Index

B

backup and restoration capabilities, mobile device, 394

bandwidth, 15, 18

banking, mobile, 6

basic integration, enterprise integration, 176

battery capacity, 19, 92–93

binary large objects (BLOBs), 249

Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW), 21, 428–430

biometric authentication, 144

Bluetooth

advantages of, 50

built-in device authentication, 51

connections, 27

link-level security, 51

MAC (Media Access Control) layer, 52

modes, list of, 49

origin of, 49

overview, 48

PHY (Physical) layer, 52

profiles, 51

SIG (Special Interest Group), 49

Web site for, 51, 87

white papers, 51

BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless), 21, 428–430

Broadband Radio Access Networks (BRAN), 61

broad market applicability, WPANs and, 47

browsers

AvantGo client, 347

common types of, 260

GoAmerica, 348

Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer, 347

Neomar Microbrowser, 348

Openwave Mobile Browser, 346–347

Opera, 349

Palm Web Browser, 348–349

voice browsers, 323

See also microbrowsers

brute force, 139

built-in emulators, 356

businesses, mobile application benefits to, 12–13