Facebook, by releasing its Facebook for Feature Phones, a Java ME app that will run on non-smartphones, has registered a vote of confidence in the market potential of the substantial number of Java ME feature phones in the hands of users. This is the opinion of blogger Hinkmond Wong, who writes in his post, "Facebook Validates Java ME Technology Relevance." Facebook for Feature Phones will run on some 2500 devices from vendors as varied as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and LG..
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Developers of applications for mobile devices have traditionally faced a built-in limitation to the widespread deployment of their solutions, writes Terrence Barr in "Rich Applications for Billions of Devices: What's New in LWUIT?" According to Barr, the limitation results from the platform-specific nature of the graphical user interface (GUI) aspect of applications and its UI-related code, which typically makes up the bulk of the application. The answer, as he sees it is a well designed, highly portable, open source, and platform-independent UI toolkit with lightweight memory and resource requirements. LWUIT, in a word.
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"Why doesn't my signed MIDlet work?" is a resource created by the organization Java Verified and is designed to help developers successfully address some of the most common signing issues associated with Java ME applications. The "how to" checklist allows developers to quickly identify and solve four of the most common issues that would cause Java ME applications to work before signing, but not afterwards.
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In a two-day closed-door hearing that began Dec. 10, Oracle defended its planned acquisition of Sun before the European Commission, and a company lawyer said he's "confident" about the company's defense of its planned $7.4 billion purchase. The European Commission has threatened to block the acquisition because of concerns that Oracle, the world's second-largest software maker, might be able to eliminate Sun's MySQL database product as a competitor.
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In an attempt to let customers and partners know more about Sun's Network Equipment Provider (NEP)/Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Sales & Industry Group, its vice president, Darrell Jordan-Smith, has invited some of the group's team members to introduce themselves and their respective divisions. The LifeCycle Solutions Group led by Kevin Palmer and the Industry Solutions Sales Group led by Don Bunker have each taken a turn and the information is posted on Jordan-Smith's blog.
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