[...]... wireless and mobile applications By following the hands on application building exercises in this book, readers will acquire technical skills that can be readily applied to work Currently, a growing number of universities are starting to offer courses in the mobile commerce area in response to market demands The material in this book is well suited for a course in mobile commerce application development. .. services While many of the lessons learned from B2C e -commerce pervade, new business opportunities can be found in m-business As Paul May (2001) suggested in his book, Mobile Commerce, early experience in B2C m -commerce had taught us the following three lessons: • • • Successful mobile commerce services depend on the value perceptions of consumer groups Mobile commerce is most suited for accommodating consumers’... m-business applications is to have a good understanding of the values of m-business application and realistic expectations Phatak (2001) suggested that the four steps to implement the right wireless applications for a company are: 1 2 3 4 Select an application where the return from providing mobile access will be high Throughout the development process, focus on the unique characteristics of mobile devices... the e -commerce arena Mobile applications for asset and personnel management, collaboration, inventory management, supply chain management, and corporate data access are increasingly seen in organizations today C2C mbusiness embodies personal communication applications such as wireless voice communication, short message services, buddy lists, peer-to-peer file sharing, and mobile games M-business applications... Chapter X discusses the techniques for developing mobile applications using Microsoft’s Visual Studio NET Smart Device Application tool was introduced in Visual Studio NET 2003, and it was designed to enable developers to develop and deploy mobile applications for Pocket PC or Windows CE platforms quickly This chapter illustrates the use of the Smart Device Application tool through the example of an order... M-Business Applications The number of m-business applications is on the rise Generally, these applications can be categorized into these four categories: business-to-consumer (B2C), business-to-business (B2B), business-to-employee (B2E), and consumer-to-consumer (C2C) M-business creates an effective B2C market by utilizing the intimate nature of mobile devices and communication channels Examples of these applications... transportation A meaningful categorization of these applications will be helpful to managers in identifying new m-business opportunities We have developed a technology-independent and application- oriented impact/ value framework for m-business applications that will help readers sort through existing m-business applications (See Table 1) The model posits that mbusiness applications are likely to dramatically compress... accurate, it is expensive to operate and does not work well indoor M-Business vs E-Business Applications M-business applications are different from e-business applications in many aspects; therefore, developing m-business applications requires a different set of tools, techniques, and strategies Most e-business applications cannot be Copyright © 2005, Idea Group Inc Copying or distributing in print or... and Skelton readily transferred to the mobile platforms When a company attempts to replicate their e-business success by simply moving its Web applications to a wireless environment, the environment often fails to provide the support the applications need to be successful or usable To successfully move a Web application to a wireless environment, the scope of the application must be redefined, the user... and education of mobile commerce application development technologies and techniques The book is designed to appeal to a broad audience base including IT professionals, corporate managers, and university students Throughout the book, our objective has been to keep the material practical For IT professionals and corporate managers, this book will help them understand the wide array of development technologies . 193 Introduction 193 Parking Finder Application 194 Building the Application 197 Summary 226 Project 226 Chapter IX. Mobile Application Development I: Developing Mobile Applications Using Microsoft. commerce application development. Mobile Commerce Application Development in- troduces you to the various technologies and techniques that are widely used for developing m -commerce applications today developing and deploying wireless and mobile commerce systems. In this book, mobile commerce application development techniques are intro- duced within the context of their applications. Readers learn