When it comes to accessing content and services from a device, phones are a tool of choice, limited though they may be. The phonetop concept looks at enabling consumers to access the content they want across any device, but in a manner that works with the specific characteristics of a phone.
Enter JavaFX Mobile – a complete mobile operating and application environment built around Java and Linux open source technologies that allows developers to build rich, high-impact applications using JavaFX script.
JavaFX Product Line Manager Jacob Lehrbaum joins VP of Global Systems Engineering, Hal Stern, on this edition of Innovating@Sun to discuss this latest technology in the world of advanced converging mobile devices. Highlights include:
Efforts to create a fully-integrated environment with tight integration between the native operating system and phonetop, as well as downloadable applications and services to get consistent look and feel.
What's available to the platform developer
Discussion of a telephony framework at the middleware layer
How the acquisition of SavaJ assets were used to build out JavaFX Mobile
The strategy for the JavaFX family, first products, and leveraging those assets for the TV space and more
Options for those who want to start writing code today, including the creation of midlet applications
Work with handset manufacturers to get devices to market
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JavaFX Mobile
OpenJFX.com
Network.com, Sun's network-accessible grid platform, just became a whole lot more available. On the geographic front, it's now available outside the U.S. in many other countries including Canada, China, Japan, India, Singapore, and many countries within the E.U.
This newly-expanded availability goes beyond new points of access to include wider availability of the platform in terms of what it can do. Group product manager for Network.com, Rohit Valia, met with Innovating@Sun host Hal Stern, to discuss the new and exciting features in detail. A key goal of the Network.com expansion is to reach developers in new ways and expand their development options on the grid. Listen to the podcast to learn about:
Developer access to APIs for integration into their code
A NetBeans plug-in for access to job submission and data transfer
IT insurance - the use of APIs to automate the transfer of workload spikes
Making Network.com available as a back-end facility for people writing mash-up applications
The expansion of applications beyond the enterprise into the mass market space
Dynamically allocated compute nodes that allow applications from outside the grid to talk to those inside the grid
How Sun is making it transparent for developers to plug in popular IDEs
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NetBeans Plug-in
java.net
CDO2 press release
