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The .NET Devices -- Mobility and Microsoft -- A Brief History of Mobility -- A Brief History of Microsoft -- Microsoft Meets the Brave, New, Interconnected World -- Internet Explorer -- History -- Creating Applications -- Final Thoughts -- Pocket PCs -- Internet Links -- The "Other" Devices -- Mobile Phones -- Foundations of the Smart Phone -- Creating Applications -- Final Thoughts -- Palm OS -- Creating Applications -- Final Thoughts -- J2ME Clients -- History -- Creating Applications -- Final Thoughts -- Bringing It All Together, Part One -- Writing the Server -- Writing the Clients -- Final Thoughts -- The .NET Server -- Meet .NET -- What Is All the Fuss About? -- Installing .NET -- A Closer Look at Visual Studio .NET -- Final Thoughts -- Web Applications -- ASP .NET -- Web Forms -- Final Thoughts -- Web Services -- The Limits of Web Applications -- Meet the Web Service -- Final Thoughts -- Mobile .NET -- Mobile Web Services -- Lathering Up the Web Service -- Internet Explorer -- Pocket PC -- J2ME -- Palm OS -- WAP and i-Mode -- Final Thoughts -- The Mobile Internet Toolkit -- Using the Mobile Controls -- So Where Does This Leave Us? -- Extending the MIT -- Leveraging Mobile Capabilities -- Supporting Additional Devices -- Final Thoughts -- Mobile .NET in the Enterprise -- Bringing It All Together, Part Two -- Final Thoughts -- The .NET Compact Framework -- The .NETcf Class Library -- Migrating to .NETcf -- Final Thoughts -- Mobile Data .NET -- Working with Local Data -- Connecting to the Server -- Final Thoughts -- XML -- About XML Document Structure -- Using Programmatic Interfaces to XML.

"Mobile .NET" begins by educating the reader about a wide variety of different wireless Internet devices. These devices are divided into two main categories: those that are directly supported by .NET, including Pocket PCs, i-Mode phones, and WAP devices, and those that are not, including Palm OS and J2ME-powered devices. Author Ferguson shows developers how to make .NET work equally well with all of these devices.