Java for mobiles closed at new version
A renewed Mobile Information Device Platform (MIDP), a child of Java for mobile telephones, is taken now by betatesters under the magnifying glass. The software of Sun must enter into the fight with Microsofts Smartphone 2002-platform. The new MIDP appeared probable within single weeks.
Temporarily can the Java-platform count on the support of much large gsm-manufacturers as Motorola, Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson. In the summer and the fall by that manufacturers, different apparatuses appeared that uses make of Java as the Sony Ericsson P800, Nokia 6610 or Siemens M50. A number of mobile telephones that now on the market are, support the language otherwise already.
MIDP forms together with the Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC), a child of virtual Java-machine for mobile telephones, a Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME)-omgeving. Means this technology turn written applications in Java on all compatibele gsm's, in spite of the underlying hardware.
The software introduces different new possibilities below which a standardized manner programs to download extensive multimediapossibilities, a new usersinterface and an improved network component. The gsm-builders need in the future less own code and applications closed at the Java-surroundings to join, what more attractive makes the completely cheaper and.
Temporarily remain the possibilities of the Java-platform limits affairs as a games and PIM-positions. In the future, it is for instance possible content finished to play. For that content naturally source must be paid; just with such services hope platform builders, gsm-manufacturers and network opera tower count to earn.