Getting Started with Java ME

Getting Started with Java ME:
As the world gets connected, we see the emergence of a wide variety of sophisticated and personalized mobile devices. Although the number-crunching power of the higher-end devices is very respectable, there is still a need to build applications that use minimal resources, and that are portable.

Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME), formerly known as J2ME, with Java’s inherent ‘Build once, run everywhere’ concept has been adapted to build resource constraint applications for these myriad devices.

Java ME Community

This year Java ME marks its 10th anniversary. Since its inception in 1999, J2ME was widely accepted in the Mobile application development community. Java through J2ME provided a highly portable and precise runtime environment for mobile, PDAs as well as other embedded systems that include Smart cards, TVs and Printers.
The market adoption in last 10 years has been tremendous. Almost all mobile handsets from major manufacturers like Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Vodafone, Motorola, Sprint etc. had been Java enabled by 2006. Developers around the world continue to develop applications for Java ME. A number of websites have also been dedicated to Java ME, helping developers in their endeavors.

The J2ME continues to evolve through a Java Community Process. A Java Community Process (JCP) is an open organization that maintains the evolution of Java platform. The J2ME JCP involves the Mobile leaders like Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Vodaphone, Motorola, Sprint, Nextel, IBM and many others thus making any update readily marketable.



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