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Thursday, March 09, 2006
If you know Visual Basic or C# you can make Java ME applications
That sounds like an oxymoron, but isn't. AppForge claims to support conversion of Visual Basic and C# to Java Micro Edition in its Crossfire tool.
If this works I'm impressed, as .NET is a much richer environment than ever Java ME is, for obvious reasons: .NET is running on a much more advanced system, and Java ME is intentionally limited to avoid device dependencies. I'm sure you can't convert any .NET application this way.
I don't quite understand the limitation to Blackberry devices, considering there are few Blackberries sold compared to phones in general with Java ME. Maybe because Crossfire addresses corporate developers. It might also ease the conversion, knowing exactly what Blackberries support.
AppForge Announces Release of Crossfire(R) Version 6.0
If this works I'm impressed, as .NET is a much richer environment than ever Java ME is, for obvious reasons: .NET is running on a much more advanced system, and Java ME is intentionally limited to avoid device dependencies. I'm sure you can't convert any .NET application this way.
I don't quite understand the limitation to Blackberry devices, considering there are few Blackberries sold compared to phones in general with Java ME. Maybe because Crossfire addresses corporate developers. It might also ease the conversion, knowing exactly what Blackberries support.
AppForge Announces Release of Crossfire(R) Version 6.0
