Wednesday January 31, 2007 Win a Java ME technology contest without water intoxication
Do you want to try to win an electronic game console without danger of hyponatremia? Well, here's your chance! See: Java Mobile Application Video Contest Here's a quote: Here is your chance to create a short (1-3 minute) video to tell everyone in your own words about a new mobile application or service that was created using the Java ME Platform or open source phoneME project.Win a Sony PlayStation 3 (none of that Wii cr*p!) in a contest without having to drink 8 gallons of water--just come up with a cool YouTube video. It's a little different approach for this contest, but we thought it might be a little safer this way. :-) |
Tuesday January 30, 2007 One million, no wait one billion cell phones shipped!
Mobile phone manufacturers shipped 1.02 billion handsets in 2006. See: As Dr. Evil would say, "One BILLION phones! Mu-wah-ha-ha..." One day, Bill Gates was giving Steve Ballmer the competitive update on how Windows Mobile 5.0 was doing against Java ME technology. He says to Steve, "Did you know, there are now one million Brazilian Java ME programmers?” “OH NO!” Ballmer exclaims. “That’s terrible! How are we ever going to compete against Java ME technology?” After burying his face in his hands, Steve Ballmer finally looks up and asks Bill, “Exactly how many is a million brazillion?”
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Monday January 29, 2007 Watt is your name? Watt is your quest? Watt is your favorite color?
Stories, stories, stories. If you like straining and squinting to read text on the teeny-tiny, itsy-bitsy cell phone screen on your Java ME technology-enabled phone, you're going to like this... See: Share and download stories on your cell phone It's like YouTube for your mobile phone... except with words instead of video... and a lot more cramped! :-) |
Friday January 26, 2007 Hide your OSes: Do it with Java ME technology
This InformationWeek article compares operating systems on smartphones. The OS determines features, performance, and security via the available OS APIs. However, you can hide all that with Java ME technology layered on top to abstract your OS and have enterprise IT apps be written once, run on any smartphone. WOROAS. Doesn't quite roll off the tongue, does it? See: Here's a quote: The top U.S. cellular carriers--Cingular, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint--have made progress over the past year upgrading their networks to support high-speed data services, and T-Mobile is pouring $2.7 billion into its infrastructure. The upgrades make it more feasible for road warriors to access applications while on the move. Demand for wireless access to business apps is fueling smartphone sales.It's time to stop the madness and program to Java ME instead of the OS. |
Thursday January 25, 2007 Pulling always on Java ME cell phone users
This article says that 80% of U.S. consumers have cell phones with them everywhere and 60% even go on to take their cell phones to bed every night. Let's pause here and let everyone insert your own jokes... (for instance, ...and 85% of those cell phones in turn claimed they had headaches!). Ba-rrr-dum-dum. Good. Now that we got that out of the way... See: Java ME cell phones are always on Here's a quote: Most marketers have been slow to realize the potential of the mobile device as a powerful "pull" platform. Here are six examples that are ahead of the trend. > Bacardi Radio. Blue Star recently created a new Java application to stream a Bacardi radio station to mobiles via... (GPRS).So, if your Java ME cell phone is always on, why aren't you programming it to do stuff in the background, like once a day grab stock quotes and news, or pull down the latest wall paper for your screen and a new ringtone every morning? There are lots of interesting things a Java ME phone can do if you think of it as a little mini-server spinning away in your pocket. |
Wednesday January 24, 2007 iPhone, you're no Java ME smartphone
As U.S. Democratic VP candidate, Lloyd Bentsen would have put it in a debate, "iPhone, I worked with smartphones, I know smartphones, smartphones are a friend of mine. iPhone, you're no smartphone." See: Here's a quote: ABI Research defines a smartphone as a cellular handset using an open, commercial operating system that supports third party applications. “It turns out that this device will be closed to third party applications. Therefore we must conclude at this point that, based on our current definition, the iPhone is not a smartphone: it is a very high-end feature phone.”The article goes on to say that feature phones have weak or limited apps that run on Java or BREW. Well, smartphones will need to have strong, advanced apps that run on Java then. So, get to work all you software geeks! See: phoneME Advanced open source project. |
Tuesday January 23, 2007 Free, free, free, FREE!!! Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha! Free... Java ME games
I'm not sure why people go nuts over free stuff. I guess it's because they think they get something for nothing. It's never the case though... See: Free, free, free Java ME games! Here's a quote: All mobile phone games, also known as Java MIDlets, J2ME games, Java games, and/or mobile games, are presented totally free to customers. Each game is legally free - MobileRated licenses and hosts phone games from 3rd party developers who wish their mobile games to be presented freely to customers.Sure, you can get a free Java ME game for your cell phone from mobilerated.com, such as:
But, some of these games will have embedded ads that you have to sit through. Eh, not so bad I guess, if you want games for nothin', and UNIX for free...
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Monday January 22, 2007 Searching for Mobile Search w/Java ME technology
Google and Yahoo will be fighting it out this year to try to dominate Mobile Search, moving from SMS text based queries and using WAP static pages to take advantage of the more dynamic Java ME technology found on cell phones. See: Using Java ME tech for Mobile Search Here's a quote: Pay attention to bandwidth considerations. Don’t use Flash or large images.I like that advice! Don't use Flash. I'll just keep repeating that to myself: Don't use Flash, don't use Flash, don't use Flash... Kinda catchy. |
Friday January 19, 2007 Gumming up your provider's network w/Java ME technology
This line of reasoning of why Steve Jobs doesn't want Java ME on an iPhone is so ludicrous that it's actually comical. (Thanks to Dan Green for pointing out this quote) See: Stevie-boy says Java ME can bring down West Coast Network Here's a quote: 'You don’t want your phone to be an open platform,' meaning that anyone can write applications for it and potentially gum up the provider's network, says Jobs. 'You need it to work when you need it to work. Cingular doesn’t want to see their West Coast network go down because some application messed up.'"Now, if someone can actually write a Java ME application that can "mess up" and bring down Cingular's "West Coast network", I'd like to see it. The Department of Homeland Security would probably like to see it too. Maybe, Steve Jobs, since he knows Java ME technology oh, sooooooo well can whip out a Java ME MIDlet that demonstrates his claim. Or, maybe he's exaggerating just an eensy bit, dontcha think? |
Thursday January 18, 2007 Solidifying Smartphones with Java ME technology
Here's a mention of Java ME OSS at the Express Computer Web site: See: Java ME technology: Use it to solidify Here's a quote: Beyond Linux, Sun’s become very active with three communities— OpenOffice, Open Source Java and OpenSolaris. J2ME going OSS should help it solidify its presence in the smartphone market.I do hope Java ME OSS will solidify the presence of Java in the smartphone market. Maybe we need a slogan? Solidarnosc! Solidarnosc! SOLIDARNOSC! (Nah, it's been done... Can't take that from Lec) :-) |
Wednesday January 17, 2007 Wishes for 2007: Java ME on the cell phone
The Web Worker Daily site had Seven Wishes for 2007 from the Web Worker perspective back in Dec. 2006. One wish is on it's way to becoming reality... See: Wish for 2007... involving Java ME Here's a quote: Wish 6: Mobile platform consolidation, convergence, and ease of use. The current fragmentation of mobile platforms–...(e.g., Flash versus Java ME and now Microsoft WPF/e)–makes it difficult for consumers and software developers to get what they want..., so confusing are the choices.The convergence is happening even as we speak. The article goes on later to say in the "Reality Check" for Wish #6 that recent mobile platform data shows that "you can be fairly sure any phone you get will run Java." Any phone that is, except the phone coming out in June that starts with the letter "I". ;-) There is no "I" in the word T-E-A-M, Stevie-boy. Join the Java ME technology wish, Mr. Jobs. |
Tuesday January 16, 2007 The object of Java ME programming
When looking at mobile AJAX style programming, there is a component for functionality that relies on a simple scripting language like JavaScript. The trouble with simple scripting languages is that they are not object-oriented. Why would you want object-oriented programming when you can just scribble out a script in 5 minutes versus 30 minutes in having to actually think about (OMG!) and design (double-OMG!!) a program for your cell phone? Some say there is actual goodness in thinking... ;-) Here's a good article in object-oriented thought from Darius Katz who talks about the Command Pattern in Java ME MIDP at the Dr. Dobbs site. Worth a read to remember that good programming is about thinking. See: Thinking about code instead of blurting it out Here's a quote: Luckily, the Command Pattern provides an efficient workaround for these problems. The essence of the Command Pattern is to divide the part where the command is implemented from the part where it is invoked (using a predefined interface, of course; this is object orientation after all). This is done by putting the code behind each command in a separate object, then calling it when it is time.Notice how Darius does a good analysis in using an object-oriented design pattern instead of the brute-force cascading if-then-else statements. He thinks ahead in terms of future maintainability and readability of his code. Thinking in object-oriented design, it's not just a good idea. |
Thursday January 11, 2007 iPhone w/Java ME: It's just a matter of time
iPhone, Schmi-phone. Sure it plays all your favorite 99 cent songs from 50 Cent to 10,000 Maniacs, displays images, plays video clips of Johnny Depp throwing down the pirate-rap with Keira Knightley on board the Black Pearl, and makes calls to Grandma. Aye, aye. Aye. Phone. iPhone? Pfpphft! Phooey! But, can it play Java ME games????? No... See: It's only a matter of time: Java ME on the iPhone Here's a quote: ...like an iPod, it won't be an open system that people can develop for. Remember, this is both an iPod and a Phone.Not an open system! Well hackers of the world, get to work. Java ME technology is open source now. It's only a matter of time before the Jolly Roger is hoisted and a Java buccaneer figures out how to put Java ME software on an iPhone. It's just a matter of time... Arrrrr, matey! Just saw Jaime Cid's blog post on this subject (en Español) ¿Entiéndalo?: Jaime Cid's blog post |
Tuesday January 09, 2007 Yahoo goes mobile with Yahoo Go for Mobile 2.0
Yahoo is pushing the envelope with this Java ME app that can do mobile searching plus have a back-end server push all kinds of data content directly to your cell phone without having to browse a content Web site. See: Go forth with Yahoo Go for Mobile 2.0 Here's a quote: Indeed, recognizing the need to provide quick bits of information with minimal click-through, the new search service provides users who enter terms like "Broncos" or "Beyonce" with data on sports scores or celebrity break-ups instead of just links to sports or entertainment news sites.The advantage of Java ME on the cell phone continues to be customization of Web services data bursts that go directly to your mobile device (no browser app!) and the departure from the Web browsing model of the has-been desktop PC world. This is a developing trend worth noting and a change in paradigm on the cell phone that is starting to emerge. |
Friday January 05, 2007 Tag-a-long tagging (in Tagalog? No, in English)
I was tagged last month by Masood Mortazavi with "the five things you don't know about me meme". Here are five things you may not know about me:
Now, it is my turn to tag others. I hereby tag Mark Lam, Darryl Mocek, Terrence Barr, Kathy Knopoff, and Sue Abellera to also create a blog post following "the five things you don't know about me meme". |
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