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 Alexandre Gomes's BlogJavaOne ArchivesJava+YouPosted by alegomes on May 01, 2008 at 04:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)
2007 - The year of Java in TVPosted by alegomes on May 10, 2007 at 04:54 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)Every JavaOne bring us numbers. For the mobile universe, the actual numbers are: 2.1 billion Java handsets, 2.5 billion Java Cards, 4 million Blu-Ray devices and 7 million set-top boxes. Wow, that's impressing, but there's something smelling different this year... If I'm not wrong, 2001 was the mobile year at JavaOne. The big focus was the introduction of J2ME to the community. I felt like being asked all the time to get into that new and exciting technology (and so I did). In 2002, the message was like "Java in mobile devices is a fact, what are you waiting for?". And, since then, mobility has always been in JavaOne. Looking from distance, this year is not different from others. Mobility is a recurrent subject in BOFs, TSs e General Sessions. However, in my opinion, we are living a new big moment for the Mobility and Embedded Java world that need to be remarked. For me, this is the year of the Java and TV related technologies. As 2001 is remembered by me as the year Java was massive inserted into cellphones, 2007 will me remembered as the year that Java was popularized in the television, and that's one of cool stuffs I've talked before! If you are not sure about it, look at the numbers. Set-top boxes has never been so numerous and Blu-Ray is out there. A number of set-top boxes are being shipped with OCAP (PBP/CDC/JME) deployed and Blu-Ray comes with a JRE as well! During the Mobility General Session, Laurie Tolson repeated several times "Volume Creates Opportunity". The TV industry affection about Java can double the device volume we have today. Two times more devices may means four times more opportunities. So, stay tuned in this so promising market. At least, don't miss the show today (Thursday, 05/10/2007):
Yes, thanks to all those who is helping Java goes towards ubiquity. Talking about Cool Stuffs at JavaOne 2007Posted by alegomes on May 08, 2007 at 05:03 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)As computers go towards ubiquity, common life changes. The masses don't care about the latest Glassfish release or the OpenJDK open-source license. They do care about entertainment tools, fancy devices and smart-cars. That's what changes their lives, in the common sense. Yes, I know all the enterprise stuff and the licensing model impact the way technology is applied and evolves, but now I'm talking as an ordinary consumer, and not as a developer. During Consumer Technologies track, at JavaOne, you can hear about things that impacts directly the way of our lives. Here is a small list of topics to be presented:
So, don't miss the train. If you want to change the everyday life, go ahead and bring Java to the masses, not only by the web, but also by common and cool stuffs. Let's create an effective ubiquitous Java world. The Java realm is plenty of awesome technologies. It's time to make them all work for common people. It's time to stop creating CRUDs (the world has already plenty of CRUDs :-)). I'm sure we can do better. Using MIDP just as another View layer for enterprise applications is not that interesting. However, combining MIDP with Bluetooth, Jini, JavaCard, JXTA and others are a good way to start things up. I'm going to talk deeper about it later. Finally, powering consumer services and devices with the Java Technology can make it disappear as the most profound technologies in the world, as said by Mark Weiser. It's just a matter of being creative. Thanks for reading and enjoy the JavaOne! -Alexandre Gomes
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