Here's an article about how we are now issuing Java SE technology patches in a more synchronized fashion. Of course with Java ME technology (for now), it's a different model that most people don't really fully understand, since you don't normally dynamically download and install Java ME on your phone (some PDAs do this, but normally manufacturers install Java ME on cell phones during manufacturing time of the phone).

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Silly rabbit, patches are for kids! :-)

Here's a quote:

 She could not say whether Sun 
 planned to offer this type of 
 synchronized release for its 
 embedded... Java ME (Micro 
 Edition)

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AOL is planning a more ambitious mobile offering using Java ME technology to create a new "master portal" on your cell phone.

See:

One Master Portal for your Java ME phone

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 AOL tells BusinessWeek.com that 
 it is working on what it calls 
 a software module -- a unified 
 application that would integrate 
 AOL's multitude of mobile 
 offerings into one master portal.

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Here's in InformationWeek article on speculation about the upcoming Google gPhone. What will it be like? Hmmm...

See:

Java ME middleware on Google gPhone
(NOTE: Click on X to skip annoying ad)

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 It will probably be built using some 
 version of the open-source Linux 
 operating system, a J2ME middleware 
 layer, and a Flash/Ajax presentation 
 layer or something similar based on 
 the vector graphic technology 
 developed by Skia, which Google 
 acquired.

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Gameloft has decided to use the word "platform" as a verb where the new Java ME mobile game, CSI, is concerned.

See:

CSI Mobile: Turning the Java ME platform to a verb

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 “This is a new quality level of 
 cross-platform development. By 
 involving Anthony Zuiker, the 
 creator of CSI, directly in the 
 mobile game development, we will 
 create much more than just a 
 ‘brand extension’ of the CSI 
 franchise. This is what we call 
 true ‘platforming’ of content,”

That's cool. Grammarians are turning over in their grave, but if someone wants to turn the Java ME platform into a verb, who are we to be badding them. :-)

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I'm not sure why a software company like the mobile social networking company, Mig33 Mobile, still programs for WAP. It seems to make a lot more sense to just concentrate on Java ME apps, especially for the richer UI and faster response times of Java ME vs. WAP.

See:

Mig33 Mobile Uses both WAP and Java ME

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 However, the WAP interface 
 is rather spartan and chatting 
 on a webpage is time consuming. 
 The downloaded J2ME version 
 makes for a richer experience.

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The death of the PDA is finally at hand. Get ready for the surge of Java ME technology-enabled Smartphones, like the ASUS P550, especially with all the hoopla around the iPhone.

See:

Java ME Smartphones Surging

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 The P550 measures in at 
 121 mm x 71 mm x 16.5mm 
 and weighs 188.5 grams 
 with the battery. 
 Messaging options include 
 SMS, MMS v 1.2, and push 
 email for Microsoft 
 Exchange and Outlook. 
 Java J2ME (CLDC 1.1 + 
 MIDP2.0) is supported as 
 well.

Vive la Java ME!

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The French operator, SFR, is launching the use of Mappy, a Java ME application that can help you get around France and Europe. No problem. How hard can it be to get from one cafe to the next? Non?

See:

Get around France with Java ME

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 SFR Navigation offers 
 the standard features 
 of a navigation software, 
 including traffic 
 information for 70,000 
 kms of roads in France, 
 ...speed cameras database 
 and pedestrian navigation...
 The software from Mappy and 
 its partners has been 
 developed for Symbian, 
 Windows Mobile and Java.

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Did you ever wish you could be intimately connected with all your servers via your Java ME technology-enabled cell phone. I bet you have, you sick b*stard! :)

See:

Watch and work on your Windows & Solaris servers

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 An important new feature adds a 
 command-line facility that allows 
 the user to run a command 
 remotely. To avoid potential 
 security issues, only commands on 
 an approved list can be executed. 
 The number of server platforms 
 supported has increased, adding 
 Windows 2000 Server and Sun Solaris 
 systems to the mix.  There's now a 
 Java J2ME client available, allowing 
 the use of Java-capable mobile 
 phones.

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DeviceAnywhere has solved the problem of how to access hundreds of different Java ME tech-enabled handsets in a target carrier network for development and testing. Sony Ericsson and Mobile Complete are taking advantage of it.

See:

How to access hundreds of Java ME phones for testing

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 “Java developers are increasingly 
 looking for testing providers that 
 can deliver a complete, integrated 
 solution that addresses all of the 
 stages of the product development 
 lifecycle including testing, 
 reporting and monitoring.

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Here's an eWeek article on how Sun has released new revs of NetBeans and GlassFish. Of course with NetBeans, you get the Mobility Pack which lets you develop software for Java ME technology-enabled cell phones. This, apparently, gets James Gosling all goose-pimply.

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James Gosling Gets Goosebumps over Java ME
(NOTE: Skip the annoying ad)

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 "You can even develop on 
 your cell phone and debug 
 it," Leonard said of 
 NetBeans. Gosling added, 
 "I still get goose bumps 
 when I see somebody set a 
 breakpoint on a cell 
 phone."

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KongZhong announced they are partnering with the NBA to launch the official NBA basketball mobile website in China. Yow! That means lots of Yao Ming in China on Java ME technology-enabled phones.

See:

Yo! It's Yao Ming on Java ME phones!

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 Under the agreement, KongZhong 
 will operate the official NBA 
 Chinese mobile website, which 
 users can visit on their mobile 
 phones... The mobile website 
 will broadcast live selected 
 NBA games... the latest news, 
 scores, game updates... and 
 more... KongZhong expects to 
 generate mobile advertising 
 revenues and wireless value-
 added revenues...

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The Mobile Web 2.0 is now a meat market, especially with all the preponderance of new wireless Social Networking software based on Java ME and Bluetooth technologies. Just program your Java ME cell phone to trigger when you walk by a Bluetooth-enabled match of your dating preferences, and beep-beep-beep, "You've Got Tail!"

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MettMoi Uses Java ME to help find dates

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 We are Java shop, you should 
 feel at home when coding with 
 Java, not necessarily an 
 expert, but you need to be 
 able to adapt and learn 
 quickly.

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Daniel H. Steinberg has produced the latest Mobile & Embedded podcast with Roger Brinkley doing an interview about the phoneME Advanced MR2 dev release, and Terrence Barr giving some good insight on the topic.

See:

Java ME podcast about phoneME Advanced

Here's a quote:

 Hinkmond also discusses the ports 
 currently going on with Linux GTK 
 and phones where this can be run 
 and future development directions.

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I hate to admit it. But, you have to give credit where credit is due. They did it. They really did it.

The Opera Mini Java ME technology-enabled browser hit their 1 billion page views milestone in record breaking time! (What... What do you think I was going to say?) :-)

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Opera Mini Java ME browser hits 1 billion
(Click X to close annoying ad)

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 Driving the mobile Web experience 
 onto mid- and low-end cell phones,
 Opera Software is expected to 
 announce this week that its Opera
 Mini Web browser has hit the 1  
 billion monthly page views 
 milestone. Opera Mini is designed 
 to automatically reformat 
 conventional Web pages for display 
 on any Java-enabled mobile device.

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Jonathan Schwartz gives an interview to Australian IT News and mentions how Java ME technology drives infrastructure sales for Sun. Fair dinkum, mate!

See:

It's not the size of the boat. It's the motion in the ocean.

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 Given we serve so many demographics, 
 it is tough to say what Java [ME] on a 
 handset is worth, because the majority 
 of the value isn't on the handset - it 
 is in the infrastructure that makes 
 the handset useful.

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