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Friday, December 22, 2006
Trend spotting: Java ME as a platform for ... platforms
With this I mean that there are now providers of widget and service frontend platforms that are implemented on top of Java ME / MIDP, to simplify the development of such applications as well as games. It's logical, as pretty much all newer phones support MIDlets, so it's the obvious choice for all kinds of abstractions.
Not that it's hard to program MIDlets, but as we all know, cross-device compatibility can be a pain. Yet, I would have thought e.g. mojax was compatible across handets, as that's one of the obvious benefits and outright requirements on such a "higher abstraction" platform, but it's not. See the list of supported devices at the site below. Maybe this is because it's so new.
Examples:
* WidSets
* mojax
Also Flash Lite players, SVG players, multimedia players, game engines (like mophun) etc will be implemented this way.
Of course Adobe/Macromedia wouldn't like third-party to make Flash Lite players, and they acquired and shut down a company that did just that. That doesn't say Flash is so protected (patent or otherwise) that it would hinder some other company to try the same thing. Adobe's goal with Flash Lite is clearly to get their own Flash Lite player in all phones, which actually is a threat to SVG that OMA and others prefer as the SVG is not owned by any specific company.
Not that it's hard to program MIDlets, but as we all know, cross-device compatibility can be a pain. Yet, I would have thought e.g. mojax was compatible across handets, as that's one of the obvious benefits and outright requirements on such a "higher abstraction" platform, but it's not. See the list of supported devices at the site below. Maybe this is because it's so new.
Examples:
* WidSets
* mojax
Also Flash Lite players, SVG players, multimedia players, game engines (like mophun) etc will be implemented this way.
Of course Adobe/Macromedia wouldn't like third-party to make Flash Lite players, and they acquired and shut down a company that did just that. That doesn't say Flash is so protected (patent or otherwise) that it would hinder some other company to try the same thing. Adobe's goal with Flash Lite is clearly to get their own Flash Lite player in all phones, which actually is a threat to SVG that OMA and others prefer as the SVG is not owned by any specific company.
