Beginning Smartphone Web Development: Building Javascript, CSS, HTML and Ajax-Based Applications

The book hit the stores today and is available at Amazon , Barnes and Noble and all popular book stores.

The Book is authored by Gail Fredrick and I have contributed a chapter on Mobile Web Usability, so if you are creating website for mobile device, this is the book to get.Buy it now

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What will Apple iSlate Have

There has been too many speculations on Apple Tablet PC. This is my take on that.

Apple has a reputation of emerging from the average by using mature technologies which is available otherwise to everyone and differentiate in the user experience.

For example

1. IPod had no new features than an MP3 player cannot have but it was cool and it was a phenomenon
   
   
2. IPhone, any new feature ? well touch screen was there but not utilized in that way ever, apart from that everything else was there
   

Now comes the Tablet

Microsoft has a Tablet for almost 5 years now, they have got everything but success.

Amazon Kindle eReader is a reading device which does not utilize the technology to the full but earns by limiting them, you don't have USB port to transfer to and from your device.

Now, what will apple tablet have that will differentiate them from these two giants.

• They will utilize the Tablet multi touch screen interface
  
• Second, a major functionality missing from Kindle is eWriter which everyone is ignoring, Microsoft Tablet has got that in a medicore way, thats where Apple will excel first. An eWriter with excellent touch, draw and write capability, if you think of it these functionality are already mature and available in any tablet.
  
• Third eReader, where Kindle retricts and limits user by going against technology, Apple will utilize technology to the full, Wifi, usb, blue tooth, a device completely independent of the service, unlike Kindle, but can be used to download ebooks from an Apple service
  

Thats how Apple will do, beating Microsoft tablet and Amazon Kindle
by producing a great touch screen eWriter and a boundless eReader.

Lets see.

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How to create a mobile version of your website? Do you need to optimize your current website for mobile devices or design a completely new website? Do you need to worry about different platforms, Windows Mobile, iPhone, Symbian, Blackberry, Linux, Brew, Android, and Nokia? What resolution, what screen size you should target, and what is this PPI anyway? How to design for maximum number of users and devices, in the least amount of time? In this session, mobile web usability expert and author of "Beginning Smartphone Web Development", Rajesh Lal will discuss ten pragmatic tips, for designing website for mobile devices.

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What makes Silverlight a complete platform for RIA development? What are the top desired features of a rich and interactive language, and why JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5 cannot compete with Silverlight, not now, not ever? In this session, "Silverlight 4 How To" author Rajesh Lal show you why Silverlight really shines, by demonstrating the top ten features of Silverlight 4 and how it fits with the current web scenario. You will learn How To use these features and see running demos. More information about the book at http://silverlightfun.com

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