Daniel Rocha's Forum Nokia Blog - Is the Java Community Process hindering innovation in Java ME?

"new APIs and functionalities through the JCP seems a good idea"
yeah, indeed =)

"This is my question to you: is Java ME lagging behind as an innovation platform because of JCP? "
I think yes, cause is the JCP, it takes a lot of time for the development.

Hi everyone.

A few days ago, I was surfing the web and I found out a project that works over most mobile phones which lets you know where your friends are in real time and update your status in twitter. It´s called Dimdix.

On their website they say you don´t need a GPS system to detect your location. Does anyone know how this works?

I´m using a Motorola L7 and amazingly it detected my location.

I cannot stop thinking of all the things I could do with it.

If anyone wants to take a look you can go here

Thanks,

Regards,

Juan

Absolutely

Yes, I remember people talking excitedly about MIDP 3.0 around the same time as the 3250 came out.

Can you ever really innovate within a standards framework, or standardize innovation?

I think innovation tends to happen in isolation and can then be brought into a standard later. Design by committee never works very well.

I think that either Java ME was standardised too early, or manufacturers should not have been discouraged from adding proprietary extensions at the same time. Easy to say so with hindsight though...

yes, It has been a long time...

It has been a long time... it has been like 3.5 years since the EG was formed. It is a slow process, for one because the EG is not 100% dedicated to the spec; all the members have real jobs; plus everything goes thru a long process of proposal, approval, etc. Then TCKs have to be produced. This is in contrast to proprietary platforms such as iPhone, Flash, and Android which have dedicated teams, and things move quicker. But the MIDP3 spec will go final later this year as I understand it.

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