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Could eRCP become an OSGi standard?

Community
Java
Topics
Mobile

A post to the eRCP newsgroup over the weekend put forward a proposal of putting forward eRCP as an OSGi standard.

Sun's Java iPhone Port Faces Obstacles

Community
Java
Topics
Mobile

Eric Klein, Vice President of Java Marketing, has announced Sun's intention to port the JVM to the iPhone, but multiple obstacles need to be overcome.

Nokia sees the Silverlight

Community
.NET
Topics
Silverlight,
Web Frameworks,
Mobile

Nokia announced it will make Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 available for its S60 phones running Symbian OS as well as Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets. Silverlight will give developers opportunities to create rich and interactive applications running on multiple platforms.

Catching Up With the .NET Micro Framework

Community
.NET
Topics
.NET Framework,
Mobile

The .NET Micro Framework is the smallest runtime available within the .NET Framework. Able to run in only 512k of RAM without an MMU it is targeted at 32-bit processors.

Sun SPOTs: Programmable Devices for Java Developers

Community
Java
Topics
University Programs,
Open Source,
Mobile

Sun Microsystems has released the Sun SPOT platform under the GPL license. Sun SPOTs are programmable battery-powered devices controllable with Java technology.

.NET Compact Announced for Symbian OS

Community
.NET
Topics
Mobile

Red Five Labs is bringing the .NET Compact Framework to S60 and the Symbian OS. Symbian is the market leader for smart phone operating systems. In 1995, S60 alone had a 58% market share. Overall, 72% of devices were running S60 or some other variant of Symbian.

Dalvik, Android's virtual machine, generates significant debate

Community
Java
Topics
Licensing,
Mobile

With the release of Google's Android SDK earlier this week, there was much discussion of the APIs and the expected impact in the mobile space. However, one particular area which generated significant debate in the Java community was the Dalvik virtual machine which is the basis of the Android platform.

Google's Android SDK Bypasses Java ME in Favor of Java Lite and Apache Harmony

Community
Java
Topics
Mobile

Today Google released the Android platform SDK for Open Handset Alliance devices. Android contains a custom Dalvik virtual machine for running applications written in a subset of Java.