Glu and Activision Go Mo... Jun 25, 2009
The titles will be published worldwide for carriers and application stores that support Android, Blackberry, BREW, J2ME and Windows Mobile. "We're delighted to bring four more innovative and accessible Activision titles to the mobile platform," said Jill Braff, senior vice president, global publishing, Glu Mobile. (IGN Wireless Games)
Modern Warfare 2 Goes Mo... Jun 25, 2009
- Inc. (Nasdaq:GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games, today announced plans to release a mobile game, published as part of the company's expanded partnership with Activision Publishing, Inc. The mobile title will be available in Q4 2009 and will be published worldwide for carriers and application stores that support Android, Blackberry, BREW, J2ME and Windows Mobile. "Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 is one of the most anticipated entertainment properties of the year and the Glu team... (IGN Wireless Games)
GamesPlaza.mobi Taps Into Worldwide Casual Games Potential May 7, 2009
Laurens Rutten, Managing Director of BoosterMedia, comments: "Flash Lite is now supported by an increasing number of mobile handsets and is especially suited for casual games development targeted at a broad audience." Contrary to high-end mobile games based on J2ME, casual games developers can tap into their Flash experience from the web relatively easy. "However, as with everything mobile, there are still a lot of small differences that make it more complex", Rutten adds. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
TuneWiki's Social Media Player Tops the Charts at AT&T Mobile Developer Contest Apr 8, 2009
Much like mass adoption tools allowed anyone to become a web programmer or blogger, Boopsie's platform allows anyone that can create a spreadsheet to create downloadable native mobile applications for Android, BlackBerry, J2ME, Palm OS, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile and iPhone. These applications are feature rich with mapping, location/LBS integration and support native services such as click to call, email and others. (PR Newswire)
TxtImpact Announced White Label Reseller Mobile Marketing Platform for Agencies Apr 6, 2009
TxtImpact has announced the launch of white label reseller mobile marketing platform for agencies. To allow brands, agencies, and small businesses efficiently build integrated mobile marketing campaigns. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Geodesic Selected to Demo Mundu Radio at AT&T devCentral's Fast-Pitch Awards Contest at CTIA Wireless 2009 Apr 2, 2009
The Mundu Radio client is available for more than 100 popular handsets based on J2ME, Symbian Series 60, Windows Mobile and Palm OS platforms. We are delighted that ATdevCentral has selected Geodesic to demonstrate Mundu Radio at CTIA, said Arvind Venkateswaran, Geodesics senior vice president and general manager. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Google Says Cloud Rules Mobile World Mar 5, 2009
Gundotra said that while he's responsible for a number of mobile apps, like Docs and Chrome, he can't afford to port them all to the major platforms out there, like the Apple iPhone, Nokia, Research in Motion's BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Android and J2ME.. "It's too much fragmentation, and I would argue I have more engineering talent than most firms," he said. (Datamation)
Dream(sheep++): A developer's introduction to Google Android Feb 24, 2009
Dalvik uses its own bytecode format called Dex, and is not compatible with J2ME or other Java runtime environments. Third-party Android applications are written in Java using Android's official APIs and widget toolkit. (Ars Technica)
Flash Headed to Mobile Devices Say Manufacturers Feb 17, 2009
Nevertheless, Flash is still not as popular as J2ME, Sun Microsystems Incs version of Java for mobile phones. Open Sc reen Project Fund. (PC World)
Bitstream Launches Free Public Beta of the BOLT Mobile Browser Feb 16, 2009
0 support that can run mobile Java (J2ME) applications, including BlackBerry devices ... BOLT's underlying ThunderHawk mobile browsing technology supports both J2ME platforms, as well as non-J2ME environments though a C++ SDK.. (PR Newswire)
Test Center: Google phone SDK Feb 29, 2008
It follows a path trodden by -- among others -- Symbian's Quartz, the SavaJe operating system, and J2ME. In fact, one of Android's stated goals is to overcome some of J2ME's shortcomings. Whether or not Android succeeds, either at that specific goal, or in general, remains to be seen. (InfoWorld)
Telstra Gets New i-Mate Exclusive Feb 14, 2008
8" VGA (640x480) Touch-screen 65k color TFT with backlight Radio Function GSM / GPRS / EDGE Quad-band 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GPRS class 12 EGPRS Multislot Class 12 Tri-band UMTS / WCDMA Band 1 (2100 MHz) Band 2 (1900 MHz) Band 5 (850 MHz) Diversity for Band 1 HSDPA and HSUPA Services Speech Services with HR/EFR/FR/AMR codec Emergency call DTMF tone generation Call holding, waiting, forwarding, barring SMS SIM function 3V/1.8V uSIM operation SIM application toolkit Internal Antenna Keyboard/... (mobilised)
Experts doubt Android's write once, run anywhere promise Feb 12, 2008
"It was a lot more pain and trouble to get J2ME apps running on different cell phones." ... So while a write once, run many platform is the holy grail for developers, if you look at what happened with J2ME on smartphones, there were inherent limitations in how it was implemented as a platform, and for many developers it was a lot more pain and trouble to get J2ME applications running on different cell phones than it was worth. (InfoWorld)
Mail Server Options Abound Feb 9, 2008
Support for Apple's iPhone as well as rich J2ME client for the Motorola Razr have been added for mobile Zimbra users. Native support for Blackberry is available, thought it is consider beta. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Reaxion Releases BRAVA Porting Solution Feb 7, 2008
Now Mobile Game Developers & Publishers Can Quickly Port Their J2ME Mobile Applications to BREW Decreasing Time to Market & Costs ... Reaxion's next-generation platform, BRAVA, provides developers & publishers with an outsourced solution enabling them to quickly port their mobile applications from J2ME to BREW. ... Reaxions BRAVA platform allows developers & publishers to focus on building quality mobile content without having to worry about the time & cost associated with BREW porting; by... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
YouTube expands video-on-mobile service Jan 29, 2008
The application is supported only on J2ME (Java) MIDP2 devices with streaming video capabilities. This includes the Sony Ericsson k800, w880, Nokia e65, n95, n73, 6110 navigator and 6120 classic. (Computer Business Review)
Guppy Games Launches Girls Inc. TeamUp Mobile Game on Major US Wireless Carriers Jan 29, 2008
"Girls Inc. TeamUp lets girls exercise their creativity and challenge their logic skills in an exciting way," said Joyce M. Roche, Girls Inc. President "We are thrilled to collaborate with Guppy Games on bringing this to a wider audience of girls on the go through their mobile phones." About Guppy Games Guppy Games, an NVLsoft Group company is a leading international mobile games developer and publisher of innovative BREW and J2ME games. Guppy Games, founded in 2004, is a privately held... (PR Newswire)
YouTube Update Offers Millions of Videos to Mobile Users Jan 25, 2008
In related news, YouTube Thursday also announced a Java version of YouTube for Mobile that can be downloaded for free on a limited number of on J2ME MIDP2 cell phone devices with streaming video capabilities. Now in beta and available only in the U.S. and the U.K., the application is initially available for k800, w880, e65, n95, n73, 6110 navigator and 6120 classic devices. (PC World)
Asus P526 PDA Phone Available Via IDLDPL In India Jan 7, 2008
The other features include battery - 1300 mAh Lithium-Ion, messaging - SMS/MMS/Email/MSN, Java - Supports J2ME (CLDC 1. 1 + MIDP 2. (TopNews)
Zumobi Ushers in a New Age of Mobile Content and Commerce; Beta Now Available for Download on Windows Mobile Phones Dec 14, 2007
The first Beta version of Zumobi is available for phones running Windows Mobile 5 and 6, with Blackberry and selected J2ME compatibility coming early in the second quarter of 2008. A data plan is required, and unlimited data plans are strongly recommended. (BusinessWire)
Google, Sun may clash over Android Nov 17, 2007
"But with this, you'll need to develop a separate application that's not standard. Unless Android becomes mainstream and kills J2ME ... why should I develop applications that are not standard which I'm not sure about because I haven't seen any commercial handsets yet?". Gottipati believes that the technical differences in Dalvik were the main driver for Google, not the licensing issue. (InfoWorld)
AT&T Welcomes Programmers for All Phones Except the iPhone Oct 3, 2007
Have you ever seen how locked-down the J2ME model is on Cingular/AT&T phones. One cannot connect to bluetooth (at all) unless the app is signed by a Cingular Preferred certificate. (Slashdot)
Waiting For Google's gPhone: What Will The Perfect Mobile Device Look Like? Sep 26, 2007
It will probably be built using some version of the open-source Linux operating system, a J2ME middleware layer, and a Flash/Ajax presentation layer or something similar based on the vector graphic technology developed by Skia, which Google acquired. That particular software stack is what venture capitalist Simeon Simeonov described in his blog as the ideal mobile phone stack. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
SendMe Expands Mobile Games Channel with Telcogames Partnership Sep 15, 2007
Headquartered in London, Telcogames is a global publisher, developer and distributor of quality mobile games across all major formats including Symbian, Windows Mobile, Linux, J2ME and Brew. Telcogames distributes mobile games to tier 1-3 carriers globally. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Motorola Razr2 V9m (Sprint) Aug 11, 2007
Gamers get demo versions of four Java (J2ME) titles: Brain Challenge, Ms. Pac-Man, Tetris, and Tower Bloxx. You'll have to buy the full versions. (CNET Reviews)
Mobliss and Endemol USA Announce That the Mobile Game from ``Deal or No Deal'' - NBC's Primetime Gameshow Sensation - Hits 1M Downloads Jul 24, 2007
With an experienced track record developing and publishing BREW, J2ME, SMS, MMS and WAP games, Mobliss connects carriers, game developers and brands. Mobliss brings many popular titles to the mobile space, including Family Feud; PGA TOUR's TOURCast Mobile, allowing subscribers to track every player and every shot on every course for PGA TOUR Tournament events; and The Price is Right, one of television's longest running game shows. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Java EE 6 Is Back and on Track Jul 10, 2007
"Surely that should fit all? Well, profiles have been tried in J2ME Java 2 Micro Edition and they failed in my opinion.". In any event, it's pretty apparent that Sun and the JCP passed on addressing the issue of OSGi in Java EE 6. (eWeek)
Walt Mossberg Shows College Leaders His New iPhone Jun 15, 2007
No longer will people have to develop complex J2ME or Brew apps that have poor or no integration with actual communication features. Now, they ll be able to build things themselves, hosted on their own websites and completely control their application destiny for connecting mobile users to their information and resources. (Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription))
Sun releases JavaFX as scripting language for consumer electronics May 10, 2007
J2ME studio or something. for "designers", who don't write code often times anyways, they would likely stick to Flash and Actionscript anyways, and let FLEX developers handle the back end. (TG Daily)
Apptix Makes Instant Messaging Play for SMBs May 8, 2007
WMP is designed to let mobile professionals stay connected while away from their desktops through any number of wireless devices/operating systems, including BlackBerry, BREW, J2ME, Palm, Pocket PC, Symbian, and Windows Mobile 5. 0. (CIO Information Network)
Japan & S. Korea Database of Mobile Games DAPPs Available Now! Apr 17, 2007
J2ME (Java) enabled Cell Phones. BREW enabled Cell Phones. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Mobile Games Enterprises Global Database is Absolutely Unique as it is the Most Comprehensive, Definitive and Global Database of Mobile Games Dapps in the World Apr 17, 2007
- J2ME (Java) enabled Cell Phones ... Developers often specialise in terms of the platforms that they support, with the majority creating mobile games using the J2ME and BREW platforms. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Hands-On with ZenZui Mobile UI Mar 29, 2007
They hope to have a J2ME version in beta a short time after the Windows Mobile version and will eventually support Qualcomm's Brew and Symbian's operating system as well. The application will be free to the user and can be downloaded directly to phones. (PC Magazine)
ZenZui zooms in on mobile web users Mar 28, 2007
A wider - but not public - beta is expected this (northern) summer, along with a J2ME version which will significantly widen the potential market. A BREW version is also under development. (iTWire)
New Microsoft Spinoff ZenZui Has An Alternative For iPhone Mar 28, 2007
But it's slated to be available for J2ME phones this summer, Brew phones this fall and next year for Symbian phones. ZenZui expects to have 1,000 content tiles by year-end. (Investors Business Daily)
Cashing in on mobile instant messaging Mar 24, 2007
Atul Chitnis, a senior executive in the firm, said, "Right now, we have released Mundu IM for PalmOS and Windows Mobile devices, but you will very quickly see Symbian, J2ME and versions for other platforms as well. In fact, we are targeting just about every popular mobile platform there is today.". "Here in India, the usage of instant messaging is phenomenal. Students and businessmen, doctors and writers and IT professionals - they all take to IM like ducks to water," he argued. (India Times)
Gaming Goes Business Casual Mar 22, 2007
com, 2/9/07, ), RIM gave an open invitation to third-party developers that wished to build games using the J2ME library of code. "Not surprisingly, we're seeing third-party developer interest continue to scale along with our customer base," Mark Guibert, RIM's vice-president for corporate marketing, writes in an e-mail. (BusinessWeek)
The next big thing?The mobile phone games industry faces unique challenges Mar 21, 2007
Games need to be developed to run on hundreds of different handsets supported by a number of platforms ranging from Java (J2ME) to Windows Mobile, Brew and Symbian S60. This fragmentation of technologies creates difficulties for developers in deploying, or porting, their games to many different handsets. (BBC News -- Business)
How to Protect Your Mobile Device from Loss, Theft & Malware Mar 7, 2007
Disable unused services (SMS, HTTP, J2ME). 3. (SmallBusinessComputing)
BPlay and Hands-On Mobile announce long-term partnership for BlackBerry Market Mar 2, 2007
Magmic's portfolio includes over 50 game titles for the J2ME, Brew, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Sidekick platforms that are currently available on carrier networks in North America, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. For more information please visit http://www. (Canada Newswire)
3GSM: Microsoft Launches US/UK Live Search Mobile Feb 17, 2007
Now the crucial difference between what Microsoft has produced with Live Search Mobile and Googles Maps for Mobile is that the former has produced a dedicated version for Windows Mobile operating systems not only a generic J2ME (Java) client. Google simply did the latter and if youve ever run Java apps youll know just how slow and unreliable they can be. (TrustedReviews)
Twistbox Games' Innovative Mobile Game ANNO 1701 Mobile Plays to Praise From the GSM Association and German Developer Awards Jan 24, 2007
Twistbox Games' RapidPort(TM), the mobile industry's most comprehensive development and porting platform, provides support for J2ME, DoJa, BREW and Symbian, outstanding content quality and handset support unique across the industry. Twistbox Games is the preferred games aggregation partner for mobile operators worldwide, providing full games catalogue management, QA services, content hosting and delivery and value added services including in-game advertising through its proprietary Wrapper... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Nokia 5300 Xpress Music packed with features Jan 3, 2007
Gamers get Java (J2ME) support, but your choice of included titles will vary. We found Snake III, Pro Snowboard, and Music Guess on our test phone. (CNN -- Tech)
