Thursday February 26, 2009 Mini call center inside your Java ME tech-enabled phone
Did you ever want a mini-outsourced call center inside your Java ME mobile device? No? Well, maybe you'll reconsider when you find out how easy it is. See: Mobile CRM software in Java ME Here's a quote: Oracle Mobile Sales Assistant ...is a rich (Java) client application that also supports offline usage.You'll be asking customers (from a cell phone) if they're sure their PCs are plugged in and turned on, in no time at all. ;-) |
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Wednesday February 25, 2009 Bonk. Rollover your car, Java ME tech saves your life
Bonk. Rollover your car? This Java ME mobile app will automatically call 911 for you when you're busy being unconscious. See: Java ME calls emergency services in accident Here's a quote: Debopam Acharya in the Department of Computer Sciences, at Georgia Southern University, in Statesboro, Georgia, and colleagues are developing a wireless Java-enabled automobile accident reporting system. The system could determine the nature of an accident, and automatically call emergency medical services for possible action.That's a good Java ME technology-enabled app that looks out for humans and has a practical application in real life. Unlike the iPhone iFart application which shows how cool (making air quotes with fingers) the iPhone is, but doesn't really measure up, does it? It's like the good reprogrammed Arnold Schwarzenegger T-100 Terminator vs. the bad T-2000 Terminator Android. One helps humans to live and the other... well, you know. |
Tuesday February 24, 2009 Flatout 3D Java ME racing game, great candidate for JavaFX Mobile
Here's a product review of a new Java ME 3D mobile phone racing game, Flatout 3D. It's showing the continued strength of Java ME technology on cell phones delivering kick-*ss 3D games... still. Even with that iSomethingOrRuther phone out there in the market. See: Here's a quote: When it comes to Java games on mobile phones you certainly have a massive choice these days and the graphics continue to improve. This is the Flatout 3D Java mobile phone racing game...And, with JavaFX Mobile on the horizon, these Java ME 3D games will be even more kick-*ss on the new JavaFX handsets. |
Monday February 23, 2009 You've got 15 minutes to learn JavaFX, what do you do?
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Mission Possible: Good afternoon, Mr. Phelps. You have 15 minutes to learn JavaFX programming language. What do you do?
Well, you can just click on the video to the left and watch Robert Eckstein run through the basics of JavaFX programming in 15 minutes or less. And, specifically watch how to program in JavaFX Mobile at timestamp 2:45 to 3:00. If you blink, you'll miss it. It's that simple... No need to change any of the source. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to learn JavaFX in 15 minutes. Good luck, Jim... This blog post will self-destruct in 10 seconds. |
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Mission Possible: Learn JavaFX I was just kidding about the self-destruct part. No, really. Hey, what's all that smoke??? |
Friday February 20, 2009 Curl up in bed, with a good Java ME enabled Amazon Kindle 2
Yes, the Amazon Kindle 2 is being shipped next week and yes it does have Java ME CDC beating inside the core of its heart. Thanks for asking. It's got Java ME technology for a simple reason: it works well at the heart of today's coolest high tech gadgets. See: Amazon Kindle 2's heart is Java ME Here's a quote: But bear in mind that the Kindle, at its heart, is a Java machine and porting some or all of the Kindle functionality to the gazillion or so Java-enabled handsets including those running Symbian, BlackBerry, and the Android platforms [blech!] shouldn't be too difficult for Amazon. Software also is a better business model for Amazon given how much more scalable it is than hardware...Well, there you have it. Amazon Kindle 2 hearts Java ME. OMG, they are like BFF! LOL! TTYL! |
Thursday February 19, 2009 Converting iPhone to JavaFX Mobile
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Yep, I'm finding using the newly launched JavaFX Mobile to be a lot of fun. Here's an example of taking the iPhone GUI and converting it to JavaFX Mobile. Try out the JavaFX Mobile app in this blog post. You should see it start up to the left. Try clicking on one of the icons to see the iPhone icons bouncing.
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*NOTE: On initial launch, you may see 2 dialog boxes. Accept both: "This applet was signed by 'JavaFX...'" Click: "Trust". "JavaFX delivers rich media and content..." Click: "Accept".
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Partial source code:
var camImage = ImageView {
translateX: bind width * .77
translateY: bind bounceAnimY;
image: Image { url: "{__DIR__}image/iphone-cam.png"
}
onMousePressed: function(e:MouseEvent) {
bounceAnim.time = 0s;
bounceAnim.play();
}
onMouseEntered: function(me:MouseEvent) {
bounceButton.selected = true;
}
onMouseExited: function(me:MouseEvent) {
bounceButton.selected = false;
}
};
// this function is called to reinitialize the values when the height changes
function createAnims() {
springAnimY = height - 100;
springAnim = Timeline {
keyFrames: [
at(1s) { springAnimY => 50 }
at(2.5s) { springAnimY =>
height - 100.0 tween spring}
]
};
bounceAnimY = height - 100;
bounceAnim = Timeline {
keyFrames: [
at(1s) { bounceAnimY => 50 }
at(2.5s) { bounceAnimY =>
height - 100.0 tween bounce}
]
};
}
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Tuesday February 17, 2009 iPhone is still annoying (even at a high school reunion)
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The iPhone doesn't have JavaFX Mobile, but does he care? Nah, he's still got a high-falutin' attitude, especially at his high school reunion. "Ooo, I got a touchscreen, ooo I got a touchscreen..." This video is pretty funny. See: I like how all the other Java ME cell phones have iPhone pinned at the end of the video and make him play the iFart app. :-) |
Thursday February 12, 2009 Roll out the red carpet for JavaFX Mobile (on Java ME tech, natch)
JavaFX Mobile is now premiering at http://javafx.com. Just like the world premier of a movie. Roll out the red carpet. See: Here's a quote: Sun with JavaFX and the new JavaFX Mobile runtime will compete with technologies such as Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application platform. But Sun believes it has a leg up on the competition because mobile service providers and handset builders can leverage existing Java ME (Micro Edition) investments, something that is critical in tough economic times.See that: save the economy with JavaFX Mobile leveraged on Java ME technology. It might sound like a pyramid scheme at first, but it's not. It's multi-level marketing. Much different. ;-) |
Wednesday February 11, 2009 Vringo video ringtones for Java ME tech-enabled phones
Why have an annoying, obnoxious, and grating ringtone for your cell phone, when you can have that and video at the same time? See: Video ringtones getting annoyingly better Here's a quote: Vringo has launched version 2.0 of its popular video ringtone application for Symbian- and J2ME-enabled phones. The most important change is in the user interface — i.e. new mobile browser — which allows users to more easily find and share video ringtones.Sometimes as a practical joke, my wife likes to set my ringtone to something embarrassing so that it rings something like Tag Team's "Whomp! There it is!" or somesuch song (full volume) during a meeting. Good thing I check to set my phone to vibrate when going to meetings... most of the time... Maybe video ringtones is not such a good thing for my cell phone actually...
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Wednesday February 04, 2009 Students create Java ME tech-enabled presentation projector
Is that an LCD projector in your pocket or are you just happy you can use Java ME technology to build cool gadgets? See: Here's a quote: Its interface was designed completely by Logic Wireless using Java software. The projector in the Bolt can beam an image from 36 to 64 inches in 640 x 480 resolution. Picture quality and size improve in dark conditions.Well, that's too cool. Imagine having one of those at the movie theater just before the real movie starts? |
Tuesday February 03, 2009 MIDProfile new eBay Java ME app
Create your eBay listings with this nifty little Java ME application from MIDProfile (hey, can they use that name?). See: Java ME app makes eBay listings Here's a quote: Create great eBay listings with your mobile! Free photos, custom text, YouTube videoThis is great! I've been meaning to sell that Boba Fett coffee mug of mine... ;-) |
Monday February 02, 2009 It's a Breeze with Java ME tech and Cascada
Cascada has released a mobile application development platform that takes HTML, JavaScript, and CSS code then translates it into a Java ME MIDlet to run on any Java ME tech-enabled cell phone. Personally, I like programming in Java ME code instead of writing HTML, JavaScript, and (gahhhh!) CSS. But, whatever floats your boat, as long as in the end we are talking Java bytecodes. Life is all just aload_0, aload_1, iload_2, invokespecial, return, when you boil it down, isn't it? See: Translate HTML/JavaScript/CSS to Java ME Here's a quote: It's designed to give anyone with basic Web programming knowledge an easy method for creating, testing and distributing mobile applications built in J2ME – the mobile version of the Java programming language – to cell phones and mobile devices anywhere in the world. There are an estimated three billion feature phones in the world that run Java mobile applications.Let's see someone try to call into an accelerometer (JSR 256), Bluetooth (JSR 82), and personal contact list info (JSR 75), with just HTML/JavaScript/CSS though... Direct Java ME programming does still have advantages... |
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