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To Bring Mobile Features to Netbooks

A modular version of Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) could be on the horizon, at least that’s what Jeet Kaul, vice president of Sun’s client software group, told The Register. The goal is to make this version available sometime in 2010, allowing netbooks running Java to offer more of the kinds of features used in cell phones and bring functionality found on laptops to some smart phones.

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JavaFX 1.2 APIs Make This Platform Even More Compelling

Bruce Hopkins contends that JavaFX Mobile definitely should be part of the plan for developers working on mobile applications. He explains why in a recent entry on Mobility Tech Tips and in an earlier written Sun Developer Network article “Three Reasons Why Your Next Java ME Mobile Application Should Include JavaFX Mobile.” The JavaFX 1.2 APIs are the latest ones available and Hopkins addresses how their new features make his point even more relevant.

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Synchronize Contact and Calendar Data on Mobile Devices with Sun Communication Suite Servers

There is now a media kit for Sun Java Mobile Communication 1.0 that will enable users of leading edge phones to synchronize in real time over-the-air with calendar and contact data stored on Sun Communication Suite servers. This solution expands Sun’s client spectrum from desktop and webtop to mobile devices. SyncML devices can be configured to accept push updates, and users can manually “pull” the updates from the server as well as send local changes back to the servers.

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New Features Speed Development Tasks, Ease Application Deployment

Developers working on Java ME mobile projects need to give serious consideration to using JavaFX and JavaFX Mobile in their next applications, writes Bruce Hopkins in a recent Sun Developer Network (SDN) article. Hopkins describes JavaFX as a feature-rich platform that allows both developers and now designers to create rich and compelling user interfaces for mobile devices.

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Sun Software VP Fleshes Out the Details on Developing Mobile Applications

Few people can be expected to know more about the nature of JavaFX Mobile than Sun’s VP of the Client Software Group Jeet Kaul, which is no doubt why Frank Sommers put questions on the subject to Kaul in an interview recently published in Artima. In brief, Kaul defined JavaFX Mobile as “a platform for creating rich Internet applications for mobile devices.”

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Update Release to the Mobile Enterprise Platform 1.0

Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform is a general, horizontal mobility platform that enables mobile devices to access information systems and content. Based on open industry standards and enterprise Java technologies, the platform integrates advanced synchronization capabilities and handles dynamic data with flexibility, security, and ease of maintenance. The new release of the Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform, Version 1.1, offers many new features and improvements.

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