Java ME technology lets you get magazines shrunk down to your mobile device using the Mobizines MIDlet. No more having to pay for that hardcopy of Teen Beat or Tiger.

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Get Magazines on your Java ME phone

Here's a quote:

 If your mobile has Java (if 
 you can play games on your 
 phone, it probably has Java 
 installed) or is a Nokia 
 smartphone... then you should 
 be able to get the Mobizines 
 service.

Hinkmond

Smartphone developers are smart enough to realize they should be putting Java ME technology on top of Linux cell phone platforms.

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Linux and Java ME will grow

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 Over the next five years, 
 Linux use in smartphones 
 worldwide will grow at a 
 faster rate than Microsoft 
 Windows Mobile, Symbian, 
 and other operating 
 systems, a research firm 
 predicted Tuesday.

Oh yeaaaaaaah... Chckbah-pah-pahhhhh...

Hinkmond

In Menlo Park, California this week, our CEO Jonathan Schwartz gave a presentation at our company's inaugural Asia-Pacific Executive Summit, where he mentioned how the volume of Java ME technology drives value for our company.

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Relax, volume drives value

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 If we can get billions of 
 people to travel around 
 with a mobile Java device, 
 not only does that generate 
 a small amount of revenue 
 for Sun, it generates 
 billions of dollars of 
 infrastructure opportunity 
 [for Sun]

Hinkmond

Blogs around the blog universe keep harping on the switch of our stock symbol from SUNW to JAVA. It's not like we changed the name of Solaris to the GrandeNonfatNoWhipMocha Operating System. Gosh.

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Blogs keep blogging about SUNW to JAVA

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 ...wrote another blogger, 
 Amar Sesh, as reactions 
 continued to circulate 
 around the blogosphere. 
 "I hope that they don't 
 continue to invest in 
 products and services that 
 don't make money for their 
 investors, especially 
 shareholders."

Java ME has a track record of good returns though. Ya can't beat revenues in the 9 digits... :-)

Disclaimer: Past performance is not an indicator of future returns. May cause headaches or dizziness. Do not take while operating heavy equipment. See your doctor or pharmacist for more information.

Hinkmond

While very popular, I've always thought Java ME technology lacked something... Some je ne sais quoi... Something that only a phrase in French could describe. Oui? I never quite put my finger on it until now. What could be missing? <slap_on_the_forehead> D'oh!!! Of course, it's been missing a sense of style, that's what.

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A sense of style from Cornerspace for Java ME

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 CM3 is an affordable way 
 to create animated rich 
 media mobile applications 
 for Java Mobile Phones.  
 It is the fastest way to 
 get to market with a 
 mobile application that 
 harnesses the design-driven 
 user experience that makes 
 the iPhone so popular: 
 Swooshing Menus, attractive 
 motion graphics: A sense of 
 style for your custom Java 
 Applications!

Hinkmond

We're changing our stock symbol from SUNW to JAVA. I kinda liked our old stock symbol. It was like a warm flannel blanket on a cold night, instilling investor confidence and security, always there on the NASDAQ board. But, it's a new day and it's nice to see the emphasis on Java technology with our new stock symbol.

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Sun Microsystems changes stock symbol to JAVA

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 The Java platform powers and 
 is made visible via more than 
 2.1 billion mobile devices (Ovum 
 2007), nearly every PC on the 
 internet and numerous consumer 
 electronics and embedded systems 
 products such as Sony's 
 Playstation 3 video game console. 
 Sun estimates the number of 
 consumers that recognize the 
 ubiquitous cup and steam on 
 Java's brand logo to be in 
 excess of a billion people.

Hinkmond

Bundles containing the current development release, build b34, of phoneME Advanced MR2 are now available on the downloads page at:

https://phoneme.dev.java.net/downloads_page.html#advanced

The downloadable source bundle and pre-built binary for Linux/x86 and WinMobile/ARM are available. Active development on phoneME Advanced MR2 such as this is continuing with periodic snapshots to the downloads area.

For the Getting Started Guide of phoneME Advanced MR2, see:

http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Mobileandembedded/PhoneMEAdvanced

The code in the repository and in the development builds is not a finished product but a work-in-progress. I f you find problems, please submit entries to Issue Tracker:

https://phoneme.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectIssues

As always, we welcome your contributions to this effort. Please see http://mobileandembedded.org for more information on how to contribute.

Hinkmond, project owner phoneME Advanced

Cetecom is getting into the business of testing Java ME devices. That's a good market to get into, especially benchmarking performance and helping to keep a good level of quality on Java ME cell phones across different vendors and carriers.

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Test your Java ME mobile devices

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 Cetecom now offers quality tests 
 for the Java platform in mobile 
 communications devices. These 
 tests go beyond the conformance 
 requirements of PTCRB and serve 
 to verify the integration and 
 performance of a Java Virtual 
 Machine (JVM) and its Application 
 Programming Interfaces (API) in a 
 mobile communications device.

Hinkmond

There was a farmer who had a dog, and Vlingo was his name-o. V-L-I-N-G-O... Eh, too many letters. Vlingo brings voice recognition to Java ME cell phones using a MIDlet that can fill in text fields with what you say into the phone.

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Use Java ME to speak to your phone

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 Vlingo is a J2ME App and as a 
 result it can work with other 
 applications on the phone and 
 their text boxes as well.  We 
 saw it working with the Sprint 
 Music store...

V-L-I-N-G-O, and Vlingo was their name-o...

Hinkmond

Here's a new Java ME game from Xing Mobile: ShoeShop. You become Al Bundy from the TV show, Married with Children and run a shoe store, helping sell shoes to customers. Oh, joy.

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Xing Mobile Java ME game: ShoeShop

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 ShoeShop runs on all MIDP-2 
 phones with a screen resolution 
 of 176x176 or higher.  This 
 includes all of the latest 
 models and high end devices on 
 the market.

LOC-AID has come up with a Java ME app that allows companies (like radio stations) compel listeners to make complete fools of themselves running around from location to location, getting traffic tickets and causing mayhem, all in the name of greed. Nice. Well, at least they use Java ME technology. :-)

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In the name of cash: Java ME

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 The "Dash for Cash" game 
 demonstrated the LOC-AID 
 mobile marketing platform...
 to create branded location-
 aware mobile marketing 
 campaigns such as... 
 promotions, scavenger hunts 
 or point-to-point "chases"
 ... as a downloadable 
 application in Java...

Hinkmond

Have a little faith in Java ME technology. Land sakes alive! ;-) MyApps brings us a Java ME app that is a mini quote delivery system to keep your faith in whatever religion you may happen to be. What will they think of next as a Java ME MIDlet?

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Java ME app to keep your faith

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 In today’s chaotic world, 
 just waking up is an act 
 of faith.  MyFaith is your 
 complete mobile guide to 
 spiritual well-being and 
 enlightenment.  With daily 
 delivery of quotes or 
 scriptures and the angel, 
 saint, or god of the day, 
 MyFaith serves as a 
 touchstone for guidance 
 and inspiration when you 
 need it.

Hinkmond

Handmark has a Java ME app called Pocket Express that delivers free SNEW. What's SNEW? Not much... What's new with you? :-) (Say it fast. You'll get it. It's funny)

Sports, news, entertainment, and weather--you can have it all with Java ME technology on your cell phone.

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Pocket Express: Fun stuff for your Java ME phone

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 Platforms: Pocket PC, Palm, Java 
 (J2ME)... Handmark® Pocket Express, 
 delivers fast, free access to news, 
 sports, and weather. 

Hinkmond

Yoober is a Java ME application for your cell phone that lets you bypass the regular fee-based SMS text messaging that your wireless carrier provides and instead utilizes the Internet for sending free text messages. Arrrr, raise the pirate flag, matey! We're not paying any extra doubloons to the feckless carriers for text! We'll use it for free!

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Yoober free Java ME text messaging

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 All that users need is a 
 phone that supports Java 
 (pretty much all the major 
 brands such as Nokia, 
 Motorola, Samsung, Sony 
 Ericsson and LG) and some 
 sort of mobile internet 
 connection or package 
 (CDMA, GPRS, 2.5G or 3G). 
 If you can download and 
 play games, your phone 
 should work fine with 
 Yoober.

Hinkmond

The new Motorola RAZR2 phones are being released this weekend. Woo-wee! These are the new Linux/Java ME tech-enabled phones I've been watching. Nice combo.

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New Linux/Java ME phone: Next gen RAZR2

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 The device runs on a Linux/Java 
 platform with a newly designed 
 user interface that, according 
 to Motorola, allows users to 
 find their contacts faster than 
 before.

Hinkmond