Community: Blogs

All blogs

Who am I?

I'm a mobile enthusiast thinking in mobile life. There is still place for innovation in services, games and applications. What are you waiting for?
(En español todavía hay más oportunidades)

Calendar

«	November 2009	»
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30

Recently...

Syndicate

Maximiliano Firtman's Forum Nokia Blog

Category: Java

The nicest and slowest UI: Yahoo! Go 3.0, Android competitor?

Recently, Yahoo! announced his new Yahoo! Go 3.0 platform (beta). “The best Internet experience on your phone. Period.” Let’s see after the period. Yahoo! Go is a Java ME application available to many MIDP 2.0 devices and is the On-Device Portal that Yahoo!...

Microsoft launches a "Windows like" application for Nokia Java ME phones

A new free Java ME application was launched by Microsoft: Windows Live Search for Mobile . The first thing I've noticed after installed it on my Nokia N90 was the UI design. It's very, very similar to a Windows Mobile Smartphone UI application. Is it a good idea? Windows Live Search...

Opera Mini 3.0: Web & RSS Browser, Photo Sharing and more, all in one free Java ME application

In a recent post, I mentioned that Opera Mini 2.0 was one of the best Java ME application User Interface. Now, Opera (the Web Browser Company) releases Opera Mini 3.0, a free version of the mobile browser for Java ME devices. Don't confuse this application with "Opera Mobile", a...

Sun Open Sources Java ME under GPL

I've received this information a few days ago, but I coudn't publish it until now. Sun Microsystems, Inc, the creator of Java technology today (Nov, 13) announced it is releasing its implementations of Java technology as free software under the GNU General Public License version two (GPLv2)....

A Flash Lite alternative in Java ME?

Sun Microsystems and Laszlo Systems, announced the code name Orbit Project. This project will allow open source framework OpenLaszlo to generate Java ME midlets without Java programming. Will it be the Flash alternative in Java platform for mobiles? OpenLaszlo is an open source...

Search Engine for Mobile Developers

I've just published a new site, a mobile development search engine . The idea is that you can make a search restricted only to sites that has information about Java ME, Symbian, Flash Lite , and other mobile technologies. The site is powered by Google (Custom Search), so you...

The Future of Java ME II

Following my last post , I’m analyzing the Future of Java ME (J2ME). Designing new UI with SVG Standard Vector Graphics format, will be one of the revolutions in Java UI designs, using an SVG subset called Tiny SVG. Everyone...

The future of Java ME

Everyone who worked with Java ME a couple of years ago (for 'J2ME' fans, this is the new name of the platform), should feel very confortable with the platform today. That is because Java ME didn't evolve too much in the last years. We are at a time of great changes in...

Do you want to see great User Interfaces in Java ME?

If you are a Java ME (ex J2ME) developer, you know how difficult is to make a great UI using low-level APIs, drawing directly over Canvas. But you can do it, you can do a great User Interface using Canvas without making a big sized and slow application. Don't you believe me?...

Thinking in SVG

Hi and welcome to my blog . I hope we can have interesting discussions about mobile technologies, future improvements, tips and common problems that a mobile developer have . I'm a professor, book writer and developer in Java ME and other mobile technologies. I'm supporting...