Thread: Sun porting Java UI API to N800
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Originally Posted by aleksandyr View Post
A J2SE JVM with JIT is blocking on GTK 2.10 support, which is earmarked for the N800 anyways --- literally as soon as GTK 2.10 becomes available, I'll have it ready.

J2ME is far more useful, at least to me, since it focuses on phone-centric apps. Small, lightweight, simple, and connected. GMail Mobile leaps to mind.

J2ME Polish is a good example, incidentally, of what can be done.

Given the "fun" of getting even basic PhoneME running, I'm happy to see actual Sun programmers dealing with it
^Exactly... and thanks BTW.


I use a dozen or so daily from my phone even at 21kbps data speeds. I am looking forward to using these apps with the N800.

Also: Coding a J2ME app is relatively painless with plenty of community support available. So easy in fact that I can see companies designing custom apps in house for distribution and use by their consumers...

Think access to your banking records or apps that determine a customers needs for the size, shape, and availability of the product they sell.

On the plus side is that if you don't need that info, you don't have to load or run that app and you are not deluged with distractions and annoyances when you go to the net for the info that you do need.

...kind of like the way the web was before the dot com boom.