A group of leaders at the New York Software Industry Association had all sorts of cheery things to say about mobile development in general and Java mobile development in particular . RIM in ...

Android is mobile, of course, and it is Java, sort of, in the sense that you can write Java code for Android, but it’s its own specialized Java dialect, which entails both a learning curve for ...

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 ...

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 ...

A unique highlight of the 2006 Java Technology Roundtable, which was held during the week of JavaOne in San Francisco, was discussion of development issues in the mobile device industry. Among the ...

Java, more specifically the J2ME mobile version of Oracle’s software platform (it was developed by Sun, which Oracle now owns), works on most low-end phones worldwide.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2001 Sun settled a suit against Microsoft involving Java for $20 million, and in 2004 Sun settled a patent and antitrust suit against Microsoft that came with a $1.95 billion payment to Sun.