JavaOne sessions now posted online
As in the last years many of the 2008 JavaOne sessions and hands-on labs are being posted online at SDN so you can catch up with or revisit sessions. They are freely accessible even if without a JavaOne registration. -- Terrence — Terrence Barr
(May 30, 2008)

Java Mobility Podcast 47: Johannesburg Town Hall

A live recording from the Town Hall meeting at the Johannesburg Mobility Days. (May 29, 2008)

11 Things About LWUIT
Our session went very well, those of you who have been to our session saw some of the work we did on LWUIT which is now up and available here: https://lwuit.dev.java.net/

LWUIT is designed for small devices and heavily inspired by Swings design, with many lessons learned. LWUIT is designed for WORA on small devices from the ground up, it works with a single JAR on all devices and incorporates the good ideas of Swing while bringing in lots of the great ideas of current day Java Desktop programming (e.g. SwingLabs).

Progress Indicator & Threads In LWUIT
LWUIT doesn't ship with a pre-existing progress indicator, mostly because making something generic enough for all the common cases is not as simple as it might seem in the beginning. Especially when considering how easy it is to write your own progress indicator... — Shai Almog

How Portable Is LWUIT Part 2 - The PSP
A cool thing about J1 is meeting people who are working on great ideas which I wasn't expecting, I met Max Mu before but we hadn't talked too much... Then in J1 he flashed his PSP running a port of Phone ME which was also the subject of his BoF, getting LWUIT running on it was just a matter of beaming the jar over into his device using BT. It just worked, very little needed doing. — Shai Almog

I'm back from JavaOne 2008 and it was great!

Hello again everybody. I just had a busy week, cause I went to JavaOne 2008 :) — Lucas Torri
(May 16, 2008)

Gish Mobile: Big Pile of Java ME Poo game
This looks like it will be a fun Java ME game. You are a 12 pound pile of poo cruising around your Java ME cell phone, looking in the sewers for gold coins to eat, because apparently that's what you do if you're a 12 pound pile of poo.

LWUIT is the way!
Do you know LWUIT? Nop?! Are you still wasting time drawing Canvas?! — Bruno Ghisi
(May 19, 2008)

InvokeAndBlock, Foxtrot Inspired Threading In LWUIT
I previously mentioned that LWUIT has some nifty threading tools inspired by Foxtrot but didn't get into details, this is made worse by the fact that even people coming from Swing don't know enough about Foxtrot. So here I'll try to explain the basic concepts behind this threading approach which many consider superior to the simple approach in MIDP/Swing. — Shai Almog

Java Mobility Podcast 46: LWUIT - Lightweight UI Toolkit

The Lightweight UI Toolkit development team gather in a round table discussion about the library, it's goal and the impending open sourcing issues. (May 15, 2008)

Faculty Summit on Mobile Devices in CS Education
Qusary Mahmoud, a Java Champion and ME Community Star, from the Centre for Mobile Education Research along with Research in Motion are hosting the Faculty Summit on Mobile Devices in CS Education at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario Canada. This event is for faculty members interested in integrating mobile devices into their courses and across the CS curriculum. The summit will provide a unique opportunity for CS educators at the college and university levels to learn about the potentials of integrating mobile devices in CS education. Attendees will enjoy a day of talks, tutorials, and demos from faculty members, industry speakers and students.

Nice to meet you!
JavaOne 2008 is almost over. It was another fun and content-filled event - even if it lacked the big announcements this year. I'll be blogging about some details and interesting things I saw over the next couple of days. One... — Terrence Barr
(May 09, 2008)

Java Mobility Podcast 45: Live from JavaOne 2008

Daniel Steinberg takes his microphone and tours the JavaOne 2008 Pavilion giving listeners an opportunity to experience the booths in the Mobility Village at JavaOne 2008. (May 08, 2008)

LWUIT released at JavaOne
The Lightweight UI Toolkit was officially announced to the developer community during yesterday's JavaOne mobility keynote by Jeet Kaul (video and audio archive). An early access binary release of the LWUIT library is available immediately and the full source code... — Terrence Barr

Excitement in the Air for the CommunityOne Fair

Everyone seemed excited about this free and open developer event... — Qusay H. Mahmoud
(May 06, 2008)

The Mobile and Embedded Ecosystem
The mobile developers have the coolest toys. The main reason that I am at JavaOne this year is that I produce the weekly Java Mobile and Embedded Podcast hosted by Roger Brinkley and Terrence Barr. My voice doesn't appear in the show so many people don't know that I'm involved, but I have really enjoyed working with this project over the past year and getting to know the members of the mobile and embedded community and the many cool projects you can find there. — Daniel H. Steinberg

JavaOne: Taking mobile application development out of the niche

Java and mobility enthusiast and visionary C. Enrique Ortiz gives his thoughts on why mobile application development is still a niche activity for developers, and what the hot topics about mobility will be at JavaOne. — C. Enrique Ortiz
(May 6, 2008)

New gaming experiences with OpenGL ES and the Mobile Sensor API
For game developers focused on Java ME, there are two APIs available for creating 3D graphics, the Mobile 3D API (JSR-184) and the OpenGL ES bindings for Java ME (JSR-239). The Mobile 3D API is basically the Java ME equivalent to the Java 3D API we know from Java SE, while JSR-239 is a Java implementation of the OpenGL ES standard managed by the Khronos Group (there is also a Java SE implementation of the standard OpenGL API called JOGL). Click here to read more.

Java ME Internationalization with "home made" solution!

How to implement internationalization support on your application without JSR 238, but with a "home made" solution!! =) — Neto Marin
(May 01, 2008)

Java Mobility Podcast 44: John Charles, Airscape Down Under CTO

John Charles, CTO of the Australian based Airscape Technology shares his views of the mobile world and why he believes that now is the time to be developing applications for mobile devices. (May 01, 2008)

Coming soon: Swing for mobile Java, but better

Welcome LWUIT (Lightweight UI Toolkit)! For years, Java ME developers have faced difficult choices when it comes to application UIs. Because of the multitude of platform and device features and differences there was really no common UI story - there... — Terrence Barr
(Apr 30, 2008)

Marging a FX Tetris at JavaOne!
Project Marge got a mini talk in Community Corner! If you want to get introduced in Bluetooth, JSR 82 and Project Marge, that is the place! Also, if you just want to see some cool demos, including a mobile controller for a compiled JavaFX Script game, come there too! — Bruno Ghisi

Mobile & Embedded Community in FISL 9.0
The Mobile & Embedded Community was greatly represented at the International Free Software Conference, held in Porto Alegre, south Brazil. Look what was showed. — Alexandre Gomes

Alive and kickin': Java on Windows Mobile

Recently on the Java Champions alias some people were surprised to learn that Java has been available on WIndows Mobile for some time now. Obviously we aren't publicizing that fact enough ;-) . . . so here we go. The phoneME Advanced project open source repository contains a Java SE 1.4.2-compatible stack running on Windows Mobile. — Terrence Barr
(Apr 25, 2008)

Java Mobility Podcast 43: Mobile Distillery's porting tool Celsius

Razmig Sarkissian from Mobile Distillery talks to Terrence about Celsius, a software solution for porting and optimizing Java ME applications across over 800 phones. (Apr 24, 2008)

Hey, little buddy, it's Java ME tech-enabled eBuddy

Here's yet another instance of a company finding a working business model around Java ME technology. It just keeps getting better. The company eBuddy moved their application from the regular desktop Internet world to mobile devices. With an advertising model on the desktop Web and a revenue-sharing model for their mobile app, it seems they have hit a sweet spot. Java ME technology just keeps making sense (cents)... or dollars in this case! ;-) — Hinkmond Wong
(Apr 23, 2008)

LAB-6400 Create Your Own Mobile Game

I impressed. My LAB-6400 Create Your Own Mobile Game is full already. No empty seats for late-coming attendees. Maybe you can sit on floor if you really want to join. The result of the lab will be a game application with name "Lost Duke". — Lukas Hasik
(Apr 21, 2008)

Your Mobile and Embedded guide to JavaOne 2008
It's that time of year again ... JavaOne (and CommunityOne)! As always, there is lots of good technical content (in fact, like every year, too much to digest in just a few days) ... and, as last year, I've tried... — Terrence Barr

Java Mobility Podcast 42: Dalibor Topic joins Sun

Dalibor Topic talks about his first couple of days at Sun as the Java Free Open Software Ambassador. (Apr 18, 2008)

JT Harness 4.1.3 milestone release
The JT Harness 4.1.3 milestone release includes functionality that is supporting JUnit tests and test suites. The JT Harness 4.1.3 milestone release also includes numerous bug fixes. JT Harness 4.1.3 provides complete backwards compatibility with previous releases of JT Harness, and JT Harness users will be able to easily migrate to this release. Additionally, the JT Harness 4.1.3 release (and subsequent releases) are covered under the GPL 2 license plus Classpath Exception. For more information, visit the JT Harness project.

Java on iPhone: "Hello world" x2
Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of noise regarding whether or not Java will be on the iPhone. Well, actually, it already is - at least the VM and the basic libraries. JamVM has been running... — Terrence Barr

News roundup

A couple of interesting news bits have accumulated over the last couple of days ... I'd like to quickly summarize them so they don't get lost: Of course, one of the top news items this time of year must be... — Terrence Barr
(Apr 18, 2008)

Houston, we have liftoff... Java ME CDC/FP running on iPod Touch

Chris P. just sent me his latest diff to allow our Java ME CDC/Foundation Profile to build for iPhoneOS/ARM (to run on the actual iPhone device, not just the simulator). So, here it is: Java ME running on an iPod Touch (yeah, I know you're going to complain it's not the iPhone, but the iPod Touch is the same diff) — Hinkmond Wong
(Apr 18, 2008)

Starting with Sun SPOT using NetBeans 6.1
If you do not have a Sun SPOT, do not be bored, you can still have a lot of fun! In this entry, I gonna explain how to start programming the world using NetBeans 6.1! — Bruno Ghisi

Sun Java Real-Time System Selected for Space Surveillance Radar
The Eglin Space Surveillance Radar (FPS-85), which schedules and tracks catalogued space objects, is currently undergoing a complex modernization process to replace legacy mission-critical components built from one-of-a-kind equipment and custom software. The Sun Java Real-Time System, a high-level development platform for creating applications that require unprecedented execution predictability, will enable ITT to run the new solution using Java technology on Solaris 10 OS and standard hardware. Read more on Sun Java RTS.

Dalibor Topic, welcome to Sun!

Back from a 4 week hiatus (vacation, traveling, and various bouts of flu and colds) it's time to crank up the blogging again ... starting with a great bit of news: We're excited to announce that Dalibor Topic is joining Sun... — Terrence Barr
(Apr 15, 2008)

Programming for Cool Devices Using the OpenSource Java ME phoneME Stack
"It appears that much of humanity is meeting and greeting the web through handhelds and Java ME. Its kind of thrilling to be the tiniest part of it, even if only as someone who reports on and promotes it." Read on to see what Janice J. Heiss says of a session given by Terrence Barr at Tech Days, which included an update on JavaME.

Java ME says "Hello world."

Here's something I'm working on with Chris Plummer and Dean Long for JavaOne this year. Chris recently was able to build our Java ME CDC/Foundation Profile platform on Darwin OS x86 (hmmm... Darwin OS... I wonder what that means... ;-) ) last weekend. (I think he started on Friday afternoon and was ready with it on Saturday). Faster than you can say, "Java ME rules!" — Hinkmond
(Apr 11, 2008)

New project Marge version! I'm not kidding...
Today, we are proud to announce a new version of the project Marge! [Time for thinking...] Yeah, that's true! This is not an april 1st joke :) We have been working for the last month in new features in marge-core, the framework itself, and also in a new version of Bluechat. Now, we happily present marge-core v0.5, with the following diffs from 0.4.0: Read more. — Lucas Torri

SigTest - new Tools project!
The SigTest project is based on Sun Microsystem's signature testing and API conformance tool of the same name. The SigTest tool makes it possible to easily compare the signatures of two different implementations of the same API. It verifies that all of the members are present, reports when new members are added, and checks the specified behavior of each API member. Originally developed to help in the creation of TCK test suites, it has since evolved into a general purpose tool that can be used to compare any two implementations of an API to determine their differences. The SigTest project is being created in order to develop a community that will improve it, further its development, and use it to develop test suites. We encourage you to browse, download, contribute, and get involved.
(Apr 10, 2008)

Java Mobility Podcast 41: Down Under - Sydney Mobility Days Town Hall

Roger leads a developer question and answer session of Australian developers at Mobility Days in Sydney. (Apr 09, 2008)

LIVE!!! Tru-2-Way and OpenCable Discussion on TV of Tomorrow
Catch Roger Brinkley, Mobile & Embedded Community Leader and Phil Bender of CableLabs live talking about OCAP, Tru-2-Way and the Open Cable Project on TV of Tomorrow. Hear it here.

LIVE!!! OCAP Discussion on TV of Tomorrow
Catch Roger Brinkley, Mobile & Embedded Community Leader and Phil Bender live talking about OCAP and the Open Cable Project on TV of Tomorrow. Hear it here.

Java Mobility Podcast 40: Navigon - navigation on your phone

Terrence Barr talks with Phillip Candal about their new Scabler product that has integrated mapping and GPS solution and how it was developed by J2ME Polish. (Apr 02, 2008)

OpenCable InterOp scheduled April 30 - May 2, 2008
InterOp events provide OpenCable application developers and set-top box manufacturers an opportunity to interact with each other in a collaborative, laboratory environment. There is no cost to attend, and an InterOp is a great opportunity to test your application on an actual cable-head end. For this InterOp, there will be technical leaders from several cable companies in attendance, providing further exposure. Please consider attending this event to be hosted at CableLabs in Louisville, CO during the week of April 28, 2008. More details about InterOp goals and requirements are posted on the OpenCable Project within the Mobile & Embedded Community. — Phil Bender
(Mar 27, 2008)

New Java ME phone: Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte

What is missing about JavaME at next JavaOne 2008?

It is soon time for JavaOne and I always feel "I must go" and I will go also this year! I think JavaOne is about; go to a lot of interesting Java sessions/BOF, meting a lot of new Java people and also discover a lot of new Java products in the JavaOne Pavilion. Some weeks ago The JavaOne Content Catalog (for javaME) is online and I was thinking "what subject is missing in javaME area at this JavaOne?" — Ove Nordstrom
(Mar 14, 2008)

Java Mobile Podcast 39: CQME, Conformance and Quality and jtharness projects in the M&E Community

Kevin Looney, Brian Kurotsuchi, and Mikhail.Gorshenev talk about CQME and jtharness projects and their uses as a TCK testing tool and the possibility of using it for testing applications. (Mar 14, 2008)

Things that iPhone can do that Java ME technology can't

OK. I just found out something that the iPhone can do that a Java ME technology-enabled cell phone can't do... yet. In a presentation today at the OSiM 2008 conference, Fabrizio Capobianco (CEO of Funambol) mentioned the iFartz application for the iPhone. There's no Java ME equivalent (that I know of). Too bad ... Can someone port this please? :-) — Hinkmond Wong
(Mar 13, 2008)

CVM JIT Constant Pool Dumps

In a comment in a previous article, Jamsheed asked why CVM's JIT dumps compiled code constants in a seemingly reverse order. Well, here's a discussion about why. — Mark Lam
(Mar 13, 2008)

Java Mobility Podcast 38: Developing and deploying content in the real world

This week feature listens in the the MEDD Panel session Developing and Deploying Content in the Real World. It is a frank discussion amongst large and small application developers, oems, device manufacturers, carriers, and tool vendors. (Mar 07, 2008)

Terrence Barr at OSIM USA Mar 11 & 12th!
Terrence Barr will be speaking at the Open Source In Mobile (OSIM ) USA conference in San Francisco on March 11 & 12th. Go to the OSIM conference site for more information on speakers and the agenda. And while you're there, keep a keen eye out for Hinkmond Wong, the Community's phoneME Advanced project owner ;-).

Open Sourcing the Vast Wasteland

How does a whole nation's digital TV infrastructure, serving nearly 100 million TVs grab you? And thats just the start! Java technology will be at the heart of Brazil's new digital TV standard. And it wouldn't have happened if Java was not Free software. — Rich Sands
(Mar 6, 2008)

JXTA for MIDP 2.0: an interview with Mohamed Abdelaziz
SDN Staff Writer Ed Ort recently interviewed JXTA project architect Mohamed Abdelaziz. Abdelaziz discusses JXTA and demonstrates how JXTA for MIDP 2.0 allows handheld devices to participate as first class devices in a JXTA network. View the video. The site also contains helpful links to all things JXTA.

Mobility Tech Tip: Java ME and Sun SPOT technology
Bruce Hopkins explores how to use Java ME and Sun SPOT technology to create a low-bandwidth wireless system to read sensor data. He provides two fully functioning applications: the first one is the base station application, which will receive data from the second application, the free roaming wireless Sun SPOT. Read the Tech Tip .

Play with Robots at the San Francisco Java Meetup - March 3rd
This meeting is for both beginners and pros and involves some hands-on "play"-time, so if you'd like to participate, you'd want to be already proficient with Java. Shawn Silverman will present an informal 2-3 hour seminar on Embedded Java and Robotics, featuring Trackbot and SunSpot.

Is Brazil guilty of open source Java?

"Who ultimately forced Sun to open-source Java? Was it external pressure, either from Java developers or the open-source community? Or was it internal, perhaps a mandate from CEO Jonathan Schwartz? Answer: None of the above. According to Jonathan himself, it was Brazil." — Alexandre Gomes
(Feb 23, 2008)

Next generation of DVD players to run Java ME technology

Here's a guardian.co.uk article on Jonathan Schwartz talking about open source Java technology. The cool part is the mention of the victory of Blu-ray over HD-DVD. For those who don't know, Blu-ray DVD standard has Java ME CDC and Personal Basis Profile technologies. The la-la-la-looser, HD-DVD technology, had no Java ME technology. Blu-ray, winner--Java ME. HD-DVD, la-la-la-looser, no Java ME. You make your own conclusions. — Hinkmond Wong
(Feb 21, 2008)

Take the 2008 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge®!
This global program challenges application developers around the world to build innovative location-based services (LBS) that work with mobile phones and/or wireless handheld devices using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ maps. Registration has been extended to March 7, 2008 for the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge - APAC. Sign up now for the challenge.

Bill Foote on Blu-ray Disk Java
In a video at java.sun.com, Bill Foote, Sun's Blu-ray Disk Java (BDJ) architect, explains Java's role in high definition Blu-ray disks, and demonstrates the kind of interactivity it enables.

Senior moment with your passwords? No fret, use Java ME LockCrypt Mobile!

Did you ever have one of those moments where you just can't remember your freakin' passwords? Ahhh! Do you need to drink more Red Bull? Do you need to implant a Non-Volatile RAM chip insider your head? Nah. All you need is the Java ME technology-enabled LockCyrpt Mobile app.

— Hinkmond Wong
(Feb 14, 2008)

CableLabs Establishes OpenCable Project on Java.net
Cable operators are delivering on their promise to deploy tru2way interactivity to consumers' homes in the form of tru2way-enabled set-top boxes which utilize Java-based applications. Time Warner Cable already has deployed nearly 600,000 tru2way set-top boxes and Comcast has made the commitment to deploy support for tru2way devices system-wide by the end of 2008. Read the entire press release .

Java Mobile Podcast 37: Announcements for M&E Developer Days
In this episode we talk about the Center for Mobile Education research and feature the introductory presentation by Terrence Barr and Roger Brinkley at last month's Mobile and Embedded Developer Days. (Feb 12, 2008)

See you at Mobile World Congress (3GSM) this week in Barcelona
As it turns out I'm hopping over to Mobile World Congress (also knows as 3GSM) in Barcelona to catch up with a couple of companies and folks in the mobile space as well as to attend the Mobile Monday Peer... — Terrence Barr
(Feb 10, 2008)

Java Mobility Podcast #36: James Goslings MEDD Keynote Address

Roger and Terrence recap some of the announcements from the Mobile and Embedded Developer Days. You'll also hear an excerpt from James Gosling's MEDD keynote address. (Feb 11, 2008)

Ricoh Printers using Java ME Technology

Betcha didn't know that large networked computer printers use Java ME technology. No, it's not the bigger Java SE technology, but instead the smaller Java ME technology that is found in the Ricoh multi-function printers. If you are concerned about space, but want Java SE functionality, Java ME CDC Technology is the right choice for you. Even if you have a lot of memory for Java technology to run, it doesn't mean you have to use it all up for Java technology. It's like the penny jar at the cash register: Use only what you need. :-) — Hinkmond Wong
(Feb 5, 2008)

Centre for Mobile Education Research
The Centre for Mobile Education Research (CMER) is housed within the Department of Computing and Information Science at the University of Guelph. The mission of CMER is to engage in leading edge applied research to develop state-of-the-art applications and services to facilitate and enhance mobile education and learning, and to provide leadership in integrating mobile devices into the computer science curriculum. Read more about the Centre for Mobile Education Research.

So, you want to deploy a J2ME app is the US?

We are about to launch a new mobile service in the US. Sounds simple, doesn't it? Well, it's not... You have two ways of deploying a mobile service in the US, and for that matter anywhere in the world.

— Ofir Leitner
(Jan 31, 2008)

Mobile & Embedded Developer Days Wrap-Up

Wow, what a week it has been! The Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days conference ended last Thursday and I think it is fair to say it was a resounding success. Many attendees gave us very positive feedback both personally... — Terrence Barr
(Feb 01, 2008)

Your Website Mobile Ready?
I bumped into an interesting (free) tool to check the mobile readiness of a website. Using the tool is as simple as entering a URL and clicking ‘Go’. What better way to try the tool than give it a go on this blog. You can see the results of the scan in a few screenshots [...]

Announcing FallME
Jim Shingler and Christopher Judd have released the first version of FallME version 0.5. FallME is a Java ME framework based on the popular Spring Framework but designed for mobile devices including those running MIDP. This framework provides an IoC container as well as a RecordStoreTemplate. You can download it and find more details at https://fallme.dev.java.net/.

A "Fragmentation Program Office"?
A lot has been blogged about fragmentation in the mobile space, but in certain areas, progress seems glacial. Discussions at the MEDD conference suggest the need for a central role to coordinate work on the many facets of fragmentation. — Sean Sheedy

A Few Products That Ease the Life of Java ME Developers

A new technical article suggests how to add support for managing source code and for deploying applications. — Marina Sum
(Jan 25, 2008)

Making your ME application looks even better
If you think that the most difficult part in writing a Java ME application is make a good looking GUI, you come to the right place. Here is a list of interesting projects that could facilitates you in some way... — Bruno Ghisi
(Jan 27, 2008)

Sun SPOT more Open Source than ever
After releasing the Squawk VM as Open Source, Sun announced yesterday that has open sourced the SPOT libraries as well, under GPLv2. SPOTs are small, Java-based, wireless devices developed at Sun Labs. This libraries include the code responsible for wireless communication, sensors control and security at the devices. The news was published in the forum and can be seen the the java.net project website: https://spots.dev.java.net/ — Lucas Torri

Java Mobility Podcast 35: Live from Mobile and Embedded Developer Days
This week's podcast features voices from the first ever Java Mobile and Embedded Developer Days. We talked to many of the people presenting poster sessions on Sun Microsystems' Santa Clara campus as well as some of the contestant trying to win one of four SunSPOTs. (Jan 25, 2008)

Mobile & Embedded Developer Days - Live
The Mobile & Embedded Developer Days live broadcast is now available. Join in and listen to the first ever Java Mobile & Embedded geared for application developers.

Live! Worldwide! Free! Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days broadcast

One of my personal goals for the Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days was to make this conference different from your average developer conference. Different with regard to the focus (deep mobile & embedded Java content), different with regard to... — Terrence Barr
(Jan 18, 2008)

Kicking Butt with MIDP and MSA

Java ME expert Jonathan Knudsen has a new book that is lean, accessible, and occasionally funny: a practical guide to building MIDP 2.0/MSA (JSR 248) applications. The book offers solutions for the complex challenges of coding efficiency, application design, and usability in constrained mobile environments, and it comes with downloadable code. — Jonathan Knudsen
(Jan17, 2007)

MEDD - Social Event
Maria Elena's Restaurant in Alviso isn't your typical conference dinner location. But then the Mobile & Embedded Developer Days, January 23-24 in Santa Clara, CA isn't your typical conference either. — Roger Brinkley

MEDD - Poster Sessions
If your interested in doing a presentation at Mobile & Embedded Developer Days it still isn't too late. Poster sessions are still available. — Roger Brinkley

Open Discussion of Developer Issues

Because so many community leaders will be in town for the MEDD conference next week, Terrence Barr has reserved a room from 9 AM to 1 PM on Friday January 25th for a discussion of issues facing individual developers. If you have an interest in this aspect of the community, read on. — Sean Sheedy
(Jan 17, 2008)

Mobility Podcast 33: Simon Phipps on Open Source
Sun Microsystems' Chief Open Source Officer Simon Phipps discusses some of the key points from his keynote address at FOSS-IN late last year in India. We look ahead to the upcoming Mobile and Embedded Developer Days.

Bugger! It's Java ME tech in Lego-like gadgets!

Bug Labs has done it! They put Java ME technology in Lego-like components that "snap" together to form all kinds of interesting hardware forms. Cool. Now I can build that Lego house I always wanted but with Java ME running in the guts. And, so what if there are no Windows... :-) — Hinkmond Wong
(Jan 14, 2008)

Time is Running Out…
With the registration closing on January 18th, there is only seven days left to reserve a spot at the Java Mobile and Embedded Developer Days. This is a two day event that covers a great deal of ground as it applies to mobile technology. From information on the future of the mobile and embedded community, to [...]

Java ME Optional Packages in Y2007

Carnival of the Mobilists # 105 at Mobile Point View
The first Carnival of the Mobilists of 2008 has been published at Paul Rupperts Mobile Point View blog. A great edition it is with lots of great of entries from mobility bloggers from around the world Check it out!

Adding a Humidity Sensor to Sun SPOT
Last month I got a Sun SPOT from a friend that came back from US and I can say that the kit is very cool and easy to use. Now, in my way to learn more about it I decided to add a Humidity Sensor to the board. — Lucas Torri
(Jan 08, 2008)

Blu-ray w/Java ME tech picked by Warner, HD-DVD going buh-bye

Oh, happy, happy, joy, joy. HD-DVD is going through its final death throes as Blue-ray (the one with Java ME CDC technology) hammers the nail in its coffin by cinching a deal with Warner to provide their movies only on the Blue-ray format starting this year. Bum, bum, bum, badda-da-da-bum-da-dum... Sing along everyone...

— Hinkmond Wong
(Jan 09, 2008)

Do we need a Mobile Developer Alliance?
I think most people would agree that feature-rich mobile platforms and unfettered wireless data servicesÂ coupled with a new wave of content (rich, interactive,Â integrated, dynamic, personalized, meshed) will be catalysts for the next phase of the participation age. The... — Terrence Barr
(Jan 09, 2008)

Article: Device Fragmentation of Mobile Applications
Device fragmentation is having to produce multiple versions of an application to run on multiple devices. It increases the required effort in almost all aspects of software life cycle. This article analyzes various aspects of device fragmentation, such as the reasons behind it, the current state of the art in tackling it, and the directions we can expect it to evolve in the future. Read more of the article.

Artilce: Device Fragmentation of Mobile Applications
Device fragmentation is having to produce multiple versions of an application to run on multiple devices. It increases the required effort in almost all aspects of software life cycle. This article analyzes various aspects of device fragmentation, such as the reasons behind it, the current state of the art in tackling it, and the directions we can expect it to evolve in the future. Read more of the article.

Happy New Year! And only three weeks to go ...
While I did try ;-) to take a much-needed break over the holidays I was still quite busy updating the Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days web site with the latest information, speakers, and sessions. The agenda is now final... — Terrence Barr

Java Mobility Podcast 31: SunSPOTs
Roger Meike talks about SunSPOTs, the device that InfoWorld has named one of the Must-have gadgets for the discerning geek. You'll hear about community, code, and plans for great presentations at January's Mobile and Embedded Developer Days. (Dec 25, 2007)

Java Mobility Podcast 32: Holiday Wishes and Resolutions
As we enter into the Holiday season, the Mobile & Embedded Community wishes all a happy holiday wishes in a montage holiday greetings and new year resolutions. (Dec 25, 2007)

Naughty or very naughty, you can still play this Java ME Christmas game

You better watch out, you better not cry. Java ME technology is coming to town with this new Christmas themed version of Blocker Breaker from Gameloft. ...Well boil me in plum pudding and stick some mistletoe in my ear. This looks like fun! :-) — Hinkmond Wong
(Dec 20, 2007)

Take our Mobile & Embedded Community survey
13 months after inception we're now really seeing the Mobile & Embedded Community taking off in a big way. Be it accesses to the site, code downloads, forum activity, or external contributions of code and entire projects ... all metrics...

Java ME Cell Phone Users in China Exceed 500 Million

Java ME technology keeps growing and growing. In China the number of cell phone users exceeded 500 million in Oct. 2007. The number of Java ME mobile game players is forecasted to reach over 24.43 million in China alone. — Hinkmond Wong
(Dec 14, 2007)

Mobility Podcast 30: Sun Tech Days & FOSS/IN
This week Terrence Barr reports from the Sun Tech Days in Frankfurt, Germany and Roger Brinkley talks about his time at FOSS/IN in Bangalore, India and the Sun India Tech Days. You are invited to take a new survey and Terrence interviews Michael Samarin from FUTURICE. (Dec 14, 2007)

Title: Java Mobile Podcast 29: Sun Tech Days & FOSS/IN
This week Terrence Barr reports from the Sun Tech Days in Frankfurt, Germany and Roger Brinkley talks about his time at FOSS/IN in Bangalore, India and the Sun India Tech Days. You are invited to take a new survey and Terrence interviews Michael Samarin from FUTURICE. (Dec 14, 2007)

Fast Eddie not fast enough

Poor Fast Eddie was not quite fast enough over at Motorola. Even though he promoted the Linux/Java stack on the new generation phones at Motorola, I guess that's not enough and revenues actually do matter. Someday, CEOs will be judged by their planning and forethought instead of their quarterly earnings... Yeah, fat chance! Ha! :-) — Hinkmond Wong
(Dec 11, 2007)

Vote for developer.com Product of the Year 2008!
The voting catagories include Technology, Framework, JSRs, Development Tools, open Source Tools, and much more. For information on the voting rules & process and to vote for your favorite product, go to developer.com.

Databases for Java ME, part 2: Not just JavaDB but also Perst Lite
In September I blogged about JavaDB/Derby for phoneME ("Need a database with your phone?"). There has been a lot of interest in this and people are using JavaDB/Derby in real-world deployments now with the phoneME Advanced (CDC) stack. However, I... — Terrence Barr

Developing OpenOffice.org Extensions in Java!
You can develop extensions for your OpenOffice.org suite... with Java! Wow! There is a huge community around it, plugins to make your life easy, good documentation... so, what are you waiting for?! — Bruno Ghisi
(Dec 07, 2007)

Mobility podcast #29: Mobile Content Lifecycle Management
There are seven steps to successfully bringing a mobile application to market. In this episode Steve Heney of Tira Wireless discusses this mobile content lifecycle management which includes market planning, design, development, adaptation, testing, channel readiness, and distribution. (Dec 06, 2007)

Thanks for great Frankfurt Tech Days!

Just came back from the Tech Days in Frankfurt, Germany. Thanks to the organizational team and in particular Ulrike Werneck from Sun Germany for putting this together! The venue (the Frankfurt Congress Center) was perfect, the organization was flawless, and... — Terrence Barr
(Dec 06, 2007)

Take the Mobile and Embedded Community survey
Community members are encouraged to take the Mobile & Embedded Community survey. It has been more than 12 months since the launch of the Community and we know that Community membership is up, there has been tremendous growth in new projects and the forums are active. But we won't know how well we're doing until we hear from you. So please take the Community survey and let us know!
(Dec 03, 2007)

Developer Days: Last 24 hours for discounted registration!
If you've been procrastinating signing up for the Java Mobile and Embedded Developer Days conference - well, you've got just a little over 24 hours left. The early bird discounted rate of $175 ends November 30th. Make sure you've had... — Terrence Barr
(Nov 29, 2007)

SDN's Identity Management Hub Offers Many Resources

Recently redesigned, this hub offers numerous references and resources. — Marina Sum
(Nov 29, 2007)

The tide is turning
A while back I blogged about the importance of open access to technology, in particular to network infrastructure, protocols, and bandwidth ("Open technologies need open access"). Well, it seems like the tide is finally turning. Verizon has announced it will... — Terrence Barr

Must-have gadgets for the discerning geek: Sun Spots tops the list!
So you want something that not everyone else has already discovered. InfoWorld has looked beyond the merely cool to uncover seven items that the truly leading-edge tech cognoscenti will want on their holiday lists. Read the entire article. Find out more about Sun Spots.

great to be JavaME developer

It looks very nice all new Java features of Nokia's S60 3rd Ed. fp 2 Because of Nokia's new S60 Java VM, we will get better performance for JavaME applications, possibility to dynamically extend the virtual machine with new APIs. Read more. — Ove Nordstrom

Early Bird Discount for M&E Developer Days
The early bird discount for the Mobile & Embedded Developer Days ends November 30. From now until November 30 at midnight the price is only $175 for the two day event.

Java ME loves me so, for the Java-ME-tech-enabledMobileVirtualBible tells me so

There was this kids show on TV around 30 years ago about an animated claymation boy named Davey and his talking dog Goliath. Davey would ask his big dog Goliath something like, "Gee, Goliath, I don't know if I should download these pirated MP3 files or not." — Hinkmond Wong
(Nov 27, 2007)

"Radical" SVG Makeover - Not your plain old Java ME app anymore (+ screencast)

Bored of plain old Java ME apps and lcdui.*? Want to spice up your applications with slick graphics and animations and make them more engaging? See Terrence Barr's blog and screencast to learn more about the "Radical SVG Makeover" project as well as all the things the Mobile & Embedded Community has to offer to application and content developers. Terrence Barr
(Nov 20, 2007)

"Radical" SVG Makeover - Not your plain old Java ME app anymore
A couple of years ago at JavaOne the Java Desktop team started the "Extreme GUI Makeover" series where Chris Campbell, Shannon Hickey, and Roman Guy took a plain old Swing application and pulled out all the stops to rework it... — Terrence Barr

Mobility podcast #28: Talks on upcoming Java Mobile and Embedded Developer Days
Podcast hosts Roger Brinkley and Terrence Barr are joined by members of the selection committee for January's Java Mobile and Embedded Developer Days. They talk about the different types of sessions that have been scheduled for this conference with C. Enrique Ortiz, CTO at EZee, Sean Sheedy, Java ME Consultant and Eric Arseneau, Sun Microsystems. (Nov 20, 2007)

Mobility podcast #27: JVTOS (TV set top box) at Cineca Research
Lorenzo Pallara is a researcher with Cinceca Research, a consortium of 25 Italian universities. The JVTOS project is a open sourced Java based end to end interactive TV broadcasting platform based on phoneME advanced. (Nov 19, 2007)

Highlights from Caravana TecnolÃ³gica GUJava/SC

Recently, Bruno Souza wrote about the tour that they were doing in some Latin America cities. Unfortunately, he had to travel to Russia, but the awesome guys (Tim Boudreau, Tim Jacobson, MaurÃcio Leal and Eduardo Lima) came to visit FlorianÃ³polis. Here it goes my highlights and some pics... also, if you are a JUG leader, you will probably be interested in two tools that I will comment in this entry! — Bruno Ghisi
(Nov 18, 2007)

e-Week article features Terrence Barr: Sun Shines on Mobile and Embedded Community
Terrence Barr, the Technical Evangelist for the Mobile & Embedded recaps the last 12 months since the launch of the Community in November 2006. Read what he says about the projects, the Community members, participation and the direction for JavaME.

Sample MIDlet for Mobile Client to WS

NetBeans Mobility Pack provides you a wizard for creating of stubs to connect to a webservice from mobile client. The stubs are generated according the J2ME Web Services Specification - JSR 172. Therefore the client will run only on devices with support for JSR172. — Lukas Hasik
(Nov 15 2007)

Apple not commenting on Terrence's promise to run Java ME on iPhones

I work with Terrence Barr in our Java ME Mobile and Embedded Community group, so I can kid around with him. ;-) NEWSFLASH: This just in... "Terrence goes on the line and promises Java ME running on all iPhones by next year..." Or, so the headline would read if we wanted to twist around his quote on Internet blog posts. ;-) — Hinkmond Wong
(Nov 14, 2007)

November 13 is Java Liberation Day!

Remember a year ago, when we turned the world upside down with one of the largest contributions to the Participation Age in history? I thought you did! — Rich Sands
(Nov 13 2007)

Lucky 13
13 is my luck number. I wore it on my baseball uniform and on my school issued books so having the Mobile & Embedded Community Launch on November 13 was no big deal. — Roger Brinkley

Happy Birthday Free and Open Source Java!
A year ago to this day on November 13, 2006, Sun released Java (ME, SE, and EE) under GPLv2. Wow, a year ago already? Here's a little flashback: the original press releaseÂ and the announcement site with interviews and... — Terrence Barr

It ain't over until the Java ME browser sings

Opera Mini has released their version 4 of their Java ME technology-enabled Web browser for cell phones. The new improvements include zooming and landscape mode, like you get on the iPhone browser. ... And of course, with Java ME technology, you can run Opera Mini 4 on a wide variety of wireless devices. That's the whole point. :-) — Hinkmond Wong
(Nov 9, 2007)

Sooo, what about Google Android and phoneME?

Over the last 24 hours very little news and lots of opinion and speculation hit the airwaves about Google's Android platform and the Open Handset Alliance. Our very own community member Sean Sheedy has this very detailed blog entry to... — Terrence Barr
(Nov 07, 2007)

Red Hat Joins OpenJDK
I was very pleased just now to see that Red Hat has announced they are joining the OpenJDK community to work on and use the Java implementation being developed over there. They have signed the contributor agreement as well as the OpenJDK TCK license. Read more details.

My review of Mobile & Embedded Developer Days Technical Sessions

Reviews of the Mobile & Embedded Developer Days continues this week as the team of reviewers analyze the submissions — Roger Brinkley
(Nov 06, 2007)

Announcement to the cqME and JT Harness Communities:The classpath exception added to GPL2 licenses.
In response to requests from their communities, the cqME projects (ME Framework and the cq3G test suite) and the JT harness project has added the classpath exception to their GPL2 licenses. The addition of the classpath exception allows a greater opportunity for community members to produce and distribute products based on the software in these projects. For more details, go to the cqME or JT Harness project.

Mobility podcast #26: Tricastmedia Mail and TWUIK
Dr. Brian Lee and Dr. Salmon Ahmad introduce their Tricast Mail and push technology for delivering user information to cell phones. It uses TWUIK which greatly improves usability with dazzling graphics, vibrant animation in an engaging rich-media user experience. (Nov 02, 2007)

Developer Days News-Flash: James Gosling, and over 60 papers submitted
Things are really coming together for the Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days conference. Here is a brief news-flash: We have secured none other than James Gosling himself for the keynote of the conference. What's more, he pretty much gets... — Terrence Barr

Google Phone uses Java technology on top of mobile OS

Here's a blog post on gigaom.com that talks about the Google Phone. It uses Java technology as the middleware layer on top of a highly optimized mobile OS. Of course, using Java ME CDC as that middleware layer is a natural choice. — Hinkmond Wong
(Nov 1, 2007)

REGISTER NOW FOR THE JAVA MOBILE & EMBEDDED DEVELOPER DAYS CONFERENCE!!

(Nov 01, 2007)

Java Mobile and Embedded Developer Days Call for Papers - One More Day

Only one more day for the Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days call for papers and the submissions thus far promise a very strong conference. — Roger Brinkley
(Oct 31, 2007)

Announcement to the cqME and JT Harness Communities: Intent to add the classpath exception to GPL2 licenses.
In response to requests from their communities, the cqME projects (ME Framework and the cq3G test suite) and the JT harness project will add the classpath exception to their GPL2 licenses. The addition of the classpath exception allows a greater opportunity for community members to produce and distribute products based on the software in these projects. The classpath exception allows members to link the software in these projects to an independent application to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of the independent application, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of the member's choice, provided that they also meet, for each linked independent application, the terms and conditions of the license of that application. The produced executable would not be subject to the GPL requirement that it be offered to the public under the GPL. For a general discussion about the GPL variations and their impact, see: http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/faq.jsp.
If you have any comments or concerns about these changes, please submit them to the project forums: cqME or JT Harness. The licensing changes will be rolled out on November 6, 2007.

Coming soon for the cqME and JT Harness Communities: Intent to add the classpath exception to GPL2 licenses.
In response to requests from their communities, the cqME projects (ME Framework and the cq3G test suite) and the JT harness project will add the classpath exception to their GPL2 licenses. The addition of the classpath exception allows a greater opportunity for community members to produce and distribute products based on the software in these projects. The classpath exception allows members to link the software in these projects to an independent application to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of the independent application, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of the member's choice, provided that they also meet, for each linked independent application, the terms and conditions of the license of that application. The produced executable would not be subject to the GPL requirement that it be offered to the public under the GPL. For a general discussion about the GPL variations and their impact, see: http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/faq.jsp.
If you have any comments or concerns about these changes, please submit them to the project forums: cqME or JT Harness. The licensing changes will be rolled out on November 6, 2007.

Meet me at Sun Tech Days, Dec. 3-5 in Frankfurt, Germany
Sun Tech Days, Sun's worldwide developer conference, comes to Frankfurt, Germany this year in December. The agenda will contain a special Java ME section called "Mobility Day" - with technical sessions on NetBeans Mobility, Graphics and Media, Programming Cool Devices... — Terrence Barr
(Oct 26, 2007)

Sun: Plenty of Life Left In Java ME
In a recent update to its Java roadmap, Sun Microsystems pretty much omitted any discussion about Java Micro Edition (ME), which would seem to be a bad sign for the embedded language. However, the company insists there is plenty of life in technology and it won't be abandoned any time soon. James Gosling today updated his blog to state rather unequivocally that Java ME is not going anywhere (something he probably should have said at the roadmap press event last week). Read more . . .

Mobility podcast #25: Panel on Open Source
Dalibor Topic, Kaffe.org; Fabiane Nardone, Brazilian Health Care; Tony Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon University; Ashlee Vance, The Register form a panel of outsiders reviewing Sun's Open Source efforts. This session isn't specific to Java ME technologies but is worth listening to as it relates to open source as a whole. (Oct 24, 2007)

Java ME is not dead: James Gosling sets the record straight

The good thing about blogs is it allows everyone to set the record straight. Here's a blog post from James Gosling setting the record that Java ME technology is not actually dead. Phew! Reminds me of Dr. McCoy from Star Trek, "He's dead Jim!". Not exactly. Java ME is alive, but it's life, not as we know it. ;-) — Hinkmond Wong
(Oct 24, 2007)

Call for Papers for Java M&E Developer Days is ending!

Call for Papers for the first Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days, hosted by Mobile & Embedded Community, will end on October, 31. So, do not miss the time, send your ideas now! — Bruno Ghisi
(Oct 18, 2007)

Adieu Java ME?
Just came across this c|net article titled "Sun starts bidding adieu to mobile-specific Java" - whichÂ sounds quite dramatic until you set the context. The long-standing trend of hardware evolution is especially obvious in mobile and embedded devices that today... — Terrence Barr
(Oct 23, 2007)

Java ME tech on the iPhone: Won't be long now...

It won't be long now that Stevie-boy has opened up the iPhone for development, for Java ME technology to be ported to the device. The GPL'd phoneME Advanced stack will be a cinch to put on the iPhone once the SDK goes out. I see people on slashdot have already figured that out. Anyone want to make predictions about how long it'll take or what form it'll come in? — Hinkmond Wong
(Oct 19, 2007)

Java ME technology is a real killer! ...in middleware

The Web site linuxdevices.com reports on the Set Top Box 2.0 conference (did I miss the Set Top Box 1.0 conference???) which takes place in San Jose, Calif. on Dec. 6. Ooo-wee! Sounds like a real hootenanny. Or something... :-) — Hinkmond Wong
(Oct 16, 2007)

Mobility Podcast #24: The Mobile and Embedded Community Stars
Listen to a round table discussion with Terrence Barr and some of the Mobile and Embedded Community Stars: Maurico Leal, Joe Bowbeer, Hartti Suomela, and Bruno Ghisi. (Oct 16, 2007)

Mobility Podcast #23: Johannes Eickhold on porting phoneME advanced to the Nokia N800
Johannes Eickhold is a Research Staff Member at the University of Karlsruhe. While most his of work is on Peer-to-Peer networking he is also working on a distributed Java VM on eight bit micro controllers to leverage that peer-to-peer network. Johannes talks about his experience porting phoneME advanced to the Nokia N800 and future directions that the community should take for this device. (Oct 10, 2007)

Jonathan Knudsen is at it again: Preview his new book at OOPSLA, October 22nd

Jonathan Knudsen is an accomplished technical writer who has published dozens of books and articles on Java and Java ME over the years. He is currently working on his latest book "Kicking Butt with MIDP and MSA" which will be... — Terrence Barr
(Oct 09, 2007)

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