MIDP 2.0 available for Maintenance Review
JSR 118: Mobile Information Device Profile 2.0 is now available for Maintenance Review. ceo
J2MEDeveloper.com
I have reorganized the J2MEDeveloper.com website. The major change is that now all the technical publications are organized by topic, and each topic is expandable; to view the pubs for a given topic just click on the topic of interest, and it will expand… Please feel free to comment on this re-organization, which I have … Read more
About AOL for Sale…
By now I am sure that you have heard or read the AOL acquisition rumors — rumors that Microsoft may aquire AOL… This rumor got Slashdotted, and Russell Beattie wrote about this as well, and as always, Russ provided his insights and food-for-thought into the matter, in this case on who will really acquire AOL: … Read more
J2ME is not MIDP!
Facts: (J2ME != MIDP) -and- (MIDP belongs to J2ME) Let me explain what I mean and where am I coming from… I keep encountering articles that keep confusing readers about what J2ME really is. For example, this morning I went over an article that said “The BlackBerry is a fully J2ME-compliant device”… While that is … Read more
The Painful Reality of Writing Mobility Apps…
Today I finally hooked-up with a friend, a serial founder and CTO of mobility startup companies, who I haven't talked to for some months now. So I said “hey, so how are things going?” His response “I hate handsets”… And I understand his frustration. Note that he is a very experienced mobility technologist and entrepreneur, … Read more
Great Mobile Monday Austin — Sept
We had a great September Mobile Monday Austin event… topic was Wireless Messaging with SMS and MMS. Checkout the Mobile Monday Austin website for comments and photos. ceo
Weblog is back…
I have installed blojsom… And this is my first post using it. Blojsom is definitely very easy to install and manage — I like it very much so far… Had to do some tweaks here and there, but it is all cool. Many thanks to David Czarnecki, the author of blojsom, and Eric Giguere for … Read more
J2MEDeveloper.com Weblog has Moved….
J2MEDeveloper.com weblog has moved…. Please note the new URL: http://j2medeveloper.com/weblog ceo — C. Enrique Ortiz J2MEDeveloper.com Web Page: http://www.j2medeveloper.com Web Log: http://j2medeveloper.com/weblog
Guidelines for Location-based Software (LBS) Developers
Russell Buckley of the Mobile Technology Weblog wrote a very good entry about his perspective on location tracking and employees. It is a good read. He refers to my Guidelines for LBS Applications, which I hope helps create awareness about this important area/situation. ceo
What Makes a Killer App?
I truly believe that the killer application is about two things: better access to people, better access to information. This means that there is no single killer app. For some, the killer app is about access to their “corporate data”, to others is about access to email, for others is gaming – for many is … Read more