JavaME-J2ME

The final installment of the six-part series on the Personal Information Management API (JSR 75), Summary of PIM Fields, provides a reference on the PIM fields and pointers to related on-line resources. Below is a summary of all six-parts on Using the PIM API for Java ME: An Introduction to the PIM API for Java … Read more

The final release of Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5.1 for CLDC is now available for download. This version includes: bug fixes USB tokens for MIDlet signing support on Ubuntu Linux Plus the following JSRs: * Mobile Service Architecture (JSR 248) * Java Technology for the Wireless Industry (JTWI) (JSR 185) * Connected Limited Device Configuration … Read more

In part 5 of the PIM API series, Using the PIM API for Java ME, examples of how to do everything from retrieving the names of PIM databases through PIM create/read/update/delete operations to exception handling. Now it's time to play. Previous parts for Using the PIM API for Java ME: An Introduction to the PIM … Read more

[Update: Fixed hyperlink to part 4, and added links to previous parts (thanks Anders!)] Part 4 of Using the PIM API for Java ME covers some design considerations when using the PIM API. Now it's time to explore design issues that will affect how your application is developed. Read this, then start your application design. … Read more

Part 3 of Using the PIM API for Java ME, covers security considerations when using the PIM API. Will your application protect the user's address book, calendar and to-do list? In part 3 learn how PIM is designed to work in conjunction with the MIDP 2.0 security framework. ceo

The second part on using the PIM API for J2ME (JSR 75), Using the PIM API for Java ME, Part 2 – Portability Considerations, is now available at the SDN Mobile Java site. Check it out. “In this installment Enrique explores how to test for PIM API presence on your device and test for presence … Read more

The first part in a six-part series of articles on using the PIM API for J2ME (JSR 75), An Introduction to the PIM API for Java ME, is now available at the SDN Mobile Java site. Check it out. Not that I am biased, since I wrote it, but it is a good, comprehensive series; … Read more

Jason and his team at Paxmodept have released their Java ME Graphical User Interface Library. Jason writes in his blog: …most Java ME applications unfortunately look like they have been built by amateurs and it ruins the user experience. It is our belief that user interfaces should be simple yet beautiful and for this reason … Read more

The Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5 for CLDC final version is now available for download, and is it is packed with lots of good stuff, including supported for all the JSRs under the Mobile Services Architecture Specification (MSA): * Java Technology for the Wireless Industry (JTWI) (JSR 185) * Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) 1.1 … Read more

… two long days of MIDP3 discussions, the last 2 days were. The MIDP3 expert group (EG) met in Austin Texas at the Motorola facilities, which was perfect for me, as I was able to attend this face-to-face meeting; as an individual contributor I don't get too many chances to attend EG meetings in person, … Read more