Channels are Web content, optimized for use on mobile devices, that M-Business Server delivers to mobile devices. Channels are defined by a base URL and by other parameters such as channel size, link depth, image preferences, and refresh frequency. The specified URL may be HTML content with .htm or .html extensions, databases, or executables with .prc, .pdb, .dll, or .exe file extensions. With each synchronization, M-Business Server automatically delivers any new information at the specified URL to M-Business Client on the connecting mobile device.

Create handheld-friendly content, or custom applications yourself, or use iAnywhere Solutions Professional Services.

If you are creating the content yourself, see Creating and Testing a Channel.

Create custom applications yourself or use iAnywhere Solutions Professional Services—see Contacting iAnywhere Solutions. If your organization is creating its own applications, use the information contained in Introduction to Application Development and Basic Application Creation.

Using M-Business Server, you can create channels to distribute content to the mobile devices of your users. There are three categories of channels: each type serves to distribute content in specific ways. The different types of channels are described in the following sections.