Because those in the field must try to mesh technical understanding and business acumen, this two-volume resource will find readers among entrepreneurs who need a handle on technical vocabulary and concerns, engineers seeking to understand something of the context of their work, and the really smart folks who can bring it all together and make a fortune. Articles are arranged alphabetically, but a "contents-by-topic" listing at the beginning of each volume indicates coverage of the broad themes of 3G, adhoc networks, converging technologies, the human factor, location and context awareness, m-business and m- commerce, m-entertainment, m-health, m-learning, mobile multimedia, mobile phones, mobile software engineering, P2P, security, sensor networks, service computing, and wireless networking. Among the specific topics: gender difference in the motivations of mobile internet usage, pest activity prognosis in the rice field, man-machine interface with applications in mobile robotic systems, mobile commerce adoption barriers, mobile-based advertising in Japan, semantic enrichment of location-based services, and intelligent medium access control protocol for WSN. Editor Taniar is affiliated with Monash University, Australia. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)