Here's how to multi-task: Learn Japanese Kanji characters while playing this version of Sudoku in Japanese on your Java ME cell phone.

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Learn Japanese while playing Java ME Sudoku

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 M-Kanji-Sudoku can run on 
 any device with color display 
 which supports J2ME CLDC 1.0 
 and MIDP 1.0 - don't be 
 scared by acronyms, any mobile 
 phone/PDA which offers "Java 
 support" should be able to run 
 the game.

Hinkmond

It's a Widget Wonderland with Zumobi's Widgety user interface. In 2nd quarter of 2008, users can use the Java ME version of Zumobi tiles to access, click on, and share content. No more having to remember a long URL to type into a small screen with a limited keypad on your Java ME cell phone.

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Zumobi Widgets for Java ME in Q2 2008

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 Aiming to simplify the often tedious 
 task of accessing mobile Web content, 
 Zumobi eschews the traditional mobile 
 Web browser. Instead, phones equipped 
 with the software display up to 16 
 Zumobi tiles that enlarge when 
 clicked.

 When the device user clicks on a tile, 
 the content is loaded quickly because 
 it is constantly being updated. The 
 tiles can be easily changed by users 
 and shared with others. The interface 
 is designed to automatically adjust to 
 different devices, including those 
 using touch screens.

Hinkmond

Java ME technology detractors love to claim (without justification) that nobody uses Java ME, Java ME sux!, it's too fragmented to be of any use, there are noooo usable Java ME apps that exist today, blah-blah-blah, yadda-yadda-yadda.

You'd think that Java ME would be comparable to Microsoft Bob (for those who remember). Well, the reality check is that companies, like the really big one that starts with the letter "G" are busy creating and evolving Java ME usable applications like GMail Mobile.

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Google loves Java ME

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 Gmail's mobile site is perfectly 
 functional, but [Google] offers 
 something even better for Java-
 compatible phones. The Gmail Java 
 app promises faster performance 
 than the Web interface, and it 
 supports attachments better.  To 
 try it, visit http://gmail.com/app 
 and click the big blue Get Started 
 Now button.

Who needs droids? :-)

Hinkmond

Java ME technology keeps growing and growing. In China the number of cell phone users exceeded 500 million in Oct. 2007. The number of Java ME mobile game players is forecasted to reach over 24.43 million in China alone.

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Growth of Java ME continues

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 As charging system of Mobile 
 Java formally started in Sep, 
 2003, domestic mobile phone 
 game was started up too. 
 Several months later, mobile 
 phone game users increased 
 to 2 million. The number of 
 users developed even faster 
 after this, in 2005 it hit 
 15 million.

Hinkmond

Did you ever want to stalk and hunt down someone because they were foolish enough to put their personal information (hmmm..., I don't know, like their exact location) on a public Internet Social Networking site such as Facebook?

Well, look no more! Java ME technology enables you to hunt down your prey easily. Telenav has launched Whereboutz to track and stalk Facebook dopes who like to expose too much of something they should be keeping private.

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Telenav Whereboutz lets you know where

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 This week Telenav launched in the 
 United States 'Whereboutz', an 
 online and mobile social networking 
 service built on the Facebook 
 Platform. This Facebook add-on 
 allows users to update their 
 current location by typing in 
 an address and adding notes 
 about what they are up to.

 Telenav is currently supporting 100 
 Java phones and three of the 
 largest mobile operators in the 
 United States. 

Hinkmond

LiPS (Linux Phone Standards Forum) is yet another Linux consortium working on a standard for the cell phone industry. Just like Google Android, they have a typical cast of characters that have ganged up, uh, grouped together including Orange, France Telecom, MontaVista, Access, and Don Corleone. OK, maybe not the Don--just seeing if you were paying attention.

Unlike, the Google Android Cosa Nostra, the Hot LiPS cabal has released its first spec.

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Hot LiPS Spec.

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 The market greeted the launch 
 of LiPS in 2005 with some fanfare 
 but nothing like the excitement 
 around Google's recent 
 announcement of Android.  LiPS is 
 different from the Open Handset 
 Alliance, the group supporting 
 Google's Android, because it is 
 a specification that allows users 
 to create different interoperable 
 implementations while Android 
 is itself one implementation of 
 Linux...

But, there's only one that will make you an offer you can't refuse...

Hinkmond

Let's ride with the family down the street. Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet. It took me weeks and several times listening to the Flintstone's theme song when I was a kid, before I figured out those exact lyrics.

But, it won't take you too long to figure out that Metismo's Bedrock, which was created to ease the task of programming in Java ME technology, will be a hit among Java ME programmers.

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Metismo's Bedrock makes Java ME easy

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 The Bedrock is a set of 
 standardised coding abstraction 
 layers, processes and utilities 
 that help improve the 
 development and porting of J2ME 
 applications across multiple 
 handsets. Using the Bedrock 
 across multiple applications 
 also reduces the overhead for 
 coders/porters to get up to 
 speed with new projects. 

Hinkmond

You better watch out, you better not cry. Java ME technology is coming to town with this new Christmas themed version of Blocker Breaker from Gameloft.

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Break Christmas Blocks with Java ME

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 Gameloft plays Santa Claus on 
 your mobile phone with 
 Christmas Blocker Breaker 
 Deluxe, the Yuletide version 
 of its famous brick-breaker 
 game!

Hinkmond

Lots of fun gift ideas from CNet--as long as they involve Java ME technology. Because, ya know, when you give your loved one a gift with Java ME technology, you're saying they deserve the best. ;-)

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CNet list of Java ME Gift Ideas for 2007

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 Sleigh bells aren't the only 
 things ringing this holiday 
 season.  There's been a 
 blizzard of cool new cell 
 phones and smartphones to 
 arrive on the scene, and they 
 all make wonderful presents. 
 After all, aren't the 
 holidays about connecting 
 with family and friends?

Hinkmond

Here's an article on how TV-enabled Java ME cell phones are outnumbering the shipments of TV sets in the world.

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Multimedia phones outship TV sets

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 MultiMedia Intelligence... reports 
 the worldwide unit shipments of 
 multimedia feature-rich mobile 
 phones will exceed 300 million 
 units in 2008, outnumbering 
 shipments of TV sets. 

Hinkmond

Just like we saw during the dot com boom, there's something big driving the growth of Java ME technology. What is it? Porn? Well, yes. But, we like to believe it's called the "Internet". You know--that Al Gore invention.

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What drives Java ME growth? Porn... uh, no, the Net

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 "More people will connect 
 to the Internet via a device 
 like a cell phone than a PC," 
 he said, noting that most 
 mobile devices already use 
 Sun's Java software...

Hinkmond

Poor Fast Eddie was not quite fast enough over at Motorola. Even though he promoted the Linux/Java stack on the new generation phones at Motorola, I guess that's not enough and revenues actually do matter.

See:

Show me the money, Fast Eddie

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 Few Motorola followers were 
 shocked by the company's 
 announcement Friday that CEO 
 Ed Zander would be stepping 
 down--they were just 
 surprised it didn't happen 
 sooner.

Hinkmond