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Monthly Archives: August 2006

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Poll Results for Do you like to use Code Generators?

Do you like to use Code Generators? Below are the results for the poll: …with the majority of the respondents indicating they like using code generators as a starting point (35%). Then comes the developers who rather (completely) write their software vs. using…

Article: The Mobile Services Architecture Specification

I wrote a short article that explains MSA. You can find it at Sun's Mobility Development Center website: The article “The Mobile Services Architecture Specification introduces JSR 248 and next generation platform for Java ME devices. See how the pieces of the new…

Sun to Open-Source Java ME

Wow… Very interesting… First Motorola, with their open source projects. Now Sun is open-sourcing Java ME. This is pretty big. This will have a huge impact on how Java ME is defined (today via JCP expert groups), and developed, distributed, and licensed. A…

Carnival #40 at Abiro

This week's carnival of the mobilists is at Abiro. Also remember to vote for the best post of July. The winner receives a $250 prize from the carnival's sponsor Khosla Ventures. ceo

Tips from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team – Defending Cell Phones and PDAs Against Attack

As cell phones and PDAs become more technologically advanced,attackers are finding new ways to target victims. By using text messaging or email, an attacker could lure you to a malicious site or convince you to install malicious code on your portable device. The…

Blogging Conjecture #1

Blogging is not easy… blogging good content that is. When writing good content, something has to give: Blogging Conjecture #1: The amount of (good, daily) content found in a weblog is proportional to the amount of work the blog author really accomplishes at…

The Ghost (J2ME) JSR

There is a JSR that for the longest time has been bothering me. And this JSR is JSR 68: The J2ME Platform Specification. Isn't this JSR supposed to be the specification that defines what the J2ME platform is, is not, and consists of?…

The Return of the Platform

In the late 1990/early 2000, before the bubble burst, platforms were a big thing – for many startups, platforms or infrastructure software was at the core of their business models. A couple of years later, when things got sour, it was not about…

On the death and evolution of the PDA

Carlo wrote a piece for Techdirt titled When The PDA Evolved, Its Manufacturers Didn't. Carlo's point is that the PDA market is evolving, and he is right. Some of the comments left by readers include two people who disagree with Carlo. One reader…

Away…

My blog will be quiet for a while… I'll be enjoying some time off in the beach w/ the family… Have a good one. Later! ceo