Mobile Application Development with SMS and the SIM Toolkit

Scott C. Guthery · Mary J. Cronin

Dec 2001 · McGraw Hill Professional

About this ebook

Get mobile messaging going on virtually any platform, in any language

Mobile Application Development Using SMS and the SIM Toolkit is just the guide you’ve been looking for if you’re building applications for GSM or 3G networks, wish you had sample code for reality-based applications, or want to add mobile extensions to your software products and corporate network. In this straight-talking tutorial, smart card expert Scott Guthery teams with information management specialist Mary Cronin to provide you with authoritative guidance on SIM application design, integration, and management for any platform. Seasoned developers will quickly learn how to:

• 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 network
• 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

Ratings and reviews

Are you serious?? I must consider selling my droid to buy this one -.-

Very dirty app

So expensive

About the author

SCOTT B. GUTHERY is one of the best-known names in the technical aspects of smart cards. As Chief Technology Officer of Mobile-Mind, a provider of wireless consulting services and SIM applications, he was the lead designer of Microsoft's Smart Card for Windows. He also led the team that developed the first Java Card. A regular contributor to GSM and 3G standards, he holds 3 patents for smart card applications and real-time systems. He is the convener of the Architecture Working Group of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Smart Card Platform (SCP) project.

MARY J. CRONIN, Mobile-Mind President, is the author of five books on technology and business strategy, including Doing Business on the Internet, a groundbreaking work that has been translated into 10 languages. As a Professor of Management at Boston College, Dr. Cronin specializes in Electronic Commerce, International Telecommunications, and Wireless Information Management.