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  1. Espial does this by __aaaaxm1522 · · Score: 2 · on Java on Handheld Devices?
    See Espial's website. (disclaimer: I used to work for them). They do some neat stuff in Java, and target handhelds, PDAs, cell phones, etc... Their DeviceServer platform is nifty.

    You might also want to look at DeviceTop - it's a reference site for people doing just what you're talking about - developing and running Java apps on mobile devices. (again, sponsored by Espial and Sun, among others I believe)...

  2. Re:Necessary Good thing? by Moochman · · Score: 1 · on DoCoMo To Begin Offering i-mode In Europe

    Read the article AT&T-DoCoMo Alliance: This Changes Everything, also on devicetop.com, for the American slant on things. Note that it says "AT&T and DoCoMo also swore allegiance to WAP Next Generation (WAPNG). It's too early to say what exactly that means, but it may portend a merger of sorts between WAP and i-mode." It also talks about how AT&T will be adding a GSM "overlay" to its existing sysyem. So, i-mode's encroachment on Europe and America may eventually lead to more unified world standards, which is a Good Thing.

  3. Re:Handheld Java-based OS by DrPsycho · · Score: 2 · on A Java-Based Handheld OS
    Okay. I lied. I won't stop rambling just yet...

    Point of clarification. The Intent/Amiga thing runs PersonalJava 1.1 compliant Javacode, while Teapot is PersonalJava 3.0 compliant. As with most wide-sweeping generalizations (including this one), the details eventually get in the way. Things may not be as similar as they seem on the surface.

    The Amiga SDK is reviewed, with a lot of detail shed on the Java side of things, at devicetop.com: "As you can se AmigaSDK performes about 2.5 times faster than kaffe, 3.2 times faster then Sun 1.2.2 and a little faster than IBM jit 1.1.8." I think you have to puff out your chest when you say that to get the full ego effect. :^)

    http://www.devicetop.com/dt/editorial?showcase

    No really. I'm going now.

    --- [DrPsycho] Coping with reality since 1975.

  4. Handheld Java-based OS by DrPsycho · · Score: 2 · on A Java-Based Handheld OS
    I know the new AmigaOS is touted as being scalable anywhere from servers to cellphones... and there are definitely plans in the works for notebooks and PDAs. It will be based on the Elate/Intent engine by Tao Group, which itself includes a Java VM which works faster than anything Sun has managed to create.

    Seems to fall into the same genre ( only with all the "yeah right... Amiga's making more promises" flames that get kicked up whenever this topic surfaces ) down to the "our Java code kicks Sun's Java code" machismo. Amiga aside, those of you who are interested should check out what Tao and their partners are doing on DeviceTop.com. Looks like Java for PDA might be here to stay.

    I'll stop rambling now. :^)

    --- [DrPsycho] Coping with reality since 1975.

  5. A Description of the SDK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on Amiga's New SDK: A First Glance

    This SDK is release 1.0. Its made for people who want to get coding right away, and for those who want to learn VP (aka Virtual Processor Assembler) as soon as possible. The SDK contains the basics for developing including the Kernel, a modified GCC (Source is available) and a few other goodies. The more advanced dev stuff such as OpenGL and the new Sound system will be added soon. I have yet to see a single person who understands what this all means to say anything negative about it. You can expect to see more and more coverage, and company after company moving to it. You just have to look at Devicetop.com to see that.