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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
SavaJe in trouble
eWeek has a note on SavaJe supposedly giving up.
SavaJe has been a long-time promoter of Java ME and specifically CDC (see my Java ME Terminology).
As far as I know SavaJe hasn't sold much of its CDC-based platform, yet is supposedly a 140 person strong organization. That's a lot of people when there's no revenue. The note even hints that SavaJe might already be closed down.
This could easily make MIDP 3 more important than CDC for future mobile devices, as MIDP 3 provides an upgrade path for current MIDP 1 and 2 developers, while CDC is something completely different at least in the UI department and hence not compatible with MIDP. Of course the few existing CDC devices support also MIDP.
Here are a few of my other notes on SavaJe, CDC and MIDP:
Mobile phones with Java ME CDC
Is there room for Java ME CDC?
Motorola promotes a better mobile Java
Java ME, still not Write Once, Run Anywhere
SavaJe Jasper S20, an all-Java phone
SavaJe has been a long-time promoter of Java ME and specifically CDC (see my Java ME Terminology).
As far as I know SavaJe hasn't sold much of its CDC-based platform, yet is supposedly a 140 person strong organization. That's a lot of people when there's no revenue. The note even hints that SavaJe might already be closed down.
This could easily make MIDP 3 more important than CDC for future mobile devices, as MIDP 3 provides an upgrade path for current MIDP 1 and 2 developers, while CDC is something completely different at least in the UI department and hence not compatible with MIDP. Of course the few existing CDC devices support also MIDP.
Here are a few of my other notes on SavaJe, CDC and MIDP:
Mobile phones with Java ME CDC
Is there room for Java ME CDC?
Motorola promotes a better mobile Java
Java ME, still not Write Once, Run Anywhere
SavaJe Jasper S20, an all-Java phone
