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Mobile Applications: Architecture, Design, and Development
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Mobile Applications: Architecture, Design, and Development

by Valentino Lee, Heather Schneider, Robbie Schell
April 2004
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
7h 58m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 12. Mobile Biologist Case Study

 

Come wander with me, she said, into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread, in the manuscripts of God.

 
 --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In situations where connectivity between a mobile client and a server cannot be guaranteed, it is often helpful to implement a fat client application. A fat client application is typically a simplified version of the full application on the server. It is used to gather and store data when the mobile client is disconnected from the server and synchronize that data with the server when connectivity is re-established.

For this case study, we have developed a sample application that runs on Pocket PCs and Tablet PCs. The application is called the “Mobile Biologist” and ...

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