Yes, you've heard me complain about the lack of (official) Java ME technology on the Google Android phones that have been shipping. But, the Cold War is over! Myriad will provide Java ME on the upcoming LG Android phones. Start pre-ordering the LG GW620 Android phones now. (Doesn't hurt that Sun Microsystems will get royalties for each device with Myriad's Java ME stack, ya know) ;-) About damn time! :-)

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Finally, Sun will get royalties from Android

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 - Myriad chosen as major OMA and
   J2ME applications provider
 - New device to be available on 
   both Orange and Rogers networks

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If you like entering contests, here's the Alcatel-Lucent sponspored Navteq Global LBS Contest. So, get ready with your Java ME LBS app, because you can win. What? These things aren't like rigged or anything like that. No, really!

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Enter the Navteq Global LBS Challenge

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 Alcatel-Lucent is a proud sponsor 
 of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge, 
 the premier competition in the 
 wireless industry, which invites 
 developers to build location-based 
 services (LBS) apps using NAVTEQ 
 digital maps.

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More signs of the crumbling Apple iPhone empire: Rogue Amoeba's Paul Kafasis said he is throwing in the towel on iPhone app development.

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No more iPhone app development

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 "Rogue Amoeba no longer has any 
 plans for additional iPhone 
 applications, and updates to our 
 existing iPhone applications will 
 likely be rare," said Kafasis. 
 "The iPhone platform had great 
 promise, but that promise is not 
 enough..."

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Snaptu is a free Java ME technology-enabled mobile app that offers a selection of interfaces into different popular services, like Twitter, Facebook, and, and, uhhh... did I say Twitter already? How about Facebook? Well, are there any other services other than Twitter and Facebook?

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Snap to it with Snaptu

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 A fast and easy way to 
 access the Internet on 
 your phone. Turns your 
 existing phone into a 
 cool Internet device.
 Works on hundreds of 
 phone models.

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RIM loves Java ME for their BlackBerry. It's a nice, tight and secure environment on which to do mobile programming. But, it's also addictive. To make it even more addictive, RIM is upping the dosage and putting in new features to make it faster and easier to build mobile apps versus the iPhone and Droid smartphone.

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CrackBerry becoming more addictive

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 RIM's BlackBerry operating 
 system runs on a form of Java, 
 known as J2ME, and is 
 considered less appealing to 
 developers in part because 
 of the tight security on the 
 BlackBerry.

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Around the world, developers love Java ME technology to solve their problems. In India they are using Java ME tech to sync handheld devices that track cargo shipments, even when not within range of a cellular wireless network.

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Track it offline with Java ME

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 "Sometimes we faced GPRS connectivity 
 challenges," says Kumar. To solve this, 
 offline software was developed in J2ME, 
 which captures the image and 
 information and synchronizes with the 
 central database whenever a GPRS 
 connection next presents itself. 

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Here's a study from Retrevo painting iPhone users as being shallow and vapid, favoring cool gadgets over intelligence and using their iPhones for dubious purposes. Well, you'd hardly see this type of behavior from Java ME cell phone users. ;-)

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iPhone Users are Shallow

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 Retrevo asked, "What makes a 
 person most attractive to you?" 
 iPhone owners preferred cool 
 gadgets over a college degree 
 three to one.

 One in three iPhone owners say 
 that, if their partner had out-
 of-date gadgets, it would be a 
 turnoff.

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No need to protect spotted owls from Java ME technology. Even though logging is powerful with Java ME, it doesn't mean the cute and adorable little Strix occidentalis will have to go the way of the Dodo bird.

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Support powerful logging w/Java ME

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 Have you been in a situation like 
 this? Have you ever wanted to log 
 from your MIDlet? Read on, and I 
 will teach how to add powerful 
 logging to your MIDlets.

Here's yet another company taking the multi-platform approach. EyeMags has created a service that creates small snippets of personal content for the iPhone, Symbian, and Java ME technology. Time and time again, mobile developers program to the iPhone for the hype, but then program to Java ME for mass deployment--a recipe for success.

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Multi-platform with Java ME

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 Following our successful launch 
 of the iPhone App Creation tool 
 last week, further work with the 
 top end Smartphone market sees 
 us launch support for these 
 latest Nokia and Sony Ericsson 
 Smartphones. Both these 
 technologies build on top of the 
 mobile Java (J2ME) applications 
 used for all other devices.

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Allthingsd.com ran an article about how Larry Ellison is known for his following of Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Keen observation, Grasshopper. But, you have not applied what you know to be true...

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The Art of Sun/Oracle

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 Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is 
 famous for his admiration of 
 The Art of War, Sun Tzu’s 
 sixth-century treatise on 
 battle tactics. And it’s 
 served him well in his long-
 running battle with SAP and 
 Oracle’s hostile bid for 
 PeopleSoft. But it may get 
 him in trouble when it comes 
 to Oracle’s (ORCL) dealings 
 with the European 
 Commission...

Always create a diversion, so that no one knows what you truly care most about... Watch and learn what Sun Tzu really teaches about what to do with what you really want, what you really, really want...

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T-Mobile has announced this year's winners of the 2009 SME Innovation Award for Integrated Solutions. And, of course which platform came out on top? Anyone, anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

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Java ME takes first place in T-Mobile contest

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 First prize in T-Mobile’s innovation 
 competition goes to BodyTel Europe 
 GmbH, Bad Wildungen. This company 
 developed a comprehensive system 
 for monitoring blood sugar and 
 managing diabetes in real time. 
 Key components of this system are 
 the blood glucose meter GlucoTel 
 with a Bluetooth module, cell 
 phones with a connection to the 
 mobile Internet and the Java 
 application BodyTel Mobile, plus 
 the BodyTel Center on the Internet.

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Being multi-platform is a must for Mobile apps these days. And, it's interesting to note which platforms big companies like Google choose for the mobile versions of their apps like for Orkut Mobile. Hmmmm... iPhone: check, Nokia Series 60: check, Java ME: check-er-oonee... Uh, Android? Android? Hello? No, Android? I guess Java ME technology is more important than Android to Google. As should be!

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No Android for Google Orkut Mobile

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 The adoption of the cutting-edge 
 Google Web Toolkit platform and 
 the evolution of the interface 
 come after a series of innovations
 and improvements on Orkut through 
 the year which include features 
 such as built-in simultaneous 
 chat,  photo tagging with 
 automatic face detection, private 
 sharing of photo albums, safety 
 features, and Orkut for iPhone, 
 S60 and J2ME-based mobile phones. 
 Google sees this as the beginning 
 of a new direction for Orkut...

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Vodafone promises 700+ apps for their Vodafone 360 (App Store) launch. That's pretty nifty. Ready your Java ME games and eat hearty, for tonight we dine in H*LL!

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Vodafone's 700+ for 360

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 Even those which cover its location 
 based (LBS) and billing apps. That’s 
 [quite] unusual. The company is also 
 promising spiffing SDKs, too. The 
 claim is that Java J2ME apps will be 
 easy to port, too. The biggest shock 
 [isn't the] cross handset platform but 
 cross network, too. Vodafone seems 
 to have kept that one quiet as well.

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Here's a story from The Register about the Java Store. There's some good questions raised and interesting guessing by the reporter. The important part is that there will be an alternative to the Apple App Store. Thank G*d!

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What's in store for Java ME?

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 Java Store is the planned front-
 end to the Java warehouse, a 
 repository where Sun hopes it 
 can convince some six million 
 Java developers to post 
 applications.

 Sun wants partners, such as 
 telcos, to then customize their 
 own Java store fronts to the 
 warehouse. Verizon in June 
 announced it will also roll-
 out its own store for mobile 
 apps built using Java.

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New iDont Care TV Commercial

It's fun what you can do with video these days. :-)