Qik has had live video streaming from your Java ME tech-enabled cell phone for a while now. But, they have added a BlackBerry Java ME tech-enabled version now too.

See:

Qik Java ME tech-enabled video streaming

Here's a quote:

 The service will allow owners to broadcast 
 live video from the phone's camera directly 
 to the Internet using a Wi-FI or 3G 
 connection. The feature is currently 
 available on jailbroken iPhones, Windows 
 Mobile and Symbian smartphones as well as 
 Java 2 Micro Edition feature phones, but 
 BlackBerry phones were notably missing it. 

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Nokia has announced their latest SNAP Mobile SDK 2.2 release so that you too can program yet another version of Sudoku for your Nokia Java ME cell phone.

See:

Program games faster w/Nokia SNAP Mobilbe SDK 2.2

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 Nokia today announced the availability
 of the latest Software Development Kit 
 (SDK) for SNAP Mobile, its end-to end
 solution for connected mobile gaming in
 Java(TM) technology. The SNAP Mobile
 SDK 2.2 provides developers with a
 number of innovative tools to make it
 significantly easier to create connected
 mobile games. 

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Mr. Bean visits a Java ME tech-enabled zoo on your cell phone. Daa-a-a-aaang... Those mice have big teeth!

See:

Java ME tech-eanbled Mr. Bean

I like the part where the evil porcupine quills Mr. Bean (at the end of the video). Youch! That must sting...

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Google loves Java ME (technology) yes I know, For Tom's Guide tells me so.
I'm making this up as I go along, Android is weak but Java ME is strong.

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New GMail Mobile 2.0 on Java ME phones

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 The third and possible biggest 
 update this week for Gmail is the 
 release of the newest version of 
 Gmail for Mobile.  Users can now 
 enjoy a faster, smoother service 
 from Gmail for Mobile.  Gmail Mobile 
 2.0 comes with J2ME and Blackberry 
 support for nearly all models, so 
 Nokia N95 and Bold users users can 
 now enjoy Gmail on their phone.

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Yeah, I know. This blog post will elicit comments from the Google Android fanboys who seem to always climb out from under their rocks when I make a post about Android. But, remember, I'm not the one writing these things. It ain't me! It's this John C. Dvorak dude at PC Magazine. I can't even pronounce Dvorak. :-) I don't have any association with John C. Dvorak. I don't even subscribe to PC Magazine. (But, mebbee I should now after reading this article...)

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John C. Dvorak (not me) sick of hearing about Google's Android

Here's a quote:

 I've had it with cell phones—all of 
 them.  I'm sick of reading about new 
 phones.  I'm sick of news about the 
 iPhone, how cool it is or that it 
 lacks a removable battery, and gosh 
 we need to discuss this important 
 flaw incessantly.  Who cares?  It's 
 a friggin' phone, for God's sake. 
 And now I'm sick of hearing about 
 Google's Android phones.  The gPhone, 
 the G1, the Android, or whatever 
 you want to call it.  Who cares?

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It's no NetBeans, but hey, EclipseME does their part in advancing the Java ME domination of Mobile Computing. Ain't no thang.

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EclipseME sprucing up Mobile Tools for Java ME tech

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 Currently, MTJ supports Java 
 mobile platforms from Microsoft 
 and Symbian used by Motorola 
 and Nokia. 

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Analyze the mobile market with the Java ME tech-enabled Flurry analytic software that gives demographic information about mobile app customers.

See:

Java ME app gives insights to customers

Here's a quote:

 It also works on J2ME-based phones, 
 which constitute the bulk of the 
 cell phone market at this time. 
 J2ME is a Java-based operating 
 system that powers many mobile 
 phone models.

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Here's an article that talks about the new Pew study that found Java ME tech-enabled cell phones promote more conversations among family members, not less.

See:

Java ME tech encourages family harmony

Here's a quote:

 The study debunked the theory 
 that technology often creates 
 isolation among family members. 
 In fact, 25% of the respondents 
 said that access to the Internet
 and cell phones has made their 
 families closer, while only 11% 
 said that such technologies have 
 isolated family members.

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The AW sent me a pointer to this article from the San Jose Mercury News published on 16Oct2008 that gave a fair assessment of the upcoming Google phone.

See:

Google phone needs work

Here's a quote:

 Unfortunately, video and song playback 
 is hampered by a major hardware 
 shortcoming: the G1 eschews a standard 
 headphone jack in favor of an included 
 but uncomfortable earbud headset, which 
 plugs into the mini USB port that is 
 also used to charge the phone.  This 
 poses several problems...

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Here's a video of the i35 Java technology phone. Hmmm... what does this i35 phone remind me of? Doesn't it make you think of some other phone on the market? One phone that also starts with the letter "i" maybe?

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The i35 Java technology phone looks awfully familiar...

Must've been built in China. They say it has Java technology, but watch out for the melamine that could possibly be mixed inside it... ;-)

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Do you have an idea for a Java ME application that will save the world? Well, make sure to enter this Nokia contest.

See:

Write a Java ME app to save the world

Here's a quote:

 Nokia and inventor Dean Kamen 
 (creator of the Segway) have 
 teamed up to fund a contest to 
 find the next big thing in 
 mobile programs (called 
 applications), with one of the 
 categories specifically calling 
 for eco-related apps.

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Did you ever want to have a universal translator in your pocket? Something that is sort of like the leech-like Babel Fish from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, which you stick in your ear to understand anything said to you in any language.

Well something like that exists today via Java ME technology on your cell phone.

See:

Java ME tech-enabled Babel Fish

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 Lonely Planet, known for its 
 travel guides, said it’s developing 
 audio phrasebooks for Java-enabled 
 mobile phones.
 ...
 So far, software is available for 
 converting English phrases into 
 Cantonese, Czech, French, German, 
 Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, 
 Thai and Vietnamese.

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There's talk that the new BlackBerry Storm with its fancy touchscreen nastiness, will be an iPhone-killer. You know it. It's all that. It's got Java ME technology.

See:

BlackBerry Storm is All That - w/Java ME Technology

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 RIM's latest smartphones use a refreshed 
 version of the BlackBerry user interface, 
 and one in particular -- the touchscreen 
 BlackBerry Storm -- has functionality 
 that has not been available in the line 
 before.  The new tools, released on 
 Wednesday, allow developers to address 
 the new capabilities of these handsets.

 The tools include two new versions of the 
 BlackBerry Java Development Environment 
 (JDE), as well as desktop simulators for 
 the Storm, Flip and Bold handsets. 

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The Java Mobile, Media & eMbedded Developer Days (M3DD for short) will take place on 21Jan2009 - 22Jan2009 in Santa Clara, Calif. Sign up now for early registration (and save money! which is opposite of what's happening in the stock market, eh?).

See:

M3DD Early Registration

Here's a quote:

 This conference is devoted solely 
 to the technologies of mobile, media, 
 and embedded Java platforms and is a 
 unique opportunity for content 
 developers of intermediate and 
 advanced skill levels, platform 
 developers, and technical experts...

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Hey, coolio. Share speed trap info using your Java ME cell phone.

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Snitch on the cops

Here's a quote:

 Trapster combines the social elements 
 of Digg... with a mobile phone.  If a 
 user spots a speed trap, he or she 
 punches a preconfigured button, and 
 the Trapster software uses cell-phone 
 triangulation and/or the GPS chip to 
 flag the location.

 The Trapster app also supports phones 
 that include Java J2ME...

Hinkmond