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January 2008 Archives

Java ME Optional Packages in Y2007

There were some highlights regarding optional packages last year that I'd like to talk about a bit.

1. We've delivered as many as 14 optional packages as part of Sun Java Wireless Client 2.0.

2. We've made a huge work on refactoring almost all our existing optional packages to meet new CDC world. Now our optional packages implementations are ready for both CLDC and CDC deployments.

3. We've unified implementations for real devices and emulation. So, developing mobile applications with NetBeans Mobility you have the same stack as on a device. Big part of this work was to propagate a native porting layer called JavaCall™ to all our implementations.

4. We continued to implement new optional packages. Some of them will be available with the next SJWC release.

What I would say for year 2008? Java ME is far from being dead. We have many new JSRs to implement and deploy. There is a big demand from carriers and vendors. Stay tuned.

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