Here's a way to stay programming in Java ME technology, but also sell your Java ME app at the Apple iPhone AppStore too. Javaground has added an iPhone component to their Xpress Suite to compile Java ME source code into an iPhone native app.

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Convert Java ME source to iPhone

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 Javaground announced today a new 
 component of its Xpress Suite(TM) 
 that allows developers to 
 automatically generate a native 
 iPhone program from a Java source 
 code. This will save developers a 
 significant amount of time. 
 Traditionally, developers target 
 the iPhone by re-writing their 
 Java source code in Objective C. 
 Now, their existing Java code can 
 be reused...

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Did you ever hear those loud air horns on those old Model A cars? You know--the ones that go A-OOGA! Well, this has nothing to do with that. Orugga has created a Java ME app that allows you to have your tickets for events displayed on your cell phone screen to have it scanned for your entry.

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Orruga Ticketek

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 Once the ticket is purchased, the 
 user can choose to receive the 
 ticket directly in the mobileas a 
 bar code puede elegir el ticket 
 en formato de código de barras 
 digital y recibirlo directamente 
 en su móvil.

Como se dice: Medio translated?

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Glu has a new lineup of cell phone games for your Java ME technology-enabled phone. There are some cool sounding titles. Superman/Batman, Heroes United at Brokeback Mountain. I think Heath Ledger was in that one, right? It's where Superman and Batman spend time together fighting crime and driving cattle... I think. A special kind of crime fighting. Age of Empires III, because I & II left so much untold. And, Brain Genius Deluxe, where you have to figure out how to install an app to an Android phone. Or, something along that nature.

See:

Glu Mobile releases new games

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 ...games in the first-quarter line-up 
 include Superman/Batman: Heroes United; 
 Cooking Star; Age of Empires III; Bugs 
 Bunny Rabbit Rescue; Watchmen: The Mobile 
 Game; Brain Genius Deluxe; and Monsters 
 vs. Aliens.

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Microsoft sees the beauty of writing apps in Java ME programming language. They offer their new Microsoft Tag app on all the major phone platforms, including the most major of them all: the Java ME platform. Thought I was going to say Android, didn't you? Fat chance!

This is a cool app that lets you create a 2D image badge that becomes a shortcut to a long URL, so that you can just use your cell phone camera to upload it to your phone and jump to it in your browser, instead of typing it all in on that teeny phone keypad.

See:

Tag, Microsoft uses Java ME

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 It’s a free application in beta 
 for Windows Mobile, J2ME, Symbian 
 S60, BlackBerry and iPhone.

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If you want to learn about phoneME, you could watch this video.

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Learn more: phoneME talk

I wish I had a comb. That one clump of hair hanging in front bugs me. Maybe, I can Photoshop each frame to get rid of that...

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I'm slowly catching up from after the holidays, but have been swamped with recent tasks at work and a conference here at Sun (M3DD 2009 conference). I thought it's time to at least catch up with my blog.

Here's an article on e-books and Java ME technology being a perfect match.

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Books and Java ME tech, a love story

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 Late last month, the Gutenberg folks 
 announced an initiative to reformat 
 their collection, currently numbering 
 27,000 books on the main site, and 
 100,000 plus when affiliates are 
 included, specifically for cell 
 phones. "Each Java/MIDP 2.0 enabled 
 cell phone is sufficient - the most 
 common computing platform in the 
 world: There are by far more cell 
 phones shipped worldwide than 
 personal computers,"

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