J2ME Optional Packages

Using the Java APIs for Bluetooth, Part 2 - Putting the Core APIs to Work This article shows how to implement personal area networks (PANs) using Bluetooth, a low-cost, short-range wireless technology.

Mobile Media API Overview The Mobile Media API (MMAPI), JSR-135 is a J2ME optional package for the capture and playback of audio and video. This article provides a conceptual overview and a tour of the MMAPI's packages and classes.

J2ME Optional Packages This article explores what optional packages are and how they're used.

The J2ME Mobile Media API provides a technical overview of MMAPI's architecture and APIs, followed by a tutorial in which sample code demonstrates how MMAPI can be used to build multimedia-rich wireless Java applications. A complete media player is developed, and steps for testing it are provided.

Taking Pictures with MMAPI Learn how to use the Mobile Media API to capture pictures in a MIDlet.

The Wireless Messaging API covers the Wireless Messaging API (WMA) in detail. Defined in the Java Community Process (JCP) by JSR 120, the WMA provides a common API for sending and receiving text and binary messages - typically of store-and-forward types, such as Short Messaging Service (SMS) messages.

Understanding JSR 185 JSR 185 describes a wireless Java application environment to succeed MIDP 1.0. Based on MIDP 2.0, WMA, and MMAPI, JSR 185 specifies a highly capable application environment with an emphasis on application portability. This article describes the JSR 185 specification.

An Overview of JSR 124: J2EE Client Provisioning This article provides an overview of JSR 124, the J2EE Client Provisioning specification. Often referred to as vending machines, provisioning portals provide an easy, centralized mechanism for deploying applications to a variety of client platforms.

Getting Started with the J2EE Client Provisioning Reference Implementation gives a detailed description of the J2EE Client Provisioning Reference Implementation, and step-by-step instructions to install and use the 124 RI Sample Application.

An Introduction to Java Card Technology - Part 3 This article presents an introductory overview to the Security and Trust Services API, JSR 177. In the article the Smart Card Host Application introduces the development aspects of host applications for smart cards.

The J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.1 Version 2.1 of the J2ME Wireless Toolkit includes some great new features, including support for JTWI (JSR 185) and web services (JSR 172). This article details the jazzy new emulator skin, the new API support, and other features of the latest release of the toolkit.

Wireless Application Programming with J2ME and Bluetooth, Part 2: The Java APIs for Bluetooth Wireless Technology provides a brief overview of the Java APIs for Bluetooth Wireless Technology (JSR 82), and shows you how to use these APIs.

Wireless Application Programming with J2ME and Bluetooth introduces the basics of developing J2ME applications using the Bluetooth radio frequency technology.