Just Published: New Gaming Experiences With Mobile Sensor API

Erik Hellman, a Java techonology consultant in Sweden, uses a game scenario to
tout the winning qualities of the Java ME platform's Mobile Sensor API.

Posted at 02:21PM Apr 30, 2008 by GD in Java ME  |  Comments[0]

Mobile and Embedded Guide to 2008 JavaOne Conference

Sun's Terrence Barr has published a guide of JavaOne conference technical sessions and BOFs related to mobility and embedded development. Take a look and check back for updates.

Posted at 01:23PM Apr 21, 2008 by GD in Mobility & Embedded  |  Comments[0]

New Mobility Tech Tip: Asynchronous Communications With Java ME and SIP

In this Mobility Tech Tip, Bruce Hopkins shows two MIDlets that employ the SIP protocol and JSR 180 API (part of the MSA standard) to communicate asynchronously, complete with source code. Read the tech tip.

Posted at 11:52AM Apr 21, 2008 by GD in Mobility & Embedded  |  Comments[0]

Java ME Product and Technology Release

JSR 249 Mobile Service Architecture 2 0.10 EDR
This JSR defines the next generation of the Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) and platform created in JSR 248.

Learn more about the Java ME platform.

Posted at 12:15PM Apr 16, 2008 by GD in Java ME  |  Comments[0]

Java ME Platform: Product and Technology Releases

JSR 248 Mobile Service Architecture 1.1.0 MREL
This JSR creates a mobile service architecture and platform definition for the high volume wireless handsets continuing the work started in JSR-185 and enhancing the definition with new technologies.

JSR 293 Location API 2.0 0.15 PFD
This specification defines an optional package that enables the developers to use new enhanced location-based features on the JavaTM ME devices.

JSR 262 Web Services Connector for Java Management Extensions (JMX) Agents 1.0 PR
This specification defines a connector for the JMX Remote API that uses web services to make JMX instrumentation available remotely. Clients do not have to be Java technology-based applications, but they can be.

JSR 290 Java Language and XML User Interface Markup Integration 1.0 PR
This JSR enables creation of Java ME applications which combine Web UI markup technologies with Java code. The intent is to leverage the W3C Compound Document Format (CDF) specification.

Posted at 12:01AM Mar 11, 2008 by GD in Java ME  |  Comments[0]

Mobile Developer Certification Programs

Sign up for the hands-on course Developing Mobile Phone Applications With Java ME Technology on using CLDC, MIDP, and Java ME. The Sun Certified Mobile Application Developer (SCMAD) exam is for developers who create mobile applications using Java ME technologies for smart devices. Read more.

Posted at 06:16PM Feb 28, 2008 by GD in Mobility & Embedded  |  Comments[0]

2008 JavaOne Conference Schedule and Java University Tracks Published

Sun has announced that out of nearly 1,700 submissions, approximately 350 sessions have been accepted for the 2008 JavaOne conference. Details on all the Technical and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions are now available at the JavaOne sessions page. For more information, read the press release.

Posted at 04:02PM Feb 21, 2008 by GD in JavaOne  |  Comments[0]

Videos From Mobile & Embedded Developer Days

You can now watch videos recorded at the Mobile & Embedded Developer Days conference held in January. Read more.

Posted at 02:22PM Feb 06, 2008 by GD in Mobility & Embedded  |  Comments[0]

Java ME Platform: Product and Technology Releases

JSR 271 Mobile Information Device Profile 3.0 Public Review Draft
This JSR will specify the third-generation Mobile Information Device Profile, expanding on the functionality in all areas as well as improving interoperability across devices.

JSR 280 XML API for Java ME 1.0 FR - Hotswap
This JSR provides a common general purpose XML API for the next generation of mobile devices.

JSR 279 Service Connection API for Java ME 0.91 PR 2
This high-level API for connecting services through frameworks that support identity-based services, discovery, and authentication supports service-oriented architectures (SOA) and other network service application models.

JSR 300 DRM API for Java ME 0.05 EDR
This specification defines an optional package for developing Java ME applications that use or interoperate with DRM agents that exist separately in devices.

Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for Sprint Titan Platform 1.0 Early Access
Sun and Sprint are working together to provide a set of tightly integrated developer tools for creating applications based on Java ME APIs and the OSGi service component framework. Tools include an on-device simulator based on Windows Mobile 6 Professional.

Posted at 07:00AM Jan 26, 2008 by GD in Java ME  |  Comments[3]

Reporting Live From Bangalore and Frankfurt: FOSS.IN and Tech Days

Find out what's happening this week at the FOSS.IN open-source conference in Bangalore. Read more.

Java.sun.com staff writer Ed Ort is in Germany this week for Tech Days. Along the way, he spoke with Java ME experts Terrence Barr and Tim Cramer, as well as web application engineer Craig McClanahan. Read more.

Posted at 08:51AM Dec 05, 2007 by GD in Core Java  |  Comments[0]

Frankfurt Mobility Day

Learn techniques in developing, testing, optimizing, and deploying mobile content based on Java technology to wireless handsets, PDAs, telematics, TV, set-top boxes, or smart cards.
December 3, 2007, Frankfurt, Germany.
http://de.sun.com/sunnews/events/2007/20071203/mobility_day.html

Posted at 09:18AM Nov 13, 2007 by SDN Program News Staff: LH in Events  |  Comments[0]

Call For Papers: Mobile & Embedded Conference

The Mobile & Embedded Community announces a call for papers, deadline October 31, 2007, for the Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days conference, January 22-24, 2008, Santa Clara.

Posted at 06:00AM Oct 20, 2007 by SDN Program News Staff: LH in Mobility & Embedded  |  Comments[0]

From Phonetops to Desktops

Bookmark, read, and comment on the Mobility tech tips, now at its new home on blogs.sun.com.

Posted at 09:02AM Oct 19, 2007 by SDN Program News Staff: LH in Mobility & Embedded  |  Comments[0]

Java ME Tech Tips Now Available in Blog Format

The Mobility Tech Tips are now available in blog format. Sign up for the RSS feed.

Posted at 10:51AM Oct 15, 2007 by GD in Java ME  |  Comments[0]

Call for Papers: Mobile & Embedded Conference (Santa Clara, Calif., Jan. 22-24, 2008)

The Mobile & Embedded community announces a call for papers (deadline October 31, 2007) for the Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days conference, to be held January 22 to 24, 2008, in Santa Clara, California.

Posted at 02:22PM Oct 12, 2007 by GD in Events  |  Comments[0]