Summary

In this chapter, we've introduced both the good and bad news about wireless presentation development. The good news is that mobile computing has embraced XML as a means of tapping into and extending Internet applications. The bad news is that it's an early adopter industry, characterized by a lot of diverse devices implemented in non-standard ways, in order to address their unique, small footprint environments.

Enhydra XMLC makes it very easy to adapt new and existing Web applications to the mobile client. This is due in large part to the common language of XML and the emulation of browser displays by the mobile industry.

We've also touched on VoiceXML, which impressively adapts old technology to the new ways of Web development. Again, ...

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