Java & Midlet for Windows Mobile (VGA support)
From: Menneisyys
IBM WebSphere(R) Everyplace Micro Environment (IBM J9 for short) is one of the best Java and Midlet environments for the Pocket PC (please see this tutorial on what Midlets are and how they can be used). If you make a generic search in Pocket PC Magazine Expert Blog for “IBM J9″ or look around in my full-blown Java-related articles (for example, Using Java on the Pocket PC – the complete tutorial (alternatives: FirstLoox, PPCMag)), you’ll get numerous hits. The former Midlet article and the latter generic Java article are both worth checking out to see what midlets are capable of/usable for.
The last version of J9 was released over a year ago – it took IBM a year to move to a new version. It, however, was worth the waiting.
What’s new – in a nutshell
- Improved Midlet compliance – now, it’s fully compliant with all versions of Opera Mini Advanced (including the latest, 2.0 version)
- VGA (high) resolution without having to use the native VGA mode on VGA devices. There’re two separate versions for the QVGA and the VGA devices. Note that there won’t happen any problem if you interchange the low- and the high-resolution versions and, for example, try to run the high-resolution one on a QVGA device. It just won’t start.
Google maps has a midlet available at
http://google.com/gmm
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