Integrating PDAs into Distributed Systems: 2K and PalmORB

  • Authors:
  • Manuel Román;Ashish Singhai;Dulcineia Carvalho;Christopher K. Hess;Roy H. Campbell

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • HUC '99 Proceedings of the 1st international symposium on Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

In this paper we describe an application model for seamless mobile data access using handheld devices and wireless links. We go beyond the current model in which handhelds are used as smart organizers augmented with stripped down versions of popular desktop programs. Instead, we propose to integrate handheld devices seamlessly in a distributed computing environment. Componentized applications, adaptable middleware frameworks, and standardized protocols play a significant role in this new paradigm. We also describe an implementation within this paradigm using PalmORB, a CORBA client for the 3Com Palm devices.