Java Kecil 2x

I gave a presentation on Pervasive Java, which includes some consumer Java APIs like BD-J and OCAP Java, to NJCCPS (New Jersey Chinese Computer Professionals Society), one of the largest Chinese associations in the east coast. I took the tack of more pictures and demos, less code, which is always a good thing, especially since many in the crowd were not coders.

The response was pretty enthusiastic, with the host having to stop the questioning after the 10 minute time alloted for questions had run past into the 20s, and with some people asking that a SIG be formed to focus on these technologies. One thing I noted was that many were more interested in the Sun SPOT sensors, probably because I had brought some with me to demo. You can find the slides here.

So, there I was getting ready to try out the enseQuence On-Q Studio demo that would allow me to participate in Fox’s Blu-ray contest, when the installer quit and told me I had to have a .NET framework 2.0 installed in my wife’s Windows XP! 


Now, granted that I am sometimes at odds with Swing and other desktop developers who turn their regal noses up at anything to do with mobile or other small java stuff, but there is a limit to just how much pain I am willing to inflict on fellow Java developers.

The sad thing was Sun was glibly giving away the demo discs at JavaOne, and the contest flyer had the Sun logo prominently displayed at the bottom.

Needless to say, the demo disc and flyer ended up pretty quickly in the hotel wastebasket. Call me when you’ve a BD-J authoring tool that is actually inexpensive and not an affront to my fellow developers.

We have grouped together a series of websites exploring different aspects in the pervasive java development community. Hopefully, people will find such resources helpful in understanding the rational and work involved when exploring these new fields.

Lurker’s Guide to Pervasive Java

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!