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Anders of Abiro has written a good quick summary titled What's MIDP 3.0 all about? – check it out. ceo

If you are looking into learning how to use the Bluetooth API for Java ME, you can start by reading the following two articles and source code: Using the Java APIs for Bluetooth Wireless Technology, Part 1 Using the Java APIs for Bluetooth, Part 2 – Putting the Core APIs to Work Download the source … Read more

During the month of December 2006 two very important Java ME specifications milestones were reached: MIDP3 (JSR 271) entered the Early Draft Review phase Mobile Service Architecture (JSR 248) is now final release Two important specifications indeed… MIDP3 is introducing a number of interesting features, as described below; features that were really needed by the … Read more

Following up on Java ME GPL Clarification by Terrence Barr, Sun Java Mobile & Embedded Evangelist, I asked for a bit more clarification on Java ME vs. GPL licensing model vs. Intellectual Property related to contributed code… Question: When contributing code to phoneMe and/or the “runtime”, such code becomes also GPL. What about the IP … Read more

A good compilation of tips by Mihai Preda's of the The anatomy of a project weblog. These are tips to consider to help keep your Java ME code small. I have used many of them, and some of these tips and others can be found on Chapter 10 – Techniques for Writing Better MIDP Applications … Read more

Terrence (and his team?) was kind enough to spend some time clarifying the concerns related to Java ME and the new GPL licensing model… read Interpreting Java under GPL — does it force applications to be GPL as well? Awesome. Terrence's answer is what I was expecting/hoping to get – but it was important to … Read more

Michael writes about a very important issue that needs clarification… In his blog, he writes Confusion over open source Java ME . The concern has to do with the effects of GPL on applications. By not using LGPL -or- not applying the GPL linking exception to Java ME, as was done for Java SE, we … Read more

Neat, a new community web site for mobile and embedded Java… From the Mobile & Embedded Community web site: The Mobile & Embedded Community is a gathering place that enables and empowers developers to collaborate and innovate, driving the evolution and adoption of the Java(TM) Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) for mobile and embedded devices. … Read more

Check out a technical tip I wrote for the Java Mobility Developers website, where I cover a useful utility/technique for Java ME/MIDP to externalize resources, in this case images. If you are encountering size restrictions when OTA provisioning your MIDlet, or you need your MIDlet suite to contain images that can vary over time, you … Read more

Check out the article that I wrote for the Java Mobility Developers website titled Obfuscating Your MIDlet Suite… with a few simple steps you can reduce the size of MIDlet suites using an obfuscator. Reduced size equals smaller, faster downloads – saving OTA time and money. Read how to integrate obfuscation with the Sun Java … Read more