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Mobility podcast #21: The Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC and CDC Sun's Wireless Toolkit Team discusses the state-of-the-art toolbox for developing wireless applications that are based on Java ME's Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and Connected Device Configuration (CDC). (Sep 25, 2007)

VM Inspector 0.1: Some new stuff

Some new features have been added to the CVM's VM Inspector. This entry will give you a quick update on this. —  Mark Lam
  (Sep 22, 2007)

Brief Report from the Open Source in Mobile conference
I just returned from two days in Madrid, Spain, attending and speaking at the "Open Source in Mobile" (OSiM) conference. This was not your typical open source conference. The focus was clearly on the decision makers, executives, and strategists of... —  Terrence Barr
  (Sep 20, 2007)

Use Java ME tech to monitor Windows & Solaris servers

Did you ever wish you could be intimately connected with all your servers via your Java ME technology-enabled cell phone? Read on . . . — Hinkmond Wong   (Sep 19, 2007)

Making your point on standards matters
The MIDP3 Expert Group (JSR-271) is meeting this week, and if you have something on your mind that you want the EG to take notice of, now would be a good time to act. Feel strongly about something? Try the personal approach. —  Sean Sheedy
  (Sep 18, 2007)

Java Mobile Podcast 20: Mobile AJAX Web services and mash-ups of web services really bring a whole new dimension to the web and mobile computing. Terrence Barr, Vincent Hardy, and Akhil Arora have create Mobile AJAX as a subproject of the meapplicationdeveloper project to make it very easy for the Java ME developer to harness the power of Ajax-style web services. Interesting applications can be built by combining (mashing-up) information from these multiple sources and remote web services, limited only by application developers' imaginations. Mobile Ajax highlights what is possible through a number of demos as well that utilize libraries that interact with web services. (Sep 17, 2007)

Proudly presenting: The Mobile & Embedded Community Stars!

At the end of the day external participation is what makes or breaks an open source community. The virtuous cycle of open source, external participation and contributions, leveraging each other's innovation and work, and feeding it back into the community... — Terrence Barr   (Sep 14, 2007)

  (Sep 14, 2007)

Betavine Project: Context Messages
There is an interesting new project at Vodafone’s Betavine website that is called ContextMessages. Check it out. —  C. Enrique Ortiz

ME Application Developers project update: News, new featured applications,
The ME Application Developers project is becoming a treasure-trove of content for application developers. Over the last couple of weeks and months we've added the Mobile Ajax sub-project, the phoneME UI Labs project, and the brand-new MobileAerith demo. The wiki has been updated with more good information and links to several JavaOne sessions on relevant topics have been added. The ME Application Developers project front page also has been updated to highlight the new content. See more!

MeetMoi makes Java ME a Meet Market

The Mobile Web 2.0 is now a meat market, especially with all the preponderance of new wireless Social Networking software based on Java ME and Bluetooth technologies. Just program your Java ME cell phone to trigger when you walk by a Bluetooth-enabled match of your dating preferences, and beep-beep-beep . . . — Hinkmond Wong   (Sep 13, 2007)

Java Mobile Podcast 19: phoneME Advanced Update phoneME Advanced has just released the MR2 Development Release that includes a both source and binary releases. Hinkmond Wong, the project lead, says this release features Window CE and Mobile support with an MIDP stack. Hinkmond also discusses the ports currently going on with Linux GTK and phones where this can be run and future development directions. Don't forget to take the Topic for phoneME Advanced Web Seminar poll in the phoneME Advanced Forum. (Sep 11, 2007)

Invasion of the Podcasts for Java ME

Daniel H. Steinberg has produced the latest Mobile & Embedded podcast (#19) with Roger Brinkley doing an interview about the phoneME Advanced MR2 dev release, and Terrence Barr giving some good insight on the topic. — Hinkmond Wong   (Sep 12, 2007)

My First FX Bluetooth App
Hey! Today I felt a desire to create something with JavaFX Script and Bluetooth. I have posted my experiments. :) —  Bruno Ghisi
  (Sep 12, 2007)

It's not the size of the boat, but the motion in the ocean

Jonathan Schwartz gives an interview to Australian IT News and mentions how Java ME technology drives infrastructure sales for Sun. Fair dinkum, mate! — Hinkmond Wong   (Sep 10, 2007)

JavaFX != JavaFX Script

I recently gave a presentation at the Portland Java Users Group about Java FX. After talking to some of the fine members of PJUG I realize that there is a lot of confusion about JavaFX and JavaFX script. JavaFX Script... —  Joshua Marinacci
  (Sep 10, 2007)

What is new in JT harness 4
Here you can find my classification of new features available in the new major revision of the JT harness, that we recently completed —  Alexey Popov
  (Sep 07, 2007)

Java Mobile Podcast 18: phoneME UI Labs, a resource for next generation of highly interactive and animated UIs the Java ME platforms
phoneME UI Labs is the one stop resource for developers to learn about the advanced UI technologies in Java ME platform. Aastha Bhardwaj talks about scalable vector graphics (SVG) in JSR 226 and JSR 287 and the demos that developers can find in UI Labs.

Need a database with your phone?
In one of our recent podcasts we interviewed Rick Hillegas from the Apache Derby project (also known as JavaDB). JavaDB is a compact, easy-to-use, feature-rich relational database that runs on platforms supporting Java 1.4 and later. We in the Mobile... —  Terrence Barr

What's the Diff?
You've been working with the phoneME Advanced code base (or one of the other projects) on java.net, and you see that someone has checked in some code with a certain revision number. How do you find out what that change is for? This entry will give you a clue. —  Mark Lam
  (Sep 01, 2007)

Flashback to 1992: Video of the Green project

As many of you may know the Java language and runtime concept was born as part of Sun's "Green project" in the early nineties. The Java platform was originally designed to fit the needs of mobile and embedded devices even though... —  Terrence Barr
  (Aug 31, 2007)

New Releases for Mobile and Embedded projects: phoneME Advanced, ME Framework and JT Harness
For more information, see the announcements for JT Harness 4.1.1, phoneME Advanced MR2, and ME Framework 1.2.

Smart phones smarten up and mostly use Linux and Java ME

Smartphone developers are smart enough to realize they should be putting Java ME technology on top of Linux cell phone platforms. Oh yeaaaaaaah... — Hinkmond Wong   (Aug 30, 2007)

Mobility Podcast 17: JavaDB, a database implementation for all the Java plaftorms
Java DB is Sun's supported distribution of the open source Apache Derby 100% Java technology database. Rick Hillegas, Sun Senior Staff Engineer and Apache Derby developer, provides insight into uses of JavaDB and talks about upcoming features in the next release.

A sense of style for Java ME technology

Well, if you've thought Java ME technology has lacked a sense of iPhone style,here ya go! A sense of style from Cornerspace for Java ME. — Hinkmond Wong   (Aug 27, 2007)

Ask The Experts - MSA: questions and answers available online
Thanks to all who participated in Ask The Experts. Questions and answers for this event topic, Mobile Services Architecture (MSA), are available to view online. Keep checking our Community page, and the Mobile and Embedded Community forums for announcements of future Ask The Experts events.

Feeling lonely? Talk to your phone with Java ME technology

There was a farmer who had a dog, and Vlingo was his name-o. V-L-I-N-G-O... Eh, too many letters. Vlingo brings voice recognition to Java ME cell phones using a MIDlet that can fill in text fields with what you say into the phone. — Hinkmond Wong   (Aug 21, 2007)

Mobility Podcast 16: HECL, the scripting language for the JavaME platform
The Hecl Programming Language is a high-level, open source scripting language implemented in Java. It is intended to be small, extensible, extremely flexible, and easy to learn and use. Infact, it's small enough that it runs on J2ME-enabled cell phones! David Welton, HECL project owner, gives us a full view of this scripting language.

Is it the Hogwarts Express? No it's the Pocket Express via Java ME tech

Sports, news, entertainment, and weather--you can have it all with Java ME technology on your cell phone. Handmark has a Java ME app called Pocket Express that delivers free SNEW. Gezuntheit! — Hinkmond Wong   (Aug 16, 2007)

Mobility Podcast 15: MSpot brings the world of entertainment to the mobile phone.
Derek Lyon shares their experience in using JavaME technologies on multiple phones, the custom frameworks the company developed, marketing, and how they identified the demographics of their target audience in delivering a whole host of entertainment products in both audio and video formats. For more information about MSPOT go to their website.

Unleashed: New Moto RAZR2 Linux/Java platform

The new Motorola RAZR2 phones are being released this weekend. Woo-wee! — Hinkmond Wong   (Aug 13, 2007)

BlackBox for the big Mobile

Big Mobile Operator is running Sun BlackBox system —  Alexey Popov
  (Aug 13, 2007)

Matt Asay: "Sun is rising, and open source is the driver behind its rebirth"
Open source at Sun is here to stay ... the open sourcing of Java SE, EE, and ME should prove that beyond a doubt. But how does that translate into a business strategy that drives value for Sun? Matt Asay... —  Terrence Barr
  (Aug 10, 2007)

CVM: Why use the C or Java heap?

A comment in a previous blog asks why CVM keeps some data structures in the C heap instead of the Java heap. Here's the answer. —  Mark Lam
  (Aug 10, 2007)

New (really cool) demo added to phoneME UI Labs!
New (really cool) demo added to phoneME UI Labs! Check it out. —  Aastha Bhardwaj
  (Aug 09, 2007)

Java on the iPod ... Whoa!

One of our newest community members, Stefan Saftescu, posted this question on our phoneME forum. Java on the iPod and a dozen other multimedia players? Way cool! That's the thing about open source: Innovation and ideas come from all sorts... —  Terrence Barr
  (Aug 08, 2007)

Mobility Podcast14: Java Tools Community
Fabiane Nardon and Daniel Lopez, the Java Tools Community Leaders, talk about their community, mobile projects in the community, and how the Mobile and Embedded Community and Java Tools Community can work together. They also share their experiences in developing mobile applications. For more information on the Java Tools Community go to their community page or look at their past newletters.

What's in my pocket?
A Nokia 6086 Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) phone that I've just started testing and I could not be happier. —  Roger Brinkley
  (Aug 06, 2007)

Phling, Phlung, Phlinged, Phlinging with Java ME technology

If you go to phling.com you'll see they have a way to use a Java ME tech-enabled cell phone to browse and listen to your whole music library on your PC. You can also let 6 friends or strangers listen to your music. It's all legal... or so they say... — Hinkmond Wong   (Aug 6, 2007)

More on SunSPOTs
I blogged about SunSPOTs a few weeks back. The topic is actually heating up a lot these days and, while I can't give you specific details right now, you'll see several interesting developments happening over the next few weeks. Stay... —  Terrence Barr
  (Aug 02, 2007)

Fidgety widgets: Plusmo Java ME tiny killer apps

Don't fidget! Widget, with Java ME!! Plusmo uses Java ME technology to create Web 2.0 widgets for your Java ME tech-enabled cell phone. And you know what Web 2.0 widgets mean... Uh, me either. But, it's a buzzword, and Java ME is good for buzzwords! ;-) — Hinkmond Wong   (Aug 2, 2007)

CDC and JVMTI
The JVM Tools Interface (JVMTI) was introduced with JavaSE 1.5. Are there issues with using it on CDC 1.1 which is based on JavaSE 1.4? —  Mark Lam
  (Jul 31, 2007)

Mobility Podcast: Mauricio Leal on Mobility and the Mobile and Embedded Community

He should've used Java ME tech: Steve Jobs' iPhone gets hacked

It didn't take very long. Someone found a security hole in the iPhone. Stevie-boy should've used Java ME technology. There's nothing like making sure an app is properly signed by an authorized certificate before allowing it to run on your cell phone. Java ME has had that right for about 6 years now. — Hinkmond Wong   (Ju1 23, 2007)

Open technologies need open access
There have been numerous attempts by various entities over the years to introduce proprietary extensions and protocols or to limit access to a "walled-garden". In the long run all of these attempts fail because the value of the Internet is defined by the fact that it is based on open standards, that access is open, and that everyone can participate (whether a large corporation, non-profit organization, or individual) equally (the network affect).  —  Terrence Barr
  (Jul 20, 2007)

Open Source --- Then and Now
In this java.sun.com interview, Ray Gans, manager of the OpenJDK and Mobile & Embedded community programs at Sun, explores the challenges involved in open sourcing Java SE.