The Mobile Media and eMbedded Developer Days (M3DD for short) 2009 conference is just around the corner now. No, not around the street corner--around the virtual cyberspace corner.

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Coming soon! M3DD 2009 Conference

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 Last year's conference was sold 
 out, so register today to secure
 your spot and benefit from early 
 bird pricing! 

Hinkmond

Many times, using Java ME technology will demonstrate its advantages over other inferior programming languages in simple ways, like with the BlackBerry Storm. Sure, it's positioned as yet another iPhone-killer with its nifty-neato touchscreen. But, it can also run all those multiple thousands of tried and tested Java ME apps that have been perfected on previous models of the CrackBerries.

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Just like the iPhone plus legacy MIDlets

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 RIM got perspective rotation 
 absolutely right.  All the 
 Verizon Storm's applications, 
 including the entire library 
 of existing BlackBerry and 
 Java MIDP software, operate 
 in portrait and landscape 
 mode without having to be 
 rewritten for it.

Hinkmond

Java ME technology on your cell phone lets you do lots of stuff, like avoid speed traps during the Thanksgiving holiday. Well, that might not be the most altruistic endeavor for your Java ME technology-enabled phone. But, hey, if it gets you over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house without the pain of a speeding ticket, who's to say what's good and what's evil? ;-)

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Avoid Turkey Traps with Java ME tech

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 Trapster also simultaneously released 
 new applications for other GPS 
 smartphones like BlackBerry, Nokia, 
 and J2ME-enabled phones.  In six 
 short weeks, the trap database has 
 grown from 39,000 to over 115,000 
 reported trap locations.

 Also today Trapster announces support 
 for the new Verizon BlackBerry Storm. 

Hinkmond

Here's a cool Java ME location-based app. It's LocoBlog, ese--a mobile photo blogging app for your Java ME tech-enabled cell phone.

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Ay carumba! El LocoBlog

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 LocoBlog is a mobile phone 
 application and web site which 
 supports location-based mobile 
 photo blogging.

 In order to use LocoBlog, 
 you'll need a handset that 
 supports J2ME and the Location 
 API.  To begin blogging, simply 
 Install and run the LocoBlog 
 from the phone menu. 

Hinkmond

You'll notice that even Android contest winners will deploy on the Java ME platform. They even know which side their bread is buttered.

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Android contest winner deploys on Java ME

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 TuneWiki, a first prize winner of 
 the Android developer competition 
 sponsored by Google, and a popular 
 iPhone application, will be 
 available for mobile [blah-blah-blah,
 yakety-yak-yak]..., J2ME and Symbian.

Hinkmond

This is scary. New Edge has come out with a Java ME game for your cell phone that pits you against human flesh eating aliens--but, not just any type of aliens. These are McAliens...

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i'm lovin' it: Java ME McAliens

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 "While developing McAlien's we tried 
 not only to create a game with 
 addictive gameplay and funky graphics, 
 but to amuse our players with funny 
 and sarcastic texts", says Andrey 
 Yunoshev, Chief Programmer at New 
 Edge.

Hinkmond

Cellity has pumped up their Address Book mobile app with Java ME steroids. I want to pahmp you ahp!

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Pumped up with Java ME steroids

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 German startup Cellity has unveiled 
 its enhanced address book (called 
 Addressbook 2.0) for mobile phones, 
 now available in a private beta. 
 The J2ME application allows users 
 to aggregate data from across their 
 Email boxes, social networks, and 
 standard address books into a single 
 intuitive application, bringing the 
 functionality of a smartphone to the 
 hundreds of more basic phones that 
 support the Java platform.

Hinkmond

OK. So, if you don't get it right the first time with your Java ME app, there's always improvements you can make to your next release.

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New release of Java ME Guitar Hero has better sound

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 Sound quality on Java (J2ME)
 phones was the number-one 
 complaint of the first mobile 
 Guitar Hero. In World Tour, 
 Hands-On Mobile has improved 
 the audio for Java phones, 
 bringing it up to the MP3 
 quality of other platforms.

Hinkmond

Terrence Barr had a post about the current Java ME EC election going on until 17Nov2008. If you want to see change, make sure you vote.

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Vote for Change in Java ME

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 The Java Community Process (JCP) 
 is currently holding elections 
 for the Java ME EC (Executive 
 Committee).  The ME EC is the 
 guiding body that oversees the 
 evolution of the Java ME 
 technology in the JCP - thereby 
 making it a critical part of 
 the Java ME ecosystem.  Two 
 seats are up for replacement 
 and our Java Mobile & Embedded 
 Community member and Community 
 Star Sean Sheedy is running for 
 election.

Hinkmond

I saw an e-mail today from Ed Washington who said he saw this mentioned on TV: UC Berkeley has teamed up with Nokia and NAVTEQ to create a nifty Java ME app for your cell phone called the Mobile Millennium Project, that does free traffic monitoring by aggregating cell phone GPS locations and traffic sensors embedded in the road.

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Get traffic patterns w/Java ME (not Android :-P) phones

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Tested [Java ME tech-eanbled] Devices
BlackBerry Curve 8310 (AT&T)
BlackBerry Pearl 8110 (AT&T)
Nokia E71 (Unlocked)
Nokia N95 (Unlocked)
Nokia N96 (Unlocked)
Nokia E61i (Unlocked, with external GPS) 

And, then Firefox Mobile sez to Android, "Oh, no you did'n!" Then Android is all like, "Whatchu doin' gettin' in up my grill?" And, Firefox Mobile sez, "Whaaaat? I hates you, Android! You betta drop that custom Java of yours, boyfriend! Or, all you're gonna see is my big red Firefox behind goin' out that door. Uh-huh..."

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Firefox Mobile be a-hatin Android over Java

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 Often, when people carp about Mobile 
 Firefox or Opera not being able to run 
 on the iPhone 'cause of Apple's SDK 
 restrictions, they'll point to Android 
 and say "I can't wait for Mobile 
 Firefox on Android" or some variation 
 of that, since Android theoretically 
 doesn't have any limitations. I've got 
 some bad news for those people.  
 Firefox Mobile (aka Fennec) isn't 
 coming to Android anytime soon.

Hinkmond

Java ME technology use is growing in Africa. Makes sense since people in Africa use their Java ME tech-enabled cell phones more than landline phones.

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Java ME growing in Africa

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 Sources show a huge upside to 
 subscriber growth in Africa, with 
 a US$429 billion market willing 
 to spend on mobile services (2007)
 ...  Additionally, in South 
 Africa, for example, over 76 
 percent of the population relies 
 on mobile telephones, versus 9.2 
 percent on fixed landlines...

 The Java technology installed base 
 is projected to surpass North 
 American numbers by 2010.

Hinkmond

Here's an interesting article by Bruce Hopkins that shows how Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) on the Java ME platform is using the REGISTER method for sending a simple message asynchronously from one application to the other.

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SIPping from the Java ME tech firehose

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 In the previous example, you saw how 
 easy it was for each user to communicate 
 with each other using the MESSAGE method 
 type.  This was, of course, due to the 
 fact that each user had a routable IP 
 address, and there were no barriers in 
 place (such as a firewall) to impede the 
 communication between the devices.  This 
 gets a little tricky, however, when one 
 or both of the users are located behind 
 a firewall or NAT proxy as shown... 

Hinkmond