Flash and Java get together
Mobile maker building bridges
SONY ERICSSON HAS DECIDED to make life a little easier for long-suffering developers by coming up with a software development kit (SDK) which will allow them to use both Java ME and Adobe Systems' Flash Lite applications for mobile phones in one console.
The company will be monkeying around with its new software, the product of a project it has dubbed Capuchin, at next week’s JavaOne.
The SDK along with a brand new shiny set of APIs, will allow developers to use both cellular development platforms together on the same phone, creating what general manager and head of developer program and communications, Ulf Wretling, calls a "bridge" between the technologies.
Up until now, Flash Lite was mainly used by mobile developers who were more interested in a richer user interface whilst Java was frequently used in phones where the emphasis was placed on the quality of 3D graphics for games. Now, Sony Ericsson’s new SDK will allow developers to pick and mix the best from both.
The SDK and APIs are only being aimed at regular cell phones though. Smartphones have more complex operating systems, so the kit would not meet their needs. Sony Ericsson reckons that they’ll be able to put out new phones which make use of the technology bridging kits by the second half of this year. µ
L'Inq
CNET
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Exploits to follow
Given the history of that stuff, are we going to make mobile phones the laughing-stock of this decade like Microsoft Windows PCs have been for the past two decades? Are customers going to update their phones twice per day?http://www.securityfocus.com/ and search for the culprits.
Too little too late
Java on the front end is dead, thank f*** they're interested in taking flash with it...