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Sun's Bray slams SavaJe

Back in 2001, when I first spotted SavaJe (see Holy handheld, Batman! They put Java where!?), I was rather stunned by what the small startup had done. Today, nearly five years later, I'm equally stunned that the company appears to still be struggling to get it right. ...

Tags: SavaJe, Java

Blog posts 2006-06-06

Mobile Java OS-maker lands 5th largest handset maker

According to The Register, LG, which is not only the world's fifth largest handset manufacturer, but also the number one provider of 3G phones, is the first major phone manufacturer to buck tradition by going with SavaJe's pure Java-based handset operating system. Exactly three years ago today, after seeing...

Tags: PalmOS, SavaJe

Blog posts 2004-12-13

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Mobile RIAs: Java, Apollo, and Silverlight's deathmatch? If so, what of Eclipse v. Netbeans?

Last week, while at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco, Sun drew some major lines in the sand for Java and now, about the only thing we can do is sit back and watch to see what happens. If I had to sum up what I heard, it's that the...

Tags: General, Mobile, Software Infrastructure, Web technology, Wired &, Wireless

Blog posts 2007-05-14

Apple sneaks Java support onto the iPhone

Despite public comments by Steve Jobs that "Java's not worth building in [to the iPhone]", it turns out that Apple did just that by using an ARM-based CPU that supports Java natively. Programmers cannot yet take advantage of this, but Apple could, if they wanted, ship a software upgrade to...

Tags: Sun, Programming, Java, General, Community

Blog posts 2006-07-09

Day 5: McNealy, Gosling, Gage: "Forget the box"

Summary: With a mixture of sadness, relief, and hope for the future, former Sun CEO Scott McNealy took the stage this morning at the final keynote address of JavaOne 2006. Saying "All of us are desperately trying to grow ponytails" (a reference to new CEO Jonathan...

Tags: Java

Blog posts 2006-05-19

JavaOne Day 3: GWT, Blu-ray, PHP, JUnit 4, and more!

It's mid-way through JavaOne and this was probably the most interesting day yet! My "stack of stuff" pile is overflowing with notes from the conference, but here are the most important highlights from the sessions I attended or heard about:Google Web Toolkit GWT debuts. Google redefines Ajax programming by...

Tags: Java, PHP, Blu-ray disc

Blog posts 2006-05-18

NB Day wrap-up: "It's all about James"

Just before an earlier talk today I overheard one of the conference organizers talking to the next presenter. The talks were running a little late and threatened to cut into the closing keynote. "We're 15 minutes behind," she said, "and it's all about James". That's a good summary of the...

Tags: Sun NetBeans, Java, James Gosling

Blog posts 2006-05-15

Treo surfaces with Windows Mobile: PalmOS R.I.P.

Treo surfaces with Windows Mobile: PalmOS R.I.P.They already adopted Intel processors a while agoThis is just the next logical step.another one bites the dustmight be more appropriate, and definately a more rockin' song.I'll stick with Palm, thank you anyway.The Axim or iPaq may allow for better battery life via larger...

Tags: Operating systems, Handhelds, Palm Inc., Microsoft Corp., Palm OS, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile, Palm Treo

Discussion threads 2005-08-05

Ecosystemus interruptus: Multitasking did not undo PalmSource

Ecosystemus interruptus: Multitasking did not undo PalmSourceAdding Java to PalmOS is building on sandPalmSource made the right decision when it switched to Linux. Java will run very nicely on Linux, without any effort on PalmSource's part. I don't know what language they are using for the Palm...

Tags: PDAs, Palm OS, Linux, Handhelds, Operating systems, Java, Microsoft Corp., PalmSource Inc., Palm Inc., Cobalt Networks

Discussion threads 2005-05-25

With Nagel gone, will PalmSource wake up and smell the Java?

With Nagel gone, will PalmSource wake up and smell the Java?THen why would PlamSource even need to exist?I mean if they are a Java clone why wouldn't developers just use Java? This suggestion might work well if the goal is to close the doors completely...You are confusing an OS...

Tags: Programming languages, Operating systems, C/C++, Java, JVM, Palm OS, PalmSource Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-05-23

With Nagel gone, will PalmSource wake up and smell the Java?

David Nagel, CEO of the embattled PalmSource, has resigned. For those of you who aren't up to speed on the differences between PalmSource and PalmOne, the former is the licensor of the Palm operating system. As a hardware manufacturer and Palm OS licensee, PalmOne -- maker of...

Tags: palmOne Inc., PalmSource Inc.

Blog posts 2005-05-23

A step in the right direction for PalmSource?

PalmSource has announced that, by virtue of its pending-acquisition of China MobileSoft, it will offer a Linux-based version of the PalmOS.  Philosophically speaking, it's absolutely the right move for PalmSource to port its entire environment to an operating system with a big developer following.  I've been recommending that PalmSource make such a move...

Tags: PalmOS, PalmSource Inc.

Blog posts 2004-12-08

A Java PDA? From Sun? Could be.

If you've followed any of my treatises on PDAs, then you'll know that my basic position is that developers will control where the PDA war heads which in turn means that it should be a two-horse race: .Net vs. Java.� I've said before that if�the anything-but-Microsoft ABM PDA consortium, and...

Tags: Ignore allAdd

Blog posts 2004-08-31