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m-commerce service into existing back-end network and server

infrastructures and choosing the most appropriate software platform

to deliver a service (which in turn determines the platform on the

client side). Indeed, many of these issues are general mobile applica-

tion design issues and do not exist solely in the m-commerce domain.

For example, user interface design for mobile devices is a key issue

for nearly all mobile applications, including SMS and IM. Some issues

such as mobile security have been discussed in general in Chapter 6;

therefore, in the following text we will focus on those issues closely

related to business transactions and issues that give rise to particular

m-commerce problems. Examples of real ...