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As I have whined many times before, J2ME has been treated like a second class citizen on Symbian smartphones. Most importantly, the Java runtime does not integrate well with the underlying platform. For example, on my Nokia 6600, I cannot access the local PIM database or the photo gallery or the MMC card from Java applications. That severely limits Java's usefulness on those devices since "integration" is key to any successful mobile UI application. Symbian C++ was the only "real" way to develop compelling applications on Series 60 phones. On Nokia 9500, the J2ME File I/O and PIM optional package (JSR 75) was implemented but is only accessible from the CDC/Personal Profile runtime. That is obviously is not good enough. Well, now things finally change! The Nokia 6630 phone is the first consumer phone from Nokia that supports JSR 75. The only caveat is that according ... (more)

Is Mobile Java a Reality?

"Java on mobile phones" has been the hottest topic at the JavaOne conference for the past several years. This year was no exception and a large part of the show floor was designated as the "Wireless Village." With tens of billions dollars' worth of Java phones and related services sold every year, Sun and many others are clearly making money. However, most JavaOne attendees I met were enterprise developers. Each year they ask the same questions: "How can I be part of the Java ME success?" "Will mobile Java ever create as many developer opportunities as enterprise Java?" The answe... (more)

Lightweight Java Enterprise Application Frameworks: JBoss Seam

Lightweight application frameworks are all the rage in the enterprise Java community in the past couple of years. From the pioneering Spring and Hibernate frameworks, to the infusion of technologies like aspect-oriented programming and metadata annotation, to the new standard EJB 3.0 (and Java EE 5.0) specifications, lightweight frameworks have gradually become mainstream. The rise of lightweight technologies was largely due to developers' rebellion against the "heavyweight" of EJB 2.1 (and earlier). Lightweight frameworks aim to make developers more productive and the applicatio... (more)

Michael Yuan's Java Blog: "Is Ruby Replacing Java? – Not So Fast"

Is Ruby Replacing Java? – Not So Fast Okay, I have heard it all: Ruby On Rails (RoR) is so much cooler and simpler than Java EE. It allows you to write web applications 10X faster. And Ruby has nifty language features we can only dream of in Java. So, Ruby must be replacing Java to become the "next" programming language just as Java "replaced" C++/COBOL and C++ "replaced" Fortran. Well, in my opinion, this kind of talk has some serious logical problems. First of all, as the short history of high technology has proven again and again, the "superior" solution does not always wi... (more)

Annotations, Friend or Foe?

Annotation is a new Java language feature introduced in JDK 5.0. It has quickly become one of the most popular, and yet most controversial, language feature in core Java. New Java frameworks, such as EJB 3.0 and Hibernate 3.0, make extensive use of annotations to eliminate the excessive XML configuration files (a.k.a. the "XML hell" in Java EE). Those annotations significantly reduce the amount of code and configuration data, and simplify the overall architecture, making application development easier. At the same time, enterprise architecture purists are complaining that annotat... (more)