Android's Achilles heel, aside from the "toxic hellstew" of security patches and fragmentation -- which is outside the scope of this article and my Survival Test series -- is Java.

Mobile software company Myriad Group announced J2Android, which will make it possible for Java-based mobile applications to run on Android-based phones, the company said on Monday. The J2Android ...

Skype Launches Android and Java Clients. Article Comments 1 . Jan 9, 2009, 10:51 AM by Eric M. Zeman. Today Skype announced new 'Lite' clients that will allow Android-based phones and Java-based ...

The company, along with Java backers, is preparing a new release of its software for cell phones that it hopes will prevent a splintering of the market and stave off rivals such as Microsoft.

Google acquired an existing Android project in 2005, which was essentially an offshoot of Danger, the Java platform powering TMobile's SideKick slider phone. Both Danger and Android were founded ...

Sun's telecom partners in Asia are planning deeper use of Java software in mobile phones. The phones' appeal may still be narrow, though, because of a limited number of applications. Stephen ...

Skype announced on Thursday the availability of a new Skype Mobile beta that is compatible with Android-powered phones and over 100 Java-enabled phones from LG, … ...

In this tutorial we go through the steps needed to build your first Android app. You will create a simple UI, add some Java code, and then run your app.

Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems probably won't immediately affect the world of mobile Java, some industry observers said, though over time the company might have an interest in ...

Mobile software company Myriad Group announced J2Android, which will make it possible for Java-based mobile applications to run on Android-based phones, the company said on Monday.