CDC 2006: Ready. Set. Go!
I admit it. I’ll be buying the brick that’s called the Nokia 9300 from Cingular not because it has an awesome 640 x 200 pixel screen when opened up, but because I’m curious about messing around with the Personal Profile packaged with this luscious telepono muy bueno.
In fact, my interest in Java ME’s long-neglected CDC has started again after it waned when I realized Sun’s last documentation for it was written in 2002, and that the only reference implementation was for Linux!
It seems this year may finally see the light dawning on this configuration. Not only are there several enterprise-capable smartphones showing up that boasts the Personal Profile like the Sony Ericsson P990 and Sony Ericsson M600 (both of which unfortunately, unlike the Nokia 9300, do not seem to be headed for US shores), but Blu-Ray devices will be shipping this year with the new BDJ specs that use the Personal Basis Profile (Xlets)!
So, for those people who’d like to play around with this big brother of Midlets, first stop is the NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 For CDC, which also has some getting started guides and other nifty documentation. Go get it before it gets really hot people!