Mobile Development News - December 2004 Archives

December 2004

J2ME Record Management System API (10:11) - A distinguishing factor of J2ME over browser-based approaches is the ability to store data on the device. This allows networked applications to be useful even in the absence of a network connection because data can be stored locally on the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

QUALCOMM Opens new BREW Lab in Mumbai, India (12:58) - Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology provider Qualcomm Inc has opened BREW developer lab in Mumbai that would provide Indian application developers access to latest BREW-enabled handsets, software and testing tools. The new lab, one of the nine BREW-developer... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Opera BREW Browsing Shipping in Japan on Casio Handset (11:07) - Opera Software today announced the BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) -based Casio W21CA mobile phone with the Opera browser has shipped and is now available in Tokyo stores. This is the first phone deployed since Opera's agreement with KDDI... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
J2ME: Half a Decade (10:14) - Over the past five years the Micro edition has seen tremendous growth and adoption, especially MIDP applied to the wireless space. According to reports from Ovum, ARC, and the Wireless World Forum, today there are more than 280 Java... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
LBS Guidelines (09:40) - We've had links to other articles about this in the past, but there are still few LBS services(yes, redundant... Location Based Service services) available from the various carriers in the US. Verizon, among others, still don't have LBS available for... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Article on using JSR-82 -- Bluetooth API (11:38) - Bluetooth is a low-cost, short-range wireless technology that has become popular among those who want to create personal area networks (PANs). Each PAN is a dynamically created network built around an individual, that enables devices such as cellular phones... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

FCC Rules May Change to Expand Market for Apps (09:27) - The FCC may consider changing rules for commerical US flights to allow the use of cell phones. This means people could have even more hours of free time to sit around and use applications on their phones. Right now, most... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

New JSR Approvals from the JCP Program (08:20) - The Mobile Sensor API, JSR 256, was approved as an optional package to communication with and manage sensors from a mobile device. Sensors include such things as thermometers, heart rate monitors, cameras, weather, etc. The Contactless Communication API, JSR 257,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Learn to use EclipseME with J2ME (08:52) - Michael Yuan has an article over at IBM talking about using the Eclipse IDE with J2ME development. This tutorial demonstrates how to develop Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) applications using the Eclipse IDE, the open source EclipseME plug-in, and... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

RIM Introduces Java Developer Tools for BlackBerry (09:13) - I missed this earlier this week, but here it is anyway. It can be downloaded directly from RIM here. So, what's cool or new about it? Well, it has an improved IDE and support for new JSRs and such. Some... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
QUALCOMM's BREW Continues Heavy Growth After Three Years (08:13) - QUALCOMM has updated their BREW numbers and it now shows over 200 million application downloads as of November 2004. These took place on over 40 million devices consisting of over 150 models from 27 manufacturers. There are now 24 countries... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments