JavaME-J2ME

Sun has updated their Java ME Device Table . The device matrix is a very handy table/tool that allows you to filter handsets by functionality, for example, only show handsets that support certain API, configuration, profile, and so on. Use the above device matrix, with the Java Wireless Toolkit, and NetBeans, and you are set … Read more

A good artile by Jim White on JUnit Testing Using Java ME JUnit Framework… ceo

Read my latest article Accessing a Resource over HTTP, a concise example of how to use the MIDP HttpConnection and GET method to retrieve content given a URI and MIME-type. Read this one carefully, as it will be used in a future technical tip. ceo

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 platform fit together.” ceo

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 governance body needs to be formed, who would be responsible for its … Read more

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? This JSR has been referred to by many as being such. JSR … Read more

Just read via Wendong's Smart Phone Weblog that Sony Ericsson has released Mobile JUnit 1.0 for Java ME CLDC phones. ceo

The act of coding vs. the act of deploying… Is coding deploying in Java ME really a pain? Previously I wrote Is coding in Java ME really a pain? where I bring up a couple of points on that topic. But I've been recently reminded — the real pain is not the coding part, but … Read more

“Explore CLDC and the Profiles defined for use with the Connected Limited Device Configuration. Enrique Ortiz writes about the most common Java ME execution environment.” » Read Summary of CLDC-Based Profiles ceo

I keep reading in the blogosphere that coding in Java ME (J2ME) is a pain… And I've a theory why some developers complain about it… Developers who have come from the embedded and/or low-level software development side of computing find Java ME development not as bad, because of the development environments they have been exposed … Read more