Introduction To Java 2 Micro Edition
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Date: 2006-06-08
Time: 11:45
Room: BBL room 471
Title: Introduction to Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME)
Abstract
In the past
mobile phones where solely used to make phone calls. Back then the phones
were simple and had little extras, usually only sms. The displays of the
mobile phones where small and monochromous. Manufacturers provided some
default applications and sometimes games. It was impossible to extend and
install new software on your mobile phone. In past years the mobile phone
has evolved tremendously. Nowadays mobile phones have much more computing
power, bigger (and polychrome) displays and offer more communication
possibilities. Because of these developments the possibilities for new
applications have grown immensely. These new possibilities created a market
for mobile phone software. However there is one problem, almost no phone
has the same processor and components. So it is impossible to build one
application which works on a great number of phones. This is bad for
business. Typically if one wants to support more phones, the same
application has to be ported to the desired (series of) phones. This is of
course a software develop and deployment nightmare. Sun acknowledged this
problem and introduced a solution in the form of Java ME. Java ME does for mobile
devices (phones, pda etc.) what Java SE does for the personal computer, it
provides platform independency.
In this talk I will introduce you to the Java ME platform. I will discuss what it's for and how it works. We will also be looking at the architecture and
the possibilities/limitations of the platform.
