Rick Rogers has been a professional embedded software engineer and software marketing manager for over 30 years. He has focused on mobile application software for the past 8 years, developing mobile software and strategic mobile engineering and marketing plans for companies such as Compaq, Intel, and Marvell Semiconductor.
I really like this book a lot. Tons of very understandable examples of how to do about anything you might want to try. A great guide to get you started. Admittedly I skipped the chapter on graphics creation because that isn't really my thing but the rest of the book was excellent.