JavaME-J2ME

The Mobile Services Architecture (JSR-248) or MSA is almost final. The MSA expert group has published the Proposed Final Draft Specification: “This JSR creates a mobile service architecture and platform definition for the high volume wireless handsets continuing the work started in JSR-185 and enhancing the definition with new technologies.” MSA defines what the next … Read more

Is now scheduled to close on 1 May 2006: The Maintenance Lead of the following JSR: JSR-000118 Mobile Information Device Profile 2.0 has updated the Change Log posted for the second Maintenance Review. View the list of JSRs in Maintenance Review here: http://jcp.org/en/jsr/stage?listBy=maint View the JSR 118 Maintenance Review 2 linked from the stage table … Read more

There has been a lot of activity the last couple of months (end of 2005, early 2006) in the Java ME Community, with updates to many specifications (JSR). Many of these updates are happening because JSR 248 Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) is going final. For those of you who don't know what MSA is, MSA … Read more

It has been a while since I posted to my blog — I have been extremely busy… I have a couple of good pieces coming, but in the meantime, there is an article of mine that was recently published in the Sun Java Mobility Developer Website… Two common questions that I get about the Web … Read more

It seems that what I had foreseen, Java ME Lightweight Clients, will finally happen, at least the rendering part of it – neat. Recently I posted a blog entry about AJAX and mobile development, Will AJAX Save The Day (for Mobile Apps Development)?, where I wrote the following paragraph: “That said… instead of AJAX replacing … Read more

For those of you who follow the progress and changes of Java Specifications for Java ME, a new maintenenace release for Java Technology for the Wireless Industry (JTWI) Specification (JSR 185) has been published. Changes are very few, and specific to security. ceo

JSR 253 Mobile Telephony API (MTA) for Java ME Final Draft Specification is out… This is definitely an interesting API, one that I have been waiting for a long time, and yes, it is finally here! Well, almost here. MTA provides common network telephony services for handsets. With this API an application can initiate and … Read more

So finally we are going to have a Java ME/MIDP platform that offers all the APIs we have been waiting for. And this platform is the Nokia S60, the new brand name for what we have known as the Series 60. Recently published was Nokia's S60 2nd/3rd Edition: Differences In Features v1.2 document which as … Read more

The top two members have been elected (2005) and will serve for the next three years on the JCP Micro Edition Executive Committee. Congratulations to Sony Ericsson and Symbian. Company/Individual Votes (%) Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB 31.1% Symbian Ltd 18.8% BenQ Corporation 14% LG Electronics Inc. 12.5% Aplix Corporation 9.7% Cox Communications, Inc. 6.5% … Read more

I just started a WMA FAQ — as I receive questions, I will update the page… See JavaMEDeveloper's WMA FAQ. ceo