Wendong’s Smart Phone Weblog

I woke up late on this Columbus day morning and found a few interesting Java ME related entries in my feeds, which normally does not happen in one day.

(1) Gorkem Ercan’ Blog: eSWT for S60, First Contact

Forum Nokia has released a plug-in to S60 3rd edition FP2 MIDP beta SDK, that will enable the development of eSWT based midlets using the SDK.

(2) Petr Panteleyev’s Blog: Java ME on Windows Mobile
The news is that you can build and install CDC and core packages to Windows Mobile devices. I also heard this from Java Mobility Podcast recently. So I really need to take a look.

(3) Bruno Ghisi’s Blog: JustJava 2007 Goes Mobile
JustJava is a Brazilian Java event. - Please make some voice like in Java One conference each time when Brazil is mentioned A few interesting projects were mentioned in this entry such as Floggy and mOOo Impress Controller

It is a perfect application for your N95. Download from here.

twibble is a mobile twitter client application for the Nokia N95. In addition to some basic twitter functionality it can make use of the built-in GPS of the N95 to add your current position to a tweet. The position can be displayed via the twibble API in Google maps or Google Earth.

It is a OK phone, but 30MB is not something to brag about these days. And “MIDP 3″ must be a typo:
The new orange Samsung E350

Samsung E350 allows you to take up to 1000 pictures and tons of high quality video clips with the help of 4x digital zoom and 640×480 VGA camera and allows you to store them in the 30MB inbuilt memory. The high speed USB allows you to transfer these pictures on your PC and share with them with your friends. The phone supports class 10 GPRS, TriBand, WAP, and Java MIDP 3 so that you establish a connection wherever you are.

From Java Mobile Application Video Contest:

Mobilizing Java Contest

uLocate launched a mobile GPS application contest. Contesters need to write mobile applications running on top of Where mobile platform, which supports an XML UI language and a Javascript-like language for logic. If you win, you will get the chance to win some cash prize, plus the opportunity to meet VCs.

Carriers usually have tight control on sensible APIs such Location API. You might not have the chance to use it unless your company partner with those operators. WHERE GPS widgets provide an easy access to those APIs and an easy way to programming for mobile devices. So if you have a killer idea, go for it.

Currently WHERE client is available on 20+ Sprint handsets and 5 Alltel handsets.

Thanks to Allen for this News.