Sun Microsystems announced today the release of the JavaFX Mobile platform. Built on top of the existing Java ME platform, JavaFX Mobile allows developers to create immersive mobile content while ...

In October 2004, jig.jp developed “jig browser”, the world’s first Java full browser that makes it possible to view PC sites on mobile phones. Since then, jig.jp has developed “jig movie”, a movie ...

Emphasizing the growing importance of mobile device applications, Sun Microsystems is readying two technologies to better enable the mobile trend: Java On Device Portal (ODP), for widget ...

The Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME (JSR 184) promises to bring 3D action games to Java-enabled handsets. Nokia presented an impressive demonstration at JavaOne.

After three years in development, EclipseSource has released Tabris 1.0, a cross-platform Java mobile development framework for iOS and Android.

All sides agree Java needs to be open and must move up to support a coming generation of more powerful handsets with rich media capabilities. They also want to see mobile Java support Web 2.0 ...

Java phones have been called basic phones because they could fulfill only basic communication needs, but over time they've become capable of much more. Here we've picked some essential Java apps.

Keeping Java from fragmenting is probably the most important thing in the Java ecosystem. If this true (and I most certainly believe it is) then it makes no sense to leave the mobile side ...

Java on mobile platforms is not living up to the promise of letting programmers "write once, run anywhere", according to developers gathered in London last week. The Java programming language was ...

Oracle has said Java was its biggest reason for buying Sun, but the move may have had more to do with enterprise uses of Java than the mobile arena, according to some people close to the mobile ...