Mobility Developer Newsletter: February 25, 2005

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Product and Technology Releases

JSR 228 Information Module Profile - Next Generation 2.0 Public Review Draft
Defines a profile that will extend and enhance the J2ME Information Module Profile (JSR 195).

JSR 229 Payment API 0.9.2 Proposed Final Draft
Defines an API to enable developers to initiate mobile payment transactions in J2ME applications.

Viewpoint

Contrarian Minds: Disappearing Act
Sun Engineer Radia Perlman Makes Technologies Transparent

Industry News and Announcements

Sun Microsystems and mobileATM Bring Cashpoint Functionality To Mobile Phones

What's Hot? Sun's New Student Developer Community What's Not? The Digital Divide

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February 25, 2005

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Technical Articles and Quizzes

Getting Started With the PIM APIs
This article provides a code-intensive introductory tutorial to personal information management (PIM) APIs, JSR 75. PIM refers to the ability to manage in electronic form the kinds of personal data that broad classes of users want handy, such as appointment books, contact directories, and to-do lists. Having this information literally at your fingertips, wherever you go, is a strong motive to buy a mobile device.
Comparing J2ME Multimedia Options
This article presents the latest developments in MMAPI: the new security considerations raised in MMAPI 1.1, the differences between MMAPI and the MIDP 2.0 Media API, J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.2 support for MMAPI, and JSR 234, Advanced Multimedia Supplements.
Easy Emulation With New NetBeans Mobility Pack 4.0
With the click of a button, switch back and forth between different emulation environments while developing a single set of code. It's never been this easy to take advantage of Java technology's cross-platform capabilities.

Chats

Chat Transcript: Solving the Device Fragmentation Problem
Read the questions that your fellow developers had about the new feature in NetBeans Mobility Pack 4.0 that helps solve device fragmentation problems, and the answers straight from the engineers who created the module.

Whitepapers and Data Sheets

Sun Developer Network Program News
News and information of value to SDN users including product announcements, user group meetings, early access programs, and more.

Events

Sun Tech Days
March 2-3, Mexico City, Mexico
Experience in-depth technical sessions, how-to solutions, and live demonstrations on the following topics: Enterprise Computing Security, Mobile Computing, Web Services, Open Source, Developer Productivity Tools, and much more!
Experience the Power of Java
Register now for the 2005 JavaOne conference, June 27 - 30, at Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. Go to http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf for more information on the various packages.
Third Annual Duke's Choice Awards Contest
Submit your Java-technology based applications and services. Winners are selected by James Gosling, and the Java technology leadership team, and announced at JavaOne. Enter by April 30, 2005.
CTIA Wireless 2005
March 14-16, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
CTIA Wireless 2005 is the largest, most comprehensive show in the wireless industry and the premier venue to exchange ideas, create partnerships and collaborate to bring wireless telecommunications to new heights.
JSR 177: J2ME and Java Card Connected
April 18, SIM 2005
Pre-conference Technical Workshop
GameDevelopers Conference 2005
March 7-11, San Francisco, California, United States.
Learn about Future Vision and challenges for game developers.

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