Check this page where Nokia show their new 7650 - supposed to get to the European market at the end of the second quarter of 2002. This features a build in camera for sending images via MMS.
I already tried it at the Cebit this year and it looks great...
Cheers,
bebroll
... if it means it's going to be really fast and my user's won't have to worry about installing and configuring Java...
For easily installable Java applications take a look at Java Web Start. I guess installation/execution of Java apps cannot get much easier than it gets with Java Web Start. Just install the Web Start software which comes equipped with a JRE and click the link to the software you want to launch. Web Start takes care of getting the newest version, caches the latest version and then executes it using Java's extensive security mechanisms. You want to get access to otherwise restricted areas of the user's computer? Go ahead and digitally sign your application - the user can now grant the application the rights it needs. For an example application, look at the Web Start version of TopCoder or the UML modelling software Argo UML.
Java came a long way, baby - and there will be a lot of way ahead. With the next releases of Java focussing more and more on speed improvements, your speed problems should go away as well. And, BTW, there currently are Java apps which run very fast - take a look Borland JBuilder - a Java IDE written in Java. And it runs smooooth!
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As soon as you can call me with a mobile phone on which C# and.NET is running... I give you 50% of my SUN shares.
Though I completly agree with what you said before, I would be careful with this - Sendo will release a mobile phone equipped with Microsoft Smartphone 2002 within 2002 (yeah - I know they wanted to release it for the past x years but they seem to have gotten quite far). Though I'm not sure whether you could code in C# for this phone, it is definitly a step into its direction.
But - don't be afraid. It will also have Java installed (MIDP/CLDC). Yes, you're reading right - a Microsoft-software-based phone will ship with Java pre-installed. In the end, Sendo has to comply with the operators' wishes...
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Check this page where Nokia show their new 7650 - supposed to get to the European market at the end of the second quarter of 2002. This features a build in camera for sending images via MMS. I already tried it at the Cebit this year and it looks great ...
Cheers,
bebroll
For easily installable Java applications take a look at Java Web Start. I guess installation/execution of Java apps cannot get much easier than it gets with Java Web Start. Just install the Web Start software which comes equipped with a JRE and click the link to the software you want to launch. Web Start takes care of getting the newest version, caches the latest version and then executes it using Java's extensive security mechanisms. You want to get access to otherwise restricted areas of the user's computer? Go ahead and digitally sign your application - the user can now grant the application the rights it needs. For an example application, look at the Web Start version of TopCoder or the UML modelling software Argo UML.
Java came a long way, baby - and there will be a lot of way ahead. With the next releases of Java focussing more and more on speed improvements, your speed problems should go away as well. And, BTW, there currently are Java apps which run very fast - take a look Borland JBuilder - a Java IDE written in Java. And it runs smooooth!
Though I completly agree with what you said before, I would be careful with this - Sendo will release a mobile phone equipped with Microsoft Smartphone 2002 within 2002 (yeah - I know they wanted to release it for the past x years but they seem to have gotten quite far). Though I'm not sure whether you could code in C# for this phone, it is definitly a step into its direction.
But - don't be afraid. It will also have Java installed (MIDP/CLDC). Yes, you're reading right - a Microsoft-software-based phone will ship with Java pre-installed. In the end, Sendo has to comply with the operators' wishes ...
fear women playing with delete functions - next time it could by you