The Mobile Service Architecture 2 (JSR 249) is the specification that promises making Java ME-based handsets what many of us have been waiting for years: API robust and consistent.
The JSR 249 is now in Public Review phase, and it needs the input from the developer community…
MSA 2 Stack – Input Needed! – Click to Enlarge
Click the image to enlarge. Notice the yellow indicating the area that the Expert Group is asking for input from the developer community. Help the EG prioritize the APIs for the mid-device class (or standard platform); send an email to jsr-249-comments@jcp.org; tell them Enrique sent you… 
And as I’ve previous written about on MSA 2, the API is not complete, and the following JSRs that should be considered for inclusion:
- JSR 304: Mobile Telephony API version 2 -or- JSR 253 MTA version 1
- JSR 266: Unified Message Box Access API (UMBA-API)
- JSR 307: Network Mobility and Mobile Data API
Both the MTA and UMBA APIs are in limbo within the JCP, but the JCP should take them out of such limbo-state so the EG can incorporate! You see, while inter-vendor and JCP politics and legality stuff continues to slow things down, platforms such as Android and other continue to move forward.
Download the draft specification from http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=249.
This Public Review closes on 23 February 2009.
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What’s MSA 2′s story when it comes to RIA (a la Bondi?) Is it being positioned a competitor – write monolithic apps instead of rich internet applications – or a collaborator – do its component JSRs provide a means to for RIA developers to make even richer applications (and how?)
There are RIA apps and there are local/native apps. MSA 2 I believe to be important, now, to deliver a consistent set of APIs across handsets; and hoping with consistent behavior as well. It is time to have a rich set of APIs on Java ME platforms…
Watch out for my comments!
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I would strongly suggest to add the MTA API’s (JSR 253 and JSR 304) into MSA 2 AP. These would truly add some neat call control features like calender based call control: switch directly to voice mail when in meeting.