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Five Years On, Has J2ME's Time Finally Arrived?
jg21 writes "Although he admits to having been frustrated by the slow adoption of the J2ME platform, software developer Eric Giguere believes that we're 'turning the corner.' He remembers Sun demonstrating Java running on Palm OS 'way back in 1999 when so many hoped the wireless Java revolution was just around the corner. Five years on, with notable successes such as the J2ME-enabled BlackBerry wireless handheld, that has already made a billionaire of RIM founder Mike Lazaridis, Giguere claims that, with most of the new handsets being produced supporting either JTWI or else its key component - version 2 of the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) - developers finally now have a more consistent and capable platform to use for application development. Anyone wandering round this week's CES may be inclined to agree."
Idiot? More than likely. But in this case, it was more of a simple typo.
Wait .. you mean that J2ME isn't Java for Windows ME?
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Eric:
;-)
You're a respected Java developer...do you actually think you'll get good discussion from a site populated by script kiddies who think PHP is the answer to everything? C'mon, when you see people comparing J2ME to ActiveX, or mistaking J2ME for J2EE, you really are in the wrong place...
Slashdot makes javalobby look like a respectable forum!