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Monday 20 March

  • App Mgmt: Using the Push Registry in MIDP 2.0 (18:41) - Introduced by MIDP 2.0, the Push Registry allows apps to be started without direct user input - at a specific time or as the result of an event like an incoming message. This functionality can be used in all sorts... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 28 February

  • New Symbian OS Walkman® With 4GB Storage (08:10) - Sony Ericsson's new W950 is the first Symbian OS Walkman®.  Being in the Walkman line, it has ample storage for music and videos.  However, this is also a tremendous amount of storage for development on a phone.  Using Symbian OS... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 3 January

  • Mobile Usability: The Pause Feature (09:30) - Another one from Forum Nokia where they have published a document talking about the design of the pause menu in mobile games. As they are quick to point out, pause isn't just for action games to be able to take... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Wednesday 9 November

  • Nokia Application Testing and Signing FAQ (08:11) - Nokia has a published a little FAQ on testing and signing applications. This applies to applications that would go through the Java Verified or Symbian Signed programs. Answers to these and more questions are available: What should I do if... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 7 November

  • Comparing Mobile Platform Numbers (22:45) - Today (tonight, this afternoon, this morning -- where are you?) we're going to do a comparison between some recently published numbers by Nokia and the commonly published QUALCOMM numbers. Nokia uses some speculative numbers and QUALCOMM isn't publishing as many... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 2 November

  • A J2ME FAQ (21:03) - Sometimes we get visitors. Sometimes, those visitors don't know what J2ME is or are relatively new to J2ME. And sometimes they do. This is more interesting to those that don't, though. However, if you're just looking in to things,... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Tuesday 1 November

  • Low Bandwidth SOAP for Lightning Fast Networked Mobile Applications (20:30) - This article, over at XML.com, talks about doing light weight SOAP for mobile handsets to access web services. The perspective is interesting, since it takes a 2003 point of view when talking about the distribution of handsets and such. However,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 20 October

  • MIDP RSS Reader (09:00) - NetBeans has an article on how to easily create an RSS reader for MIDP using NetBeans 4.0. The complete source code is provided. This provides a good introduction for end-to-end application development using NetBeans 4.0 with an application that... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 14 October

  • Help for Device Fragmentation (10:40) - DevX brings us a great article on how Netbeans with the Netbeans Mobility Pack can help manage the device fragmentation problem. (And no, that isn't a problem cause by taking the sledge hammer to your phone in frustration!) Sure,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 13 October

  • Mobile 3D Tutorials in J2ME (09:18) - Sony Ericsson has a number of different tutorials and examples on their developer website. These go over not only JSR-184 but also Mascot Capsule. They have a tutorial series that has three sections right now: Part one: Quick jump... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 12 October

  • MIDP Web Services API with Example (23:26) - Forum Nokia has finally release their MIDP Web Services API Developer's GUide that they've been teasing us with for nearly a week now. The package contains an example and the main guide is a PDF. This document describes the XML... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Mobile 3D by Example: JSR-184 In Action (08:07) - Claus Höfele brings us an article about JSR-184 Mobile 3D Graphics. In particular, he discusses immediate mode and gives plenty of coding examples, building up to drawing a fully textured cube (shown right). Playing games on mobile devices is... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 11 October

  • Killer Game Programming in Java (07:33) - The print version of this book has no information on J2ME. However, the author has the contents available online, including a piece on J2ME that did not make the print version of the book. Killer Game Programming in Java is... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 3 October

  • Bluetooth with JSR-82 and OBEX (08:34) - Bruce Hopkins brings us this article over the IBM DeveloperWorks about using JSR-82 within your J2ME applications to move files around in part 1. The Bluetooth protocol stack lets you use several methods, including RFCOMM and Object Exchange (OBEX), to... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 28 September

  • NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 Beta Available (21:17) - NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 adds several key new features to an already powerful and easy-to-use mobile Java development tool, including: Improved end-to-end support for building web services-based mobile applications for any MIDP device, new custom components in the Visual Mobile... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Encryption in MIDP for Data Security (09:09) - Data security is a very important topic in nearly every market sector. This article from Jonathan Knudsen over at Sun discusses this and a solution for your MIDP applications. Computer applications use ciphers to protect sensitive information from theft. Encrypted... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 26 September

  • J2ME is not MIDP (09:00) - J2MEDeveloper.com has a nice article on the common confusion between J2ME and MIDP and why the terms are not interchangable. Here's an excerpt: Facts: (J2ME != MIDP) -and- (MIDP belongs to J2ME) Let me explain what I mean and where... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 2 August

  • Best Practices for Enterprise J2ME (12:21) - It's a bit old, but still plenty relevant. This article over at Java World talks about a variety of different practices that may for a better enterprise J2ME application. Many items apply to consumer applications, but some are best suited... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 8 July

  • Automatic Provisioning with Servlets for MIDP Downloads (09:00) - This article from Sun discusses how to provide a download customized for a particular device automatically so your users don't have to figure out what's right for them. The article is mostly code example. Automatic provisioning is actually pretty easy... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Getting Started with J2ME By Example (08:09) - This site brings us an article on getting started with J2ME development that starts with downloading and installing the tools, creating a hellow world app, and then moves on to talking about issues of running games across multiple phones. The... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 29 June

  • Port Your BREW Apps to J2ME (23:00) - Well, the tables keep turning. Now Sony Ericsson is creating documents on how to port BREW apps to J2ME! I think this really shows that BREW is often the first targetted platform now and once the game assets are created... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
  • 3D Mobile Devices Becoming Prevalent (22:00) - Handsets with full 3D support are becoming very common. Motorola has a PDF here about Mobile 3D development and the JSR 184 J2ME API. SonyEricsson just announced 5 new 3D enabled J2ME handsets. It won't be long before the market... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Portrait Isn't the Only Game Orientation (21:30) - SonyEricsson gives us some tips on creating games for a landscape resolution rather than the more normal portrait displays of cell phones. They are talking about holding the phone sideways and not landscape screens that we see all the time.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME Unit Test Toolkit: More SourceForge Goodness (21:00) - Yes, once again it's something from SourceForge. However, this particular project would be good for both learning J2ME as well as to use in a project. J2MEUnit is a Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) library containing a unit testing framework... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • The Mobile World (20:19) - Sun has an overview over at, well, their website of the mobile development world. In fact, it's more like a list of links that can help one get started in J2ME development. In fact (again?), this site here that they... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Mobile Development with J2ME (13:57) - Colin gives a nice overview of development with J2ME. It's a bit dated, but includes some good information especially for someone getting started. It's not always bad to see older information; it can be used to put current processes or... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME and Open Source: More Goodness (09:46) - The kObjects project over at SourceForge provides a great resource for very small (k for kilobyte) objects for such things as mail, network, XML, and other file format readers. This could be a great resource for rapidly building quick,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 28 June

  • HTTP and MIDP: Debugging Tips and Tools (11:39) - Sun brings us a helpful technical article that gives some ideas and tools on how to debug a HTTP on MIDP. One of the tools is a Java servlet that logs requests so you can see what's going on in... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 26 June

  • Open Source J2ME: A Great Learning Tool (22:00) - One great way to learn to code on a new platform is to see a fully working product. These other blogs link to a couple of games by Digiment that have been made available. Are you interested in online learning?... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME Handset Performance Comparison (16:00) - Want to know how fast your handset is? Have an application that will push the limits of the J2ME platform and you need the fastest phone possible? Want to know if there is a faster phone than the one you... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 28 April

  • 3D J2ME Sony Ericsson Interview with I-play (09:54) - I-play, developer and publisher of mobile games, answers Sony Ericsson Developer World's questions and share some of their mobile Java 3D game development experiences. I-play is a game publisher with about 120 employees that started in 1998. They've done such... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 26 April

  • Getting Started with BlackBerry Development in Java (00:25) - Learn how to use the freely available BlackBerry JDE to develop, debug, and test BlackBerry applications. Follow this demonstration to create a simple HelloWorld application that exploits some of BlackBerry's own APIs. In our series of forgotten links (actually, some... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 22 April

  • JSR248: Mobile Service Architecture for CLDC (09:11) - In the past, the J2ME community has developed a unified Java application environment standard for mobile phones (JSR-185). The design center for JSR-185 is devices with resources and capabilities to address the current market needs for volume devices. This JSR... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 28 March

  • John Carmack on Game Programming in J2ME and BREW (10:45) - This article, by John Carmack, goes into an interesting discourse about his experiences with J2ME development. He also pontificates on what his experience may be like when developing for BREW, where he can use C/C++ and assembly (he was already... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 4 March

  • HTTP Service in J2ME Applications (10:25) - This new article from IBM developerWorks dicusses using HTTP with J2ME for those with experience using it on J2SE and J2EE. This article helps you apply your knowledge of developing applications with an HTTP service under Java™ 2 Platform, Standard... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 1 March

  • Introduction to J2ME Development (11:57) - Although this is nearly a month old, we just noticed it. For those who haven't seen it, it's a great introduction tutorial to J2ME development. Vikram Goyal says it best: Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) combines a resource-constrained JVM and... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Four new J2ME JSRs Proposals Published (10:42) - Sun has published Final Drafts of four JSR proposals related to J2ME: JSR 216: Personal Profile version 1.1 for the J2ME Platform JSR 217: Personal Basis Profile version 1.1 for the J2ME Platform JSR 218: J2ME Connected Device Configuration... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 22 February

  • Tips for Saving Space in a JAR File (23:36) - In this article, by Mobile Game Developer, there are a number of tips on how to save space in a JAR file, including image optimization, class optimization, and various coding tips. Depending on how many separate images you have... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 6 February

  • MIDP 2.0 Game API Overview (12:37) - Game developers have been using MIDP since its inception, but it was only with the release of MIDP 2.0 that this platform included tools specifically made for game development. Learn how these five new classes can help you create... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 12 January

  • Nokia Prototype SDK 2.0 for J2ME (08:47) - Nokia Prototype SDK 2.0 for J2ME™ is the software development kit for developers creating Java applications Series 40 Developer Platform, Series 60 Developer Platform and Series 80 Developer Platform compatible phones or Nokia 7710 phone. The product consists of emulators,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 20 December

  • 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

Friday 17 December

  • 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

Wednesday 15 December

  • 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

Thursday 9 December

  • 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

Wednesday 8 December

  • 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

Friday 3 December

  • 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

Tuesday 9 November

  • Java Verified Coming Soon to J2ME (09:02) - In an effort to make Java mobile app development easier, Nokia, Orange, Sony-Ericsson and Vodafone among other mobile vendors are pushing a new more open, and unified Java-for-mobile architecture. Meanwhile, starting January 2005, all mobile Java applications must pass... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 5 November

  • Ducati Extreme Released (10:45) - MFORMA Group, Inc., a worldwide-leading publisher and distributor of mobile entertainment, announced today the launch of Ducati(R) Extreme. This new arcade-style motorcycle racing game for mobile phones is based on the world-renowned Ducati brand –– a brand associated with... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 4 November

  • Levi's Providing Ringtone Maker for J2ME (16:49) - MAX allows users to create their own tracks from scratch, select individual instruments from the built-in MIDI library, and compose bar-based songs which they can then save on their phone and use as ring-tones. Unlike other attempts at similar executions... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • LBS & GSM: Not Yet? (09:45) - According to this article, GSM handsets, which are predominantly J2ME or Symbian, don't have what it takes to do full features LBS applications just yet. On the other hand, CDMA handsets, which are typically BREW enabled although many also have... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 1 November

  • Nokia Taking on QUALCOMM BREW with Preminet (08:51) - Nokia is going to provide content downloads, aggregation, and billing for operators. This is exactly what QUALCOMM does. Competition is good and this shows that even Nokia agrees that what QUALCOMM is doing with BREW is what people want. Java... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 25 September

  • OpenGL ES Coding Challenge (16:30) - OpenGL ES is the 3D graphics standard for mobile phones, handhelds, gamepads and embedded devices. The mobile market is the largest and fastest growing area of consumer technology and the OpenGL ES 1.1 Coding Challenge is intended to kick... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME News: 24 Sep, 2004 (13:00) - First, some stuff we missed from yesterday. Here we have Esmertec being selected to do Java software for connected home terminals by France Telecom. This article shows that CHASMA is launched Poker Superstart Invitational Tournament on both J2ME and BREW.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Porting MIDP 2.0 to 1.0 with J2ME Polish Article (11:45) - Mobile Game Developer brings us this article on backporting your shiny new MIDP 2.0 game (or application) to MIDP 1.0, using J2ME Polish. It gets right to the point, to. Mobile Game Developer - Porting MIDP 2.0 Games to MIDP... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 23 September

  • J2ME News: 22 Sep, 2004 (03:00) - Also light on the J2ME front for today. We have yet another article about the growth of J2ME development here. This item we missed a couple of days ago. There is no available a ZCode interpretter for J2ME handsets. This... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 22 September

  • JSR 211 (CHAPI) Allows J2ME Apps to be Content Handlers (04:00) - This article by DevX talks about JSR 211. In the J2ME world, it is innovative in that it allows applications to register themselves as being content handlers for specific MIME types. In other words, an application could register itself as... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 21 September

  • J2ME News: 20 Sep, 2004 (10:00) - An item we missed a while ago is still quite interesting. Samsung will be shipping a handset with a 1.5GB microdrive, in addition to a large OLED screen and a megapixel camera. More on the growing popularity of J2ME... it... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 20 September

  • J2ME News: 17 Sep, 2004 (22:15) - Nextel offers over the air J2ME downloads. Handmark, the leading developer and publisher of software for smart mobile devices, today announced it has been named a DEMOgod(TM) -- the highest honor given by the highly respected DEMOmobile wireless and mobile... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME News: 16 Sep, 2004 (20:00) - PocketCinema.com launches next generation video and mobile entertainment applications for mobile phones, including MMS content.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME News: 15 Sep, 2004 (18:30) - Access SIM cards and use simple crypto with JSR 177, the Security and Trust API. Siemens SF65 supports MIDP 2.0, as well as having a megapixel camera, swivel screen, and lots of messaging. Developer use of J2ME on the rise,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME News: 14 Sep, 2004 (03:30) - The number of developers using J2ME to create applications on wireless platforms has reached new heights, according to Evans Data in its '2004 Wireless Development Survey.' Sun turbocharges with ARM Jazelle... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Nokia Fashion Phones (02:45) - Supposedly inspired by the lavish 1920’s, the three new phones – the 7280, 7270 and 7260, are a blend of art deco styling with a edgy, modern day twist. What this translates to in real-terms is plenty of shiny lacquer... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • DEMOMOBILE 2004 Opening (02:30) - DEMOmobile 2004 opened today (Sept 9 2004) to an enthusiastic audience of influential analysts, media, venture capitalists, and business executives, all of whom rely on the conference for exclusive insights into the future of mobile technology.... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
  • KTF Use of Java to help push J2ME Apps (02:30) - Sun Microsystems Inc. expects that local mobile-phone operator KT Freetel's decision to use Sun's Java technology for mobile data services will speed the development of the non-voice mobile-phone applications that are increasingly becoming a focus of competition.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME News: 8 Sep, 2004 (00:00) - The latest communicator from Nokia sheds an internal camera and Wi-Fi, yet still offers a multitude of features for business users: meet the 9500's smaller sibling - the 9300. Bristol, UK. (a company I know for windows to unix porting... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 19 September

  • J2ME News: 7 Sep, 2004 (23:30) - Canon provides populuar office printer, the Canon iR C3220 with MEAP, which uses J2ME for customization. Sun Microsystems and ARM , today announced a long-term collaboration to integrate and distribute optimized Java(TM) solutions for mobile devices. Sun Microsystems, Inc. today... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME News: 1 Sep, 2004 (22:00) - JSR 248 and 249 help bring stability to J2ME as a write once, run anywhere platform. Realtime streaming video for J2ME devices via iNetcams iMViewer.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 3 September

  • Networking in J2ME (11:35) - DevX brings us a new article on "mastering networking in J2ME." From the earliest days of J2ME, network connectivity has been a central focus of the design. So much so that a generic architecture, referred to as the Generic Connection... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
  • Fixed Point Optimization in J2ME (11:33) - DevX has a new J2ME article on fixed point math. Once upon a time, game programmers had to write code in assembler and make many other optimizations to deliver games that ran well even with the slow processors and small... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 31 August

  • Managing MIDlet Life-Cycle with a Finite State Machine (23:31) - Although this may be obvious to some, this article introduces the reader to finite state machines as they apply to MIDlets. For those who slept during CS101, this will be a good review. ;) A MIDlet class may manage its... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Southern LINC Offers Motorola i860 Video Phone (23:09) - Southern LINC(R), the wireless communications service from Southern Company (NYSE: SO), today announced they will begin offering the Motorola i860 video and camera phone. The Motorola i860 adds a visual component to communications with LINC View, a new feature... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Inetcam Provides Streaming Video for BREW and J2ME (23:06) - Inetcam, Inc., a leading developer of wireless and IP video monitoring and security solutions, today announced the availability of its innovative iMViewer(TM) for J2ME-enabled mobile handsets. iMViewer(TM) empowers users of J2ME and BREW enabled handsets to remotely monitor their... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 29 August

  • Bush vs Kerry Boxing from Sorrent (13:14) - Can't wait for November to punch your vote? Sorrent, a leading creator and global publisher of mobile entertainment, today announced the launch of Bush vs. Kerry Boxing, the first and only politically charged game for mobile phones. Bush vs.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • BMX Extreme game available for BREW and J2ME (13:00) - BMX Extreme is based on the popular PRO BMX Stunt Teams founded by Professional BMX rider and Hollywood stuntman, Dan Hubbard in 1986. The game features air-borne acrobatics as stunts performed by the player, to simulate extreme sports action. Certainly,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 26 August

  • T-Mobile USA Provides Nokia 6800 with 4 IM Services (22:58) - OZ, the leading enabler of standards-based mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Services today announced an industry first; with a pre-loaded IM Client on the Nokia 6800 messaging phone, T-Mobile USA subscribers are now able to access the four major... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Nokia and Vodafone form Mobile Service Architecture Initiative (22:53) - In a move that is intended to deliver benefits for the mobile industry and for mobile customers, Nokia and Vodafone today announce the formation of a mobile service architecture initiative. The aim of the initiative is to simplify mobile Java... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 25 August

  • The MiniApp (23:29) - Joshua Marinacci write about the notion of "MiniApps" -- essentially small apps that are always running that really don't know the difference between the web and the desktop. In other words, they have fast UIs that don't need to... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • NetBeans 4.0 Beta available (23:04) - This week, Sun released the NetBeans IDE 4.0 Beta, which sports a number of key upgrades, including: support for Tiger (J2SE 5.0), a rewritten Ant-based project system, and Java refactoring. The initial Early Access release of the Performance Profiler... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 24 August

  • MIDP 2.0 Games API Primer (21:53) - This is an exerpt from the Apress book J2ME Games with MIDP 2 that gives a good overview of the Game API. Using the MIDP 2.0 Game API... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Artificial Life gives birth to Virtual Girlfriend (21:39) - The Virtual Girlfriend is a very innovative mobile game that is based on intelligent animated 3-D characters (avatars) that live in a virtual mobile world. The virtual girls can be contacted and seen using a 3G phone at any... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Scanbuy's Optical Intelligence (21:33) - This resulted in the creation of Optical Intelligence, a utility which provides developers with the ability to include barcode reading functionality within their applications. The user of the application points their phone's camera at the barcode and Optical Intelligence... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
  • No more API Docs on Javalobby (21:27) - For those that liked to read their J2ME APIs at JavaLobboy, Sun has nixed this ability. Javalobby, an online community of Java developers, has removed from its new JDocs documentation Web site several vital Java APIs at the request of... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
  • ABC on Motorola's i830 for Nextel (21:19) - Why does no one seem to think J2ME can do no more than just games? Nextel, especially, has many vertical applications on J2ME -- that's why they were one of the first with J2ME phones. Although the i830 is built... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 18 August

  • Simultaneous Mobile and Console game releases becoming common (08:20) - Release a game across multiple platforms at the same time has always been a challenge. Even just trying to release a Windows and a Mac version of a game at the same time is often not feasible. Here we... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 13 August

  • Scratch: A J2ME Signature Capture Utility (07:45) - Written as a standalone application, but also as a module for integration into other applications, this opensource tool allows for the capture of signatures -- or any other handwritten data -- on any touchscreen-enabled J2ME device. Scratch is an open... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
  • Vipera to offer MMS Alternative (07:33) - Vipera announces the immediate global availability of its mobile service for smart phones and PDAs. Vipera allows camera enabled mobile phones to transmit picture messages to other phones as well as to any Internet e-mail account, at a fraction... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Aplix and Motorola bring On-Handset J2ME Debugging (07:30) - This has been one of the bigger features missing from mobile development from J2ME and even BREW. J2ME has had some advancement in this area for a few months now, and BREW will catch up as on-handset debugging was announcement... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 11 August

  • BREW vs J2ME Battle Rages in China (09:45) - More on the battle between BREW and J2ME. This article contains some good information, although the numbers of shipping units at the bottom seem to be off compared to other articles. The key thing, though, is that as long as... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 10 August

  • Bitboys Mobile GPUs Offer Advanced 3D Features (08:13) - The G32, G34 and G40 [...] are all OpenGL ES 1.1-compatible designs pitched at mainstream devices, gaming and multimedia handsets, respectively. They also support Direct3D Mobile and M3G for J2ME. The G34 provides a full programmable floating-point geometry engine capable... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 9 August

  • Testing J2ME Applications (10:00) - Forum Nokia brings us this useful article on testing J2ME applications. It applies not only to Nokia platforms but to any J2ME platform. Testing is an important part of application development. This document lists fundamental issues that must be taken... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Windows Mobile handset with Java receives China Mobile certificate (09:43) - iaSolution Inc. has recently successfully collaborated with HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) to introduce two styles of high-level mobile Java handsets. With the approval by the China Mobile, they became the world's first MS Windows Mobile handset to pass... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 6 August

  • Sony Ericsson Game Contest (08:55) - This article, from SymbianOne, talks about the Sony Ericsson Game challenge and why it focusses exclusively on their MIDP 2.0 phones and not Symbian phones. SymbianOne - The Wireless & Mobile Developer Portal for Symbian OS, series 60, and UIQ... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 5 August

  • Motorola MPx 220 has Bluetooth, Megapixel Camera, and MIDP 2.0 (08:13) - Now Motorola has released its second generation Windows Mobile SmartPhone MPx 220. It will be based on the Windows Mobile 2003 platform with full support for .Net Compact Framework 1.0 SP2. Addressing the shortcomings of the first generation MPx... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Aplix Acquires iaSolution (08:08) - Taiwan-based iaSolution, a developer of J2ME (Java 2 platform, micro edition) and Java embedded solutions, announced today it would be acquired by Japan-based Aplix, a provider of Java technology for mobile phones. Aplix buys Taiwan-based iaSolution... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 4 August

  • WorldMate Comes to J2ME (08:36) - Following the exceptional success of WorldMate(TM) on other platforms MobiMate(R) announces that their best selling mobile travel application is now available on J2ME phones. The service, now available on pervasive Java phones, is comparable with the WorldMate versions available... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 2 August

  • Java hardware peformance continues up (08:22) - Hardware-based solutions for Java execution in consumer embedded applications could be a thing of the past, according to MIPS Technologies, Inc. . Along with Esmertec,(TM) a leading provider of Java(TM) solutions for embedded devices, the companies announced today that... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • IBM's Worksplace Client Technology Micro-edition (08:07) - In order to operate in this space, IBM has released two related technologies, the IBM Workplace Client Technology (WCT) and Workplace Client Technology Micro-edition (WCTME). WCT is based on the J2SE and is targeted at the desktop or laptop... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • A curious article on MS, Sun, and J2ME (07:53) - This is quite a curious article about Microsoft, Sun, J2ME, and something called Decaf. Not much else can be said... worth a read. ;) msmobiles.com - msmobiles.com revelations: the truth about Sun Corporation revealed... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 29 July

  • Spiderman 2 for your Mobile Phone (07:46) - IndiaGames, the developers of J2ME, BREW, I-Mode and Symbian games has entered into an agreement with Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., and Marvel comics to bring "Spiderman 2" to the wireless arena. Two games will be developed. One is a... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 28 July

  • MobiTV J2ME Application adds Big Networks (09:55) - You'll read below that MobiTV is currently J2ME only. With more and more carriers announcing BREW in the US, MobiTV will ultimately be forced to create a BREW client especially if they want to leverage Verizon's 40mil+ subscriber base. But... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 27 July

  • Air2Web and Weather Channel Launch new weather App (11:18) - Now, the news that they are upgrading the app is interesting and should be noted by competitors (and fans). However, part of the press release had this to say about the industry as a whole: Downloadable applications, including those... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Blackberry J2ME Development (08:31) - This is an introduction to BlackBerry development using J2ME from Builder.com Australia. This would be good for anyone interested in development for the BlackBerry. For those in Australia, they talk about the local carriers that have the devices. Develop applications... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 25 July

  • Exploring JSR-135, The Mobile Media APIs (11:52) - WebProNews brings us an overview of JSR-135, the modile media APIs. The Mobile Media APIs find their way onto devices through several different means. They are designed to be compatible with both the CDC and CLDC configurations, which makes them... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 21 July

  • Bitboys Selects Hybrid Graphics Software Drivers (07:39) - Bitboys, a provider of graphics acceleration hardware solutions for wireless and embedded devices, today announced the selection of Hybrid Graphics’s OpenGL® ES and Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME™ software drivers as part of Bitboys’ graphics processor solutions. Bitboys products... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Sun's "Java Powered" Campaign is Pervasive (07:37) - Some commentary on Slashdot talks about how the classic Java cup logo will begin appearing on everything that may remotely have Java in it, including such things as microwaves and the more obvious cell phones and PDAs. Slashdot |... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • IBM Tools Upgrade (07:36) - IBM's WebSphere Studio Device Developer (WSDD) 5.7, announced yesterday at IBM Rational's user conference in Dallas, Texas, will feature tools and extensions for building applications on a range of mobile and embedded systems. WSDD 5.7, founded on the Eclipse... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 16 July

  • iaSolution and Macromedia bring Flash Lite 1.1 to APAC Region (07:25) - iaSolution. Inc., a leading J2ME and embedded software technology company today announced a collaboration for the deployment of Flash Lite 1.1, the world's leading vector-based scalable image engine, to iaSolution's mobile device manufacturers customers. The deployment will enable key... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 13 July

  • J2ME In the Car (07:33) - It's not a huge leap that J2ME could end up in car devices, just as various forms of Windows has. BMW was the first to use it in its iDrive in-car computer system, but owners won’t be able to tell... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 12 July

  • QUALCOMM Sampling 225MHz MSM Chips: 6150 and 6550 (16:21) - The MSM6150 and MSM6550 are integrated, single-chip solutions that leverage the power of QUALCOMM's Launchpad(TM) suite of integrated multimedia technologies to maximize power efficiency in multimedia devices. As with all chipsets in the Enhanced Multimedia Platform, the MSM6150 and... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 8 July

  • ACCESS Announces CDC HI JVM (21:36) - ACCESS (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4813), a global provider of Internet access technologies, today announced the availability of JV-Lite 2 CE Edition, a new edition of its Java Virtual Machine solution that supports Sun Microsystems' CDC HI (Connected Device Configuration,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • JavaOne not just about Enterprise (07:55) - Is JavaOne about to become JavaTwo -- with a split focus on enterprise and increased attention on consumer devices? Many longtime Java/J2EE enterprise developers attending this year's JavaOne would reluctantly say, "Yes!" And, many are confused by the turn... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 7 July

  • Secure SMS from Silicon Village Mobile (14:06) - Silicon Village Mobile, a Birmingham UK based developer , has today launched the latest version of it's solution for sending secure SMS text messages. The new encryption application provides secure end-to-end data transmission for SMS messages on Nokia Series 60... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 6 July

  • MIDP API: Below the built in UI widgets (23:09) - MIDP provides a low-level API for fine-grained control over the application user interface. However, applications wanting to make use of these features also inherit a lot of responsibility and risk. Find out the benefits and pitfalls of using the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • SOA from Nokia (22:48) - The biggest announcement from JavaOne, according to Michael Yuan, was that Nokia is building a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) framework on smart mobile phones that could quickly change how an average technology user sees Web services. Web Services Journal... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Donald Trump's Real Estate Tycoon for Mobile coming soon (22:44) - Donald Trump is coming to wireless. Big deal. VERY big deal. The oft-quoted entrepreneur and real estate developer is ready to conquer mobile, thanks in part to Airborne Entertainment and Activision Value Publishing, Inc. The multi-platform software company, a... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Motorla E398: Stereo Sound and more (22:25) - he E398, first introduced in Miami at the M3 Music Summit in March, is 'a case where 3D surround sound meets MP3', says Motorola. The 110g phone can handle up to 260 to 560 minutes of talktime, and 160... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Monkey Physics Game Engine for J2ME (22:23) - Monkey Physics's gaming engine allows developers to build games in J2ME, a form of Java used on mobile phones, PDAs, pagers and set-top boxes. Monkey Physics, founded last year, was awarded a federal Government COMET commercialisation grant earlier this year,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Nokia and others working on new Mobile Java Standard (09:42) - Nokia expects work to be wrapped up early next year on a new Java standard that should make it easier to manage business and consumer applications on mobile phones and other wireless devices, Nokia’s chief technology officer said. For example,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 1 July

  • Handango Brings InHand Client to J2ME Phones (11:53) - Today at JavaOne, Handango, the leading provider of mobile downloads, announced the availability of Handango InHand for Java-enabled mobile phones. Handango InHand is an intelligent, device-resident download client. Using Handango InHand, operators and OEMs can increase download revenues by... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Motorola A630 Has QWERTY (09:55) - The A630 is the size of a typical mobile phone, but unlike most phones its hinge is on the side so that it opens up like a pager. Apparently recognizing the difficulty of using a T9 keypad for intensive... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 30 June

  • Sony Ericsson S700i Megapixel and MIDP 2 (08:45) - Phone Scoop brings us details of a late 2004 handsets from Sony Ericsson: the S700i with QVGA screen, 1.3 megapixel camera, and a swivel design (much like the Kyocera Koi. More information can be found at Sony Ericsson's site... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Day and Wirejack team for Mobile Content (08:25) - WireJack, a mobile lifestyle and entertainment company, develops, publishes and markets content products and services for the BREW, Symbian and J2ME mobile applications. Currently, WireJack has developed mobile applications for world-class companies such as Verizon, Alltel, US Cellular, Midwest... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Sony Ericsson Uses Tira Jump Platform (08:22) - Today at the 2004 JavaOne Conference, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and Tira Wireless announced today that the two companies are working together to enhance the mobile gaming experience for North American consumers seeking a more robust selection of popular... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 29 June

  • Sun and Nokia make Multiplayer games easier to develop (10:27) - Nokia's Snap Mobile development platform for multiplayer games will be integrated with the J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) Wireless Toolkit as well as the Java System Content Delivery Server and the Java Enterprise System, the companies announced at... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 28 June

  • Sun Launches J2ME WTK 2.2 beta (22:52) - Sun Microsystems has launched a beta version of its toolbox for developing J2ME wireless applications. The J2ME Wireless Toolkit version 2.2 beta includes an improved device emulator (pictured), as well as new APIs for 3D graphics, multimedia messaging, Bluetooth,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • New Book: J2ME for Symbian (22:48) - Programming Java for Symbian OS is based on the experience of expert Symbian engineers and focuses on developing applications for real devices running Symbian OS. This latest title has been officially announced for release today at JavaOne. Critical areas... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Sun to Define Vodafone live! (22:45) - The Vodafone VFX platform will be based on the Java Technology for the Wireless Industry (JTWI) technology specification together with other third- party technologies. To deliver a complete solution to application developers and handset manufacturers, Vodafone has selected the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Bonfire's Pocket Auctions for J2ME for Using eBay (22:44) - Bonfire Media (www.bonfiremedia.com), a leading wireless application developer based in Silicon Valley, has launched Pocket Auctions for eBay, an application based on Sun Microsystems popular J2ME platform. Pocket Auctions for eBay enables users to access popular eBay features from... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
  • Superscape JSR-184 Chosen for Distribution with Sun J2ME WTK (22:38) - Superscape Group PLC said Swerve Client, the company's JSR 184 compliant 3D software, has been selected by Sun for integration and distribution with a selection of Sun products including Sun's J2ME Wireless Toolkit. Anyone downloading the Wireless Toolkit from... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Sun banks on Java's ubiquity (12:36) - For the next few days, two dozen people in bright red wigs and tights will race around the streets of San Francisco pointing to cell phones, computers, PDAs and other electronic devices and telling people: Java runs on all... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 25 June

  • New J2ME Device: HomePod (07:58) - GlooLabs today announced that Sun Microsystems, Inc. has selected the HomePod(TM) network audio player as the Conference Special for this year's JavaOne(TM) Conference being held June 28-July 1 in San Francisco's Moscone Center. The HomePod leverages the Java(TM) 2 Platform,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 24 June

  • Sun Adds new J2ME Certification Program (08:00) - Sun Certified Mobile Application Developer for Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition Java technology continues its growth as the leading content platform for mobile data services. The explosion of consumer demand for Java technology enabled devices has presented an exciting... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Digital Chocolate Acquires Sumea Games Publisher (07:54) - The acquisition provides Digital Chocolate with relationships with some of the world's largest wireless carriers, international distribution channels, and a catalog of leading games for mobile phones. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Digital Chocolate applications will be available... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 23 June

  • Review of Samsung SGH-X600 J2ME Handset (16:38) - Samsung's SGH-X600 - one of few models from Samsung featuring a more traditional candy bar design - measures 10.2 x 4.3 x 2 cm, and weighs in at a lightweight 80 g. The flat antenna in the upper right corner... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • AMS for MIDP2 example on Palm (12:39) - Find out how an Application Management Software (AMS) implementation on Palm, delivered in this example as part of the IBM WebSphere® Micro Environment Toolkit, enables you to effectively download, install, update, launch, set permissions, and, finally, delete MIDlet suites on... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Reaxion Acquires 3SYM (08:00) - Reaxion Corp., a leading developer and publisher of mobile games, entertainment and communication applications, today announced the acquisition of the Byelorussian development company, 3SYM. 3SYM's developers are best known for their work on the popular multi-player Brain Game series... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 18 June

  • Filler and Commentary on J2ME Development (08:13) - Well, the game is not new, but rather a nostalgic remake of one of the first game I played on PC. The computer had Intel 8088 CPU with 2 MHz clock running PC-DOS with 8-bit bus if I am not... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Mobile Email Still Small (07:58) - Just over a year ago there were around twenty companies in the mobile email space: today with acquisitions and failures, it's less than ten; and by next year it might be less than five. Many companies have recognised the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 17 June

  • SVG Tiny for J2ME (08:05) - Another organization has recently been conducting work showing more signs of Mobile SVG's widening appeal. The Java Community Process (JCP) have created a Java Specifications Request (JSR) expert group lead by Nokia and Sun working on creating a standard... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 16 June

  • J2ME Game Contest in Vietnam (09:45) - Games must be written using the J2ME (version MIDP 1.0). The products will be assessed in terms of content, creativeness, technology and users' interest. The contest, which will end in October 2004, is held for Vietnamese both at home and... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Virtual Tour of the Nokia J2ME Developer Suite (09:32) - Don't have the Nokia J2ME Developer Suite but wondered what it was like? Find out here, in this virtual tour of it: Michael Yuan Java blog... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • New Report Comparing J2ME and BREW with statistics (08:27) - Java and BREW are the two leading platforms used to download and run applications on mobile handsets. Java 2 Micro Edition, or J2ME, is the lightweight variant of the Java platform that has been adapted for use on mobile... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 15 June

  • The Workings of the J2ME StackMap (08:38) - Find out how the J2ME StackMap works in this short article. On J2ME classes, we do pre-verification on the class files, storing information in a stack map about the local variable array and operand stack. We only need to store... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Visto Mobile Launched for Wireless Operators (07:52) - Visto Corporation has announced a new integrated platform allowing mobile network operators to provide push-based mobile email/PIM solutions aimed at individual, small business or corporate customers. With this new release, Visto has also improved product usability and performance on popular... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Monday 14 June

  • Your Phone as a Diet Assistant (08:44) - Mobile Diet Pal is a new Java application that turns mobile phones into valuable tools in the fight with obesity. Mobile Diet Pal is a diet supervisor that goes on a diet with its user, counting calories and carbs and... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 12 June

  • 80 to 90% of all handsets in 2007 will have BREW or J2ME (12:23) - At the BREW Developer’s Conference in San Diego, Zelos Group released new research that declares Qualcomm’s BREW platform is the preferred development platform in the divisive Java-versus-BREW debate – for the time being. A heated topic among mobile developers for... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Terraplay Systems Receives Investment for Continued Expansion (12:21) - Terraplay Systems has completed its financing round raising 6.5 million from Nordic Venture Partners and existing shareholders. The market for mobile and fixed multiplayer gaming continues to develop rapidly. Terraplay has made substantial progress in this market over the last... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Investment Moving into Wireless in Canada (12:10) - The Bell Accelerator Fund is launching its eighth funding round to sign agreements with innovative companies targeting the development and commercialization of new products and services in the wireless as well as wireline-wireless convergence space. The fund is seeking to... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • elkware Brings Mage Knight to Mobile Phones (12:05) - elkware Inc., a leading developer of mobile entertainment, today announced that it has secured a license from WizKids to create mobile games based on the hit collectable tabletop miniature game, "Mage Knight." The agreement is part of elkware's partnership... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Sumea and T-Mobile Partner to Publish UEFA EURO 2004 Java Game (11:45) - Sumea Interactive Ltd., an award-winning publisher and developer of high-quality downloadable mobile games, and T-Mobile, Official Partner of UEFA EURO 2004™, today announced a partnership to publish the official EURO 2004™ FOOTBALL game for mobile phones. The downloadable EURO 2004™... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 8 June

  • SoBe and SmartServ Partner to Offer Ringtones, Games, and Images (07:42) - The site, which can be found at http://www.SoBePhoneGear.com, lets users personalize their phones with free, SoBe-branded mobile content and offers free registration in SoBe's "Very Important Lizards" (VIL) membership club. Users can also purchase content from a selection of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 5 June

  • MIDP User Interfaces help Device Portability (22:43) - MIDP supports a user interface framework that caters to mobile devices by providing a number of built-in controls. Find out how these controls enable the portability of applications between devices. Take the High Road when Creating MIDP User Interfaces... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 3 June

  • Nextel Partners and Televigation Provide GPS Navigation (08:12) - TeleNav provides affordable, real-time visual and audio GPS driving directions to guide subscribers to their destination. Using a built-in or attached GPS receiver and a Nextel phone, TeleNav determines the driver's location and computes the most direct route to a... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • SmartServ Provides Kiosks in APS Wireless stores (07:54) - SmartServ will be placing kiosks for purchasing ringtones, wallpaper, and games in to APS Wireless, a retail outlet for mobile phones. The content can be delivered via SMS, WAP, J2ME, BREW, and on RIM Blackberry and Pocket PC devices. SmartServ... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 2 June

  • MIDP Networking Application Design (16:09) - Although MIDP 1.0 provides only for HTTP connections, you still have a number of options for creating networked MIDP apps. There are a lot of architectural decisions that must be made when designing the network traffic and interfaces for these... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Use JBuilder X to create Web Services (08:30) - A new document for Nokia: Find out how to use Borland's JBuilderX Enterprise to integrate enterprise applications with Web services based on J2ME™. Creating Web Services With JBuilder X Enterprise... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • DataMirror Launches PointBase v5.0 (08:08) - DataMirror, a leading provider of live, secure data integration solutions, today announced Version 5.0 of its PointBase technology. The enhancements made to the PointBase Embedded and PointBase Micro Java(TM) relational databases, and PointBase UniSync, a Java-based bi-directional data synchronization solution,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • iFone uses Tira Jump Technology to port J2ME games (07:46) - iFone has a catalog of over 300 titles, including Atari and Hasbro brands. It will use Tira Wireless' Jump Technology to automate the porting of J2ME games across multiple operators, languages, and devices. While the J2ME standard ensures run... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 1 June

  • M7 and Terraplay to deliver Realtime Mobile Multiplayer Gaming (08:22) - Multiplayer game functionality represents the latest offering from M7 Networks' community solution that enables services including the Game Lobby by Sprint, a centralized community for mobile gamers to meet and compete. Since Sprint launched the service on March 1, 2004,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Chasma Receives Exclusive Mastermind(tm) License from Pressman(R) (08:18) - For use on mobile devices in the US, Chasma now has an exclusive deal with Pressman to publish the Mastermind game. Chasma will ship versions for both J2ME and BREW by the end of the year. Chasma's mobile version of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 26 May

  • Nokia on Using C++ and/or Java (15:55) - Borland Mobile Studio and Borland Enterprise Studio for Mobile allow developers of mobile applications to combine C++ and Java™ programming in the same development environment. The purpose of this document is to assist the developer in deciding which development tasks... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 25 May

Monday 24 May

  • X-Files coming to mobile phones (13:54) - elkware Inc., a leading developer of mobile games, today announced that it has secured a license from Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising to create games based on the hit television series "The X-Files." Although elkware Inc., currently only has... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Point of Sale on Nextel Phones (12:35) - Electronic check conversion converts a paper check to an electronic transaction at the point of sale. The check information is transmitted via the Nextel data network, through eProcessingNetwork's payment gateway to a national verification database where it is evaluated against... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • SCMAD Exam Simulator (09:38) - The simulator is designed to help those with a Java 2 Platform certificate get their Mobile Application Developer certificate. Whizlabs, the developer, is a specialist in certification program training. Wireless Developer Network... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 23 May

  • So many J2ME devices, so many variations (19:33) - JavaWorld brings us an article about the fragmentation of the hundreds of available J2ME devices and how developers can cope with it. With a market that will reach 1 billion devices by 2006, coping with it is the only... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 22 May

  • List of J2ME Tools (15:40) - ShareMe posts a list of J2ME tools. The list includes testing, development, environment, and preperation tools. Recommended for those getting starting in J2ME for ideas on what to use and where to find it. ShareMe Technologies LLC-The Mobile Future... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 21 May

  • Mobility: Are we there yet? (07:27) - This new article discusses mobility from the eyes of enterprise usage. As part of this, RIM's J2ME is bashed and Microsoft's .NET Compact Framework is praised: The development environment uses a proprietary flavor of J2ME that requires a learning curve... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 20 May

  • JSR 185 - Java Technology for the Wireless Industry (16:06) - Java Technology for the Wireless Industry (JTWI) will have a huge impact on Java applications, enabling them to have much greater functionality. Here we look at some of the capabilities we can expect to see in the next generation of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • on Trust and Mobile Applications (15:54) - Everyone is looking for our trust at the moment. Schemes for digitally signing applications seem to be popping up like gophers across the mobile landscape, each of them confident that we'll place our trust in their authority. Microsoft, of course,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • SmartServ reports Q1 results (07:15) - SmartServ, a mobile company with distributions on BREW, J2ME, WAP, SMS, and other mobile platforms including Pocket PC and RIM Blackberry. Revenues were down to $73, 711 from $230,987 same time last year. Highlights: Completion of Private Placement. SmartServ raised... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 19 May

  • kCommand J2ME->J2EE remote command calling (15:46) - kCommand is an ultra-lightweight generic command architecture that provides a simple and effective mechanism for J2ME clients to execute remote commands on J2EE servers over HTTP. Besides providing what any RPC thing can do, kCommand sends commands over the wire... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Nokia Tutorial on Signing MIDP 2.0 Midlets (11:57) - This article by Nokia goes in to the details of MIDP 2.0 security, talking about trusted and untrusted midlets and giving instructions on how to sign them. A good read for anyone thinking about MIDP 2.0 development as I could... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • GPL J2ME and Gaming book (09:06) - Jason Lam has a free open source J2ME and gaming book available through SourceForge. This book is about programming with J2ME on wireless devices with focus on developing games. It is assumed you have some knowledge and programming experience with... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 18 May

  • Nokia Developers's Suite 2.1 for J2ME™ released (23:54) - Nokia Developer's Suite for the Java™ 2 Platform, Micro Edition, Version 2.1 provides developers with utilities for creating and deploying MIDP 1.0 and MIDP 2.0 applications. New features in this version include a UI Designer for building user interface... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Handling HTTP Redirect on Nokie Series 40 devices (23:49) - Nokia has changed the behavior of the HTTP redirection between MIDP 1.0 Series 40 devices and MIDP 2.0 Series 40 devices. This document explains the differences and gives examples. Technical Note: Handling HTTP Redirecting In Nokia Series 40 Devices... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Nokia on Series 40 J2ME Command Mapping (23:44) - This article explains in full detail exactly how the Nokia Series 40 J2ME devices map commands onto softkeys and menus. Series 40 devices have either 2 or 3 soft keys. Some even have flip down keyboards and can rotate their... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • IBM's Workplace Client gaining partners (07:37) - The partners that have signed on include Adobe Systems, Binary Tree, Blue Martini Software, Cisco Systems, Colligo Networks, e-office, Genius Inside, Intellisync, PalmOne, PeopleSoft, PSC Group, PureEdge Solutions, Relavis, Research In Motion, Siebel Systems, Symbol Technologies, Synchrony and Wily Technology.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 17 May

  • Inca X ME for J2ME -- free download (08:52) - Inca X ME enhances the Inca X product range by adding a new tool set to create and deploy J2ME™ MIDP applications that access Jini™ 2.0 services running in the enterprise. Inca X requires JDK 1.4.x, Jini 2.0, and J2ME... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Southern LINC Introduces i830 (08:04) - Although this bronze colored handset has a feature set similar to the i730, leaving on wondering if it isn't just a different name for the same phone, the i830 is much smaller and lighter than the i730. Supporting MIDP 2.0... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 16 May

  • Indonesian review of the Motorola V600 J2ME handset (21:22) - All in all, however, the V600 is a joy to use. I like its sturdiness and the user interface is not that difficult to learn, even for a first-time user of a Motorola cell phone. The style is up to... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 15 May

  • Hashtable interface to MIDP RecordStore (01:09) - Complete with code, this blog entry discusses creating an adapter to the J2ME RMS classes. I have created a special adaptor to the RMS. It doesnot cover all the RMS capabilities but allows us to use RMS as a backend... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • BlackBerry Development with J2ME (00:38) - This article goes over the differences of developing a J2ME application for a BlackBerry device than a standard mobile phone. A quick overview that can help bring applications to an audience of over 1 million BlackBerry devices. Currently, the RIM... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 14 May

  • IBM Article on Globalizing J2ME Apps (09:19) - Although it's from last month, this is the latest J2ME article from IBM. Since CLDC/MIDP do not have I18N or G11N classes like J2SE does, this article goes into how one can implement these using the classes that are given... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 13 May

  • Handango announces 2004 Award Finalists (16:25) - Chosen from more than 50,000 applications, finalists for the awards that will be given on Jun 24th in San Diego have been announced. The platforms for the awards include: Palm OS, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphon, J2ME, Symbian,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • QUALCOMM Announces High-Speed HSDPA Solution to Drive Advanced Data Services for WCDMA (15:48) - QUALCOMM's MSM6280 chip will support data rates of 7.2 Mbps, QVGA graphics, 15 fps video telephony and recording , 30 fps playback, and 4.0 MP camera support. The MSM6280 is primarily a GSM carrier chip, as it does not support... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 12 May

  • Enough Software releases alpha of J2ME Polish (22:26) - J2ME Polish as a suite of tools to speed up J2ME development. Included in the suite are build tools using Ant, device optimization, source utilities, etc. The big feature, though, is its ability to control application look with a standard... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Rumor: Possible N-Gage 2? (11:16) - This article points to the mention of MIDP 2.0 in use for the N-Gage, but currently both N-Gage devices are MIDP 1.0. Is this implying an new N-Gage? Or an upgrade to the N-Gage OS since all new Series 60... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Wildseed launches GameSkin for Mortal Kombat (10:34) - The GameSkin featuring Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance marks the first time a Mortal Kombat game will be played on a wireless phone. This game accessory will add Game Boy Advance style controls to optimize the phone for competitive Mortal Kombat:... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • First four player mutiplayer mobile game (10:27) - MFORMA Group, Inc., a leading global provider of wireless entertainment, has released Poker Multiplayer, the first mobile J2ME game where four players can play simultaneously at the same time, in the same game. Available only to Sprint PCS Vision... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 11 May

  • AtlasTrack brings LBS to Nextel (07:08) - Networks In Motion(TM), a wireless software solutions provider for mobile workforce management and location-based services (LBS), today announced that AtlasTrack(TM), a powerful, easy-to-use location-enabled application for managing mobile workers, operates on Nextel's nationwide packet data network using a Nextel... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Hasbro MICRO MACHINES for J2ME (06:57) - Under license from Atari, Inc., and Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), the MICRO MACHINES mobile game allows gamers to burn tires in single player races. The games are developed in J2ME and offer players all the fun, excitement and challenging gameplay associated... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 10 May

  • IBM Websphere and Openwave (23:20) - IBM WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment, part of IBM's Workplace Client Technology, Micro Edition family, features a certified implementation of the J2ME(TM) specifications, specifically the Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), which are core market requirements... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • IBM's Workplace Client (10:58) - PalmOne stressed the compatibility of Workplace Client with J2ME, a version of Java designed for mobile devices. "With the growth of wireless computing, embedded Java will be increasingly important in allowing disparate devices to access different networks and types of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 7 May

  • JSR 177 - Security and Trust Services API for J2ME (10:50) - Sun Microsystems has published a proposed final draft for JSR 177 - Security and Trust Services API for J2ME. "The purpose of this JSR is to define a collection of APIs that provide security services to J2ME enabled devices. These... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Wireless Game Design Presentations 2000/2002 (09:19) - Here are some wireless game development powerpoint presentations from presenter Greg Costikyan, a game industry consultant of Unplugged, Inc, a wireless game and service provider. IIR London Online Games Conference, 2000 Wireless Games: Mass-market gaming through Internet-enabled mobile devices. Game... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Superscape developing 3D games for GWE (09:12) - Superscape Group plc (LSE: SPS), leaders in revolutionary entertainment for mobile phones, announces today that it has won a contract, with a value of $1.2m, to develop a new portfolio of mobile games for Californian-based Global Wireless Entertainment Inc, (GWE).... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME revenue growing rapidly in next few years (09:02) - A new report from the ARC Group estimates the Java market to have earned operators almost US$1.4 billion in 2003, which is forecast to dramatically increase to over US$15.5 billion by 2008. This equates to around 3% of all... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 6 May

  • Sun Pushing to increase J2ME game development in India (09:09) - Sun Microsystems has announced that it is teaming up with Paradox Studios Pvt. Ltd, a Reliance group company to boost the market for gaming in India and further propagate the adoption of J2ME amongst the Indian gaming developer community. Clearly,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 5 May

  • Java faster than C? (09:16) - Well, maybe not straight C, but Obj-C on a Mac. Really cool experiment done by Sam Pullara that seems to show Java beating the cr*p out of Obj-C. This is not so farfetched as it may seem (sadly, even... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Exploring the J2ME Mobile Media APIs (08:44) - The Mobile Media APIs provide a rich and extensible framework for playing and capturing a wide variety of media on mobile devices. Find out how to add sizzle to your application using these features. This covers JSR-135, the J2ME Mobile... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 4 May

  • Introduction to J2ME Web Services API (JSR 172) (10:57) - Developed within the Java Community Process as JSR 172, the J2ME Web Services API (WSA) extends the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition to support web services. The API's two optional packages standardize two areas of functionality that are crucial... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME and Location-Based Services (09:20) - This article introduces you to the field of LBS and to the Location API for J2ME (JSR 179), a set of generic APIs that can be used for developing location-based services. In addition, the article offers guidelines for designing... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME on Set Top boxes via OnRamp (08:08) - Upon finalization of the specification (JSR 242), OnRamp to OCAP, a profile of the J2ME CLDC technology specification, will be available to all set-top box vendors, DTV application developers and service providers. Essentially what we have here is J2ME... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 3 May

  • Mobile LBS and the Motorola i730 (23:39) - This is a good article from Sun about developing an LBS applet for the i730. It covers the basics as well as providing code for download that will get the handsets current position. Java and GIS, Part 2: Mobile LBS... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments
  • Will J2ME Deliver? (10:41) - Although this is an older article from last year, it is still very timely. MIDP 2.0 phones are still rolling into the market and are becoming prevalent enough to be noticed everywhere. But the current crop of handsets still has... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 30 April

  • Considerations of globalization solutions in J2ME (14:44) - This article explores a solution for globalization applications in Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME). It describes this solution throughout the software development life cycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, and deployment. You'll learn why globalization is important... | 0 Comments
  • Push Your MIDlets to Do a Lot More with MIDP 2.0 PushRegistry (14:03) - Learn how to push your MIDlets up to first-class status on a range of mobile devices using the PushRegistry. A very useful feature that has been around in BREW for quite some time (called BREW-Driected SMS). Push Your MIDlets... | 1 Comments
  • Avoid the 9 Common Flaws of Unportable Mobile Java Apps (13:43) - Portability is a huge concern, especially in wireless development, but developers who fail to incorporate portability concerns into their app design from the outset are doomed to repeat the same dumb mistakes over and over. Find out the nine... | 0 Comments
  • Harden Your Wireless Apps with MIDP 2.0 Protection Domains (13:30) - Security has always been central to the MIDP specification, but the new MIDP 2.0 goes well beyond the first version's sandbox method. Find out how to use the new protection domains in 2.0. Harden Your Wireless Apps with MIDP... | 0 Comments

Thursday 29 April

  • J2ME and Unicode (23:17) - If you've ever run into problems faced with multi-lingual text differences, Jason's latest article will solve just that. Learn how to make use of Unicode character-sets when developing in a J2ME-based environment, where you'll more than likely have a... | 0 Comments
  • 'Come and Have a Go' with Mobile Java Technology (23:16) - Sun Microsystems' Mobile Java Powers Developnet's Interactive Quiz Application for Millions of Prime-Time BBC TV Viewers 'Come and Have a Go' with Mobile Java Technology... | 0 Comments
  • Visto Corporation Receives Patent for Secure Remote Access To Corporate Data (23:15) - Visto Corporation (www.visto.com), the leading provider of personal and corporate mobile messaging solutions to wireless operators for the broadest set of mobile device platforms, today announced that it has been issued a patent for a system and method for... | 0 Comments
  • Overcoming Challenges in Mobile J2ME Development (23:14) - Even if you're an experience J2SE/J2EE developer, to become a good mobile Java developer you'll need to understand the special characteristics of mobile devices, wireless networks, and mobile users. This sample book chapter explains the challenges in mobile application... | 0 Comments
  • JBlend Platform Delivers J2ME Execution Environment (23:13) - Among the First MIDP 2.0 Handsets on Market, the One Touch(TM) 735i Handset Employs Aplix's Leading Java Platform JBlend Platform Delivers J2ME Execution Environment for New Alcatel Phone Now Shipping... | 0 Comments
  • palmOne Releases New Java J2ME MIDP 2.0 Runtime (23:12) - palmOne today announced general availability of an ARM-processor-optimized Java runtime for end users. The new MIDP 2.0 J2ME runtime is compatible with Tungsten handhelds, the Zire 71 and the Treo 600 smartphone. A free toolkit is available for developers.... | 0 Comments
  • J2ME Quiz App for BBC TV Show (23:11) - The BBC has launched a live interactive game show, called "Come and Have a Go… If You Think You're Smart Enough" (airs on BBC One on Saturday nights). The new show is significant as it is the first game... | 0 Comments