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Earlier this month the Data Sync API EG released an early draft of the spec for (your) review… read below for details. As you may know, data synchronization is one of the key approaches (together with plain-ole HTTP, Web Services, SOA, etc) to integration with back-end systems. Because of this, it is important to provide … Read more
New to tech-tip section: “A Generic LCDUI Form” “A Simple Ordered Hashtable” Also revisited “Comments on Nokia SOA”… Visit J2MEDeveloper.com ceo — C. Enrique Ortiz J2MEDeveloper.com Web Page: http://www.j2medeveloper.com Web Log: http://www.j2medeveloper.com/blog
Symbian, the mobile phone operating system jointly owned by several leading handset makers, passed on Wednesday (July 7th) a significant milestone that most of its owners have agreed to increase their stakes in the company, preventing Nokia from increasing its holding above 50 percent. Prev % equity New % equity (Source: Symbiam.com press release) … Read more
(Excerpt from Sun System News, Volume 77, Issue 2) Setting no limits and tying no bounds, Gosling said that his inspiration for Java came by taking a step back, observing and absorbing the changing context of computing during the mid-90s, which was shifting from centralized, disconnected data centers to networks. “In some sense Java wasn't … Read more
As a person who has been involved in the development of location-based solutions, I see and understand the benefits of geo-fencing, especially for tracking expensive and/or sensitive assets such as vehicles, (perishable) merchandise, or similar. But if applied to people, and if abused, this technology opens a serious “privacy can of worms”… See Notes on … Read more
The Web Services APIs (WSA) for Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME), as defined by the Java Community Process for the Java Specification Request 172 (JSR 172), are two independent optional packages for remote service invocation and XML parsing… Read more at IBM DeveloperWorks. ceo — C. Enrique Ortiz J2MEDeveloper.com Web Page: http://www.j2medeveloper.com Web Log: … Read more
Recently Nokia announced its vision for a networked service-oriented architecture for mobile phones. I was finally able to find and read the whitepaper. Some people have claimed this announcement as the most important announcement at JavaOne, a pretty substantial claim. This architecture is interesting indeed, but I can't help it pointing out the following: The … Read more
In response to Michael's blog entry “Write once, pray, and debug everywhere?”, which in turn was in response to Russ' blog entry, I think that: True WORA will never happen. Companies will continue to differentiate themselves. Things have gotten much better though, and will continue to get better. This is because companies continue their innovation … Read more
To “profile” or not to “profile”. That is the question. There is the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), and the Information Module Profile (IMP). And most recently the new Set-top box (STB) profile JSR was submitted to the JCP. In this essay we briefly explore CLDC-based profiles today, and the concern that CLDC-based profiles are … Read more
A MIDlet class may manage its own logic and life-cycle, but often a better choice is for it to delegate these responsibilities to a finite state machine (FSM). An FSM provides a simple and effective means to control your MIDlet's life-cycle and overall application behavior. This article shows you how. Read more at: Managing the … Read more