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SpecialIssueoftheJournalofSystemsandSoftwareon MobileApplications:StatusandTrends http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jss/ GuestEditors: Scope:

The packing of new technology into handsets becomes increasingly dense, turning traditional resourceconstrained cellphones into advanced audiovisual devices DamianosGavalas operatingonfast,highcapacitywirelessnetworks.Mobilesoftwareadvancesjustas UniversityoftheAegean,Greece quickly with researchers and practitioners migrating from desktopcentric to Email:dgavalas@aegean.gr smartphonecentric applications. Research in this area is driven by the allmobile lifestyle, consumer demand and advances in hardware design and communication PaoloBellavista networks. The steady decrease of mobile data communication charges and the UniversityofBologna,Italy proliferationofdeviceswithlargescreens,richmultimediasupportandbuiltinGPS, Email:paolo.bellavista@unibo.it WiFi, sensors and compass give rise to novel mobile and nomadic applications. JiannongCao Mobile application developers face numerous challenges related with location and HongKongPolytechnicUniversity,China contextawareness,personalization,mobiledatamanagement,portingovermultiple Email:csjcao@comp.polyu.edu.hk platforms, devices fragmentation, etc. Service providers are responsible for applicationmanagement,deploymentmodelsandmiddlewaresupport. ValrieIssarny INRIA,France Thegoalofthisspecialissueistoexploreapplicationlayerresearchanddevelopment Email:valerie.issarny@inria.fr in mobile computing and solicit highquality research works outlining application developmentandindustrystatusandtrends.Allarticlesshouldconsiderthepractical ImportantDates: application of the idea advanced through case studies, experiments, or systematic Papersubmission:31Jan2011 comparisons with other approaches already in practice. Research areas of relevance 1stroundnotification:31Mar2011 include,butnotonlylimitedto,thefollowingtopics: Revisiondeadline:30Apr2011 Middlewareanddistributedsystemsinsupportofmobileapplications Finalnotification:31May2011 Middlewareandsupportsforcontextandlocationawareapplications Expectedpublication:FirstQuarter2012 Adaptivepersonalization Mobileapplicationandsmartphoneplatforms:JavaME,WindowsMobile,.NET SubmissionGuidelines: CompactFramework,Android,iPhone,Symbian,Blackberry,FlashLite,etc All manuscripts and any supplementary Supportingtoolkits,programminglanguagesandlibraries material should be submitted through Applicationportinganddevicefragmentationissues Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The Use of novel hardware features such as accelerometers, compasses, touch authors must select Mobile sensing,GPS/AGPS Applications when they reach the Applicationlifecyclemanagementanddeploymentmodels Article Type step in the submission Mobileapplicationsaccessibilityissues process. The EES website is located at Securityandprivacyissuesinmobileapplications http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jss/. Mobile applications for social networking, healthcare, culture, tourism, commerce,targetedadvertising,etc SubmissionFormat: Mobile applications for smart environments (smart homes, smart cars, smart cities,etc) Submitted papers must be written in Advancesinmobilenavigatorapplications English and describe original research Advancesinmobilegaming which is not published nor currently Innovativelocationbasedandcontextawaremobileservices under review by other journals or Mobile Web 2.0 and mobile web application frameworks (Mobile Ajax, Mobile conferences. Author guidelines for Flash,mobilewebwidgets,etc) preparationofmanuscriptscanbefound Mobile web and mobile applications authoring tools and programming at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jss/. platforms Formoreinformation,pleasecontactthe Mobilewebdesign EditorinChief, Hans van Vliet MobileHCI,smartmobileinterfaces (hans@cs.vu.nl).