it wouldn't be a big deal, but there are many of these throughout the text.
So if you can breeze past those annoyances, this is a great survey book to bring you up to speed quickly.
Sure, lots of the technology has moved forward since this edition was published, but since the authors give plenty of well-organized references to the enormous body of standards covering mobile networks (not just GSM but 3G), SMS, SIM, etc. it should be easy to follow from where they left off to what's current using online resources. So I would not say this book is outdated, by any means.
While it's great that actual code examples are provided, the code is all MS Windows-based. Even the examples using web interfaces use VBScript. So if you're not savvy on MS/Windows programming (from what I read on Linux forums, there are actually some people out there like that!), you might not find the examples too useful.
A gripe about the book is the sloppy copy editing/proofreading. There are lots of typos and glitches - far more than a reputable publisher like McGraw-Hill should have let through.
For example, there's a chart (p. 123) showing the hex file names on a UICC smart card. Some of them have don't care bits in the file names, and are correctly shown as "4FXX" but one is shown as "4FSS." If you were new to this type of notation, this kind of error might cause some confusion.
And here's a real brain-twister, taken verbatim from p. 129: "No matter whose application it is, the subscriber can't figure out how to use it will call their network operator."
Trying to decipher these oddities (I finally figured out the word "who" is missing between "subscriber" and "can't") can bog you down. If it were once or twice, it wouldn't be a big deal, but there are many of these throughout the text.
So if you can breeze past those annoyances, this is a great survey book to bring you up to speed quickly.
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