Archive for August, 2006

Java Projects on Google Code

I would say Google Code is very successful. Just one month after it launched, I did a search and found that there are 35 Java ME related projects. 724 projects are labeled as Java projects.

Not all the projects has source code checked in yet. But it is still very impressive. I took a quick look at all the Java ME related projects and also included some of them into my Java ME Open Source Software list. One example is this Mobile Trail Explorer project.

[Related links]
Google Code Project Hosting - A replacement for Sourceforge?

Nokia Firmware Upgrade and Info

Nokia official firmware update site

A nice site to check firmware history for Nokia phones

2 games for Nokia E61

I run across this great Nokia S60 3rd freeware site and installed two games to my E61. Yes, that Nokia Snakes is for 3250 but it works great (even better) on E61.


Nokia Snakes


Bantumi GL

Applications on my Nokia E61

Nokia Podcasting
Screenshot
Adobe Reader
Y-Browser and SExplorer
Google Maps Mobile
J2ME Map
Opera Mini
Internet Radio
Mobile Weather
putty
Bantumi GL (game)
Nokia Snakes (game)
S-Tris 2

Microcode - device db + opensource porting solution for j2me

I got one email from Sebastian Szczygiel (thanks!) about this project for a while:

The team behind J2ME Device DB project, which currently supports 385 device profiles, has released the first version of Microcode - multi-device development and deployment framework for Windows OS.

Microcode features:
- device database based build process
- over 350 devices supported
- integrated precessor Filepp (a very powerful opensource preprocessor)
- resource bundling with resource-collector
- light-weight Ant-based deployment. Easy-to-use and to extend

I downloaded it and took a peek. They maintain Java ME profile in text files, which capture a rich set of Java information.

It is also a build framework. It is very similar to J2MEPolish except for it does not provide a UI framework.