Create applications for all major smartphone platforms Creating applications for the myriad versions and varieties of mobile phone platforms on the market can be daunting to even the most seasoned developer. This authoritative guide is written in such as way that it takes your existing skills and experience and uses that background as a solid foundation for developing applications that cross over between platforms, thereby freeing you from having to learn a new platform from scratch each time. Concise explanations walk you through the tools and patterns for developing for all the mobile platfo.
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Preliminary considerations / Scott Gowell -- Diving into mobile: app or website? / Jeff McWherter -- Creating consumable web services for mobile devices / David Silva Smith -- Mobile user interface design / Lauren Colton -- Mobile websites / Amelia Marschall-Miller -- Getting started with Android / Scott Gowell -- Getting started with iOS / Jeff McWherter -- Getting started with Windows Phone 7 -- Getting started with BlackBerry / Jeff McWherter -- Getting started with Appcelerator Titanium / Scott Gowell -- Getting started with PhoneGap / Adam Ryder -- Getting started with MonoTouch and Mono for Android / Jeff McWherter.