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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.
  (Aug 28, 2007)

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)

Maxin' and Relaxin' with Java ME on Sprint/Google WiMAX

Sprint and Google will team up to deliver Java ME programs for your cell phone on the new Sprint WiMAX wireless network. Hinkmond Wong

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

cq3G - New Mobile and Embedded Project!

The cq3G project is a suite of 48 tests based on 24 Test Cases for GSMNA Test Specifications for JAVA Micro Edition, Revision 1.0.3 February 20, 2007. The tests in the cq3G test suite are based on the Java Requirements of the Global System for Mobile Communications North America (GSMNA) - 3G Americas (3GA). This set of requirements delivers a defined and verifiable platform for the wireless community in the Americas. For more information, please visit the new cq3G Project .   (Jul 25, 2007)

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.

Unified, Smunified - Program Java ME widgets instead

Tom Yager's blog post makes the wrong assumption that applications should run exactly the same on a Java ME cell phone as they do on a desktop PC. Bzzzt! Wrong answer. — Hinkmond Wong   (Jul 19, 2007)

Hinkmond Wong

Mobility Podcast 12: Loopt the Social Networking Application

Mark Jacobstein, EVP Corporate Development and Marketing, describes Loopt social networking application for mobile devices and the development issues of permissions, safety, and working with operators and other third party developers. He also discusses the various changes in social behavior that software like this are likely to bring. .   (Ju1 16, 2007)

Mobile JUnit and absence of reflection.
CLDC/MIDP does not have reflection API, that is one of problems to solve when adopting JUnit-like test frameworks to Java ME. Here you can find some comments on how we deal with this problem using ME Framework at Sun. —  Alexey Popov
  (Jul 14, 2007)

Why Nokia Why?
Nokia N95's GPS leaves me disappointed and disgruntled. The phone - works great! The camera - fantastic. 5 MP captures all my blemishes in great detail. The GPS - Morbidly unjustified piece of . . . —  Vikram Goyal

How are we doing? ... and what does Dalibor Topic think?
If you haven't had a chance to listen to the just-published podcast with Dalibor Topic I highly encourage you to do so. Dalibor is a well-known and respected open source Java advocate, a lead developer on the Java VM "Kaffe"... —  Terrence Barr
  (Jul 11, 2007)

iPhone spurs Java ME tech: Giddyup, yah, yah!

This InfoWorld blogger, Tom Yager, talks about how the iPhone is a wake-up call for Java ME technology developers, spurring existing Java ME phone programmers to do things better. — Hinkmond Wong   (Jul 11, 2007)

New Java ME content on Sun Developer Network
The Sun Developer Network (SDN) is a treasure-trove of information for developers. It has a large section on mobility and mobile technology which gets updated frequently. I just saw the new article on The Java ME GUI APIs at a Glance and thought I'd take the opportunity to point out some of the latest changes and additions in the mobility area . . . —  Terrence Barr
  (Jul 10, 2007)