PDFs from the recent JavaOne Java ME sessions are now available online. As well as the previously mentioned LWUIT, there are other interesting sessions such as ‘How to Port phoneME Advanced Software to Google Android, iPhone, OpenMoko, LiMO, and More’.
phoneME is sun’s attempt to extend the reach of Java ME to new platforms. There’s an […]

Felipe Andrade and Alessandro Pace have created Jarpa, "Java Packaging for Flash Lite Developers".
The latest S60 phones support both Java ME and Flash Lite. Jarpa allows Flash Lite Developers to deliver their content as Java ME applications. The Java and Flash Lite can communicate via either files or a custom Symbian Server.

I have had a […]

Last week, I commented on how Sony Ericsson’s Project Capuchin might help solve the problem of creating a great UI without resorting to writing your own UI layer on the Java ME canvas.
Well, Sun has also been working on a solution…
"Writing appealing cross device applications today in the Java™ ME platform is challenging. Due to […]

I am seeing more and more people coming to me with requirements for Windows Mobile applications. I actually started programming for mobile under Windows CE (’Pegasus’) when it first came out in 1996. Since then, in Europe at least, fewer companies have been looking for Windows Mobile development and more have wanted Java ME and […]

If you develop or are thinking of developing for UIQ, you should check out the forthcoming UIQ Developer Fast Track Events in Boston and San Francisco. The Fast Track provides both technical and commercial content to accelerate your understanding of UIQ.
When people think about UIQ they often just think about programming Symbian and C++. […]

Symbian have a useful new paper comparing native and Java development. The paper covers application startup, installation, APIs, portability, fragmentation, security and tools.
In practice, most companies I work with find the choice of programming language (and platform) is driven mainly by…

the features provided by the API

the number of shipped devices in the target geographic region

Assessing […]

One of the guys from navxs.com has emailed me about their new Cross Platform Development Framework for Mobile Applications…
 
They can deploy to Android, Java ME, Windows Mobile and Blackberry. They started on a Symbian port but later decided to put their (limited) time on the other ports. Their first reference implementation is a […]