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. ;-)

See:

iPhone Users are Shallow

Here's a quote:

 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.

See:

Support powerful logging w/Java ME

Here's a quote:

 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.

See:

Multi-platform with Java ME

Here's a quote:

 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...

See:

The Art of Sun/Oracle

Here's a quote:

 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?

See:

Java ME takes first place in T-Mobile contest

Here's a quote:

 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!

See:

No Android for Google Orkut Mobile

Here's a quote:

 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!

See:

Vodafone's 700+ for 360

Here's a quote:

 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!

See:

What's in store for Java ME?

Here's a quote:

 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. :-)

Some mobile developers like using a Windows PC to develop their apps. Some like using the (ahem) Mac. Since a Mac is not a real development computer, but still very popular with all those who are fashion-conscious (see, I'm just kidding and seeing if I can rile the Mac users out there) Sun has decided to release an early access version of the Java ME SDK 3.0 on Mac OS X.

See:

Develop Java Mobile apps on a Mac

Here's a quote:

 Sun Microsystems has released 
 an early access preview of the 
 Java Micro Edition Software 
 Development Kit (Java ME SDK) 
 3.0 for Mac OS X. This means 
 that developers who work on a 
 Mac will no longer be excluded 
 from developing mobile Java 
 applications.

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In the latest Wired Magazine, Nov 2009 issue, pg 104, they have the Amazon Kindle 2 as the Mobile Device of the Year, in the Fall Gear section.

See:

Wired Magazine's Mobile Device of the Year

Here's a quote:

 Only a true icon makes every 
 other product in its category 
 seem chintzy and dated, if not 
 totally obsolete.

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See:

New Java ME CDC-based Samsung Instinct HD

Woo-hoo! HD format video recording on this puppy. Although all the iPhone fanboys would probably disagree, I think this is a good competitor to the iPhoney. At least, it's a lot of fun to play with and people are buying it... and, it has Java. :-P

Here's a nice line-up of Java ME games from Sony Pictures for next year (2010).

See:

New Java ME Games for 2010

Here's a quote:

 The newly-announced titles include:
  James Bond: 007 mobile game
  Wheel of Fortune (February)
  JEOPARDY! (March)
  The Three Stooges (May)
  The Karate Kid (June)
  Salt (July)
  The Joker's Wild (September)

 All SPHE mobile games are available 
 on Android, Blackberry, BREW, J2ME, 
 iPhone, Palm and Windows Mobile 
 devices.

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The new Bolt Browser written in Java ME technology, now bursts out of beta.

See:

Bolt Browser a Blast of Bodaciousness

Here's a quote:

 As before, Bolt streams video 
 from sites like YouTube, which 
 still eludes the otherwise 
 excellent Opera Mini 5 (Beta).

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Amazon announced they launched the new Amazon Mobile Payments Service which allows the Amazon processing tool to work inside today's Java ME tech-enabled cell phones. Cool! Feel like downloading that Amazon MP3 music file. It's just an Amazon 1-click away...

See:

Amazone Mobile Payment w/Java ME

Here's a quote:

 One of the first companies to 
 launch the Amazon MPS is 
 Handmark, a mobile content 
 store where customers can shop 
 for games and applications 
 across a number of platforms 
 including Android, Blackberry, 
 iPhone, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, 
 Symbian, and Java devices.

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