The book, Principles of Mobile Computing, describes a new class of mobile computing devices which are becoming omnipresent in every day life. Handhelds, phones and manifold embedded systems make information access easily available for everyone from anywhere at anytime. But Pervasive Computing is far more than just fancy devices: A powerful wire less communication infrastructure extends the reach of enterprise networks to mobile clients. Web services and portal servers offer flexible gateways to the back-end server systems and their data. And finally, a variety of new mobile solutions and services take advantage of the possibilities and feature mobility, connectivity and ease-of-use.

Contents:
Chapter 1: What Pervasive Computing Is All About

Part 1 - Devices

Chapter 2: Information Access Devices

Chapter 3: Smart Identification

Chapter 4: Embedded Controls

Chapter 5: Entertainment Systems

Part II - Software

Chapter 6: Java

Chapter 7: Operating Systems

Chapter 8: Client Middleware

Chapter 9: Security

Part III - Connecting the World

Chapter 10: Internet Protocols and Formats

Chapter 11: Mobile Internet

Chapter 12: Voice

Chapter 13: Web Sevrices

Chapter 14: Connectivity

Chapter 15: Service Disovery

Part IV - Back-End Server Infrastructure

Chapter 16: Gateways

Chapter 17: Application Servers

Chapter 18: Internet Protocols

Chapter 19: Device Management

Chapter 20: Synchronization

Part V - New Services

Chapter 21: Home Services

Chapter 22: Travel and Business Services

Chapter 23: Consumer Services