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20040917 Friday September 17, 2004

OnLamp article not totally OnTheMark

This recent OnLamp article about Rolling Your Own Series 60 Phone Applications is not totally correct.

John Littler writes:

For beginning developers who'd like a crack at these devices while developing on Linux, Java is certainly an easier alternative than C++, but you lose in power what you gain in ease. Specifically, MIDP cannot exchange data with other applications, can't deal with cameras, and doesn't know about TCP/IP. If you're thinking about something like a simple, nonnetworked game, Java might be appropriate.

MIDP does allow network gaming on certain phones. You just need to know how to use Generic Connection Framework (GCF) correctly to do it.

See:

OnLamp article

The author might not be using GCF with the socket: or http: connection right, I bet.

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