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Packet PDC (P-PDC), 78

packet-switching, 66

page-driven technologies, 324

pagers, 31-32, 129

paging networks, 75

Palm i705, 9, 33

Palm operating system (Palm OS), 162-164, 207-208

Palm OS Web site, 42, 169, 219, 253

palm-sized PDAs, 33-34

PalmSource Web site, 197, 391

Palm Web site, 41, 391

PANs (personal area networks), 21, 27, 44

PAP (Push Access Protocol), 124

ParthusCeva Web site, 418

partitioning, 233

PCMCIA cards, 9, 28

PCs, handheld and tablet, 37-39

PDAs. See personal digital assistants

PDC (Personal Digital Cellular), 69, 78

peer-to-peer networks, 55, 227

pen-based input, mobile devices, 25-26

Perl

CGI (Common Gateway Interface) and, 324-326

Web site for, 342

persistent identifiers (PIDs), 201

persistent storage vs. real-time access, 206

personal area networks (PANs), 21, 27, 44

personal digital assistants (PDAs)

hardware for, additional, 9

m-Business solutions and, 8

palm-sized, 33-34

two-unit configuration, 27

wireless connectivity example, 5

Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), 69, 78

personal information management (PIM)

architectures, 383-385

calendar applications, 382

contact lists, 382-383

email applications, 381-382

memo pad applications, 383

mobile OS software, 385-386

online PIM solutions, 383

overview, 31, 222-223, 380

product features, 386-388

security solutions, 388

smart client PIM solutions, 384-385

standardization efforts, 388-390

task lists, 383

vendor list, 390-391

personalized data delivery, 106

personal ringtones, 61

Phone Markup Language (PML), 363

physical devices, defined, 298

Physical (PHY) layer, Bluetooth, 52

PI (Push Initiator), 124-125

piconet, defined, 49

PIDs (persistent identifiers), 201

PIM. See personal information management

PKI (public key infrastructure), 141

plaintext, defined, 137

PML (Phone Markup Language), 363

Pocket Internet Explorer (PocketIE), 347

Pocket PC-based devices, 33-34

PointBase Embedded Edition, 217-218, 245

policies, security, 144

Post Office Code Standardization Group (POCSAG), 75

Post Office Protocol (POP), 116

P-PDC (Packet PDC), 78

PPG (Push Proxy Gateway), 124

private key, 139

profiles, Bluetooth, 51

proprietary operating systems, 168

proprietary storage, database development option, 207-211

publications, defined, 227

public key infrastructure (PKI), 141

public switched telephone network (PSTN), 365

public wireless LANs (PWLANs), 19

publish/subscribe model, synchronization, 226-227

Push Access Protocol (PAP), 124

Push Initiator (PI), 124-125

push messaging, 94, 114

Push Proxy Gateway (PPG), 124