Re: J2ME, MIDP 2.0 and detecting phone number
From: Darryl L. Pierce (mcpierce_at_myrealbox.com)
Date: 11/30/03
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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 00:46:21 GMT
Tim Tyler wrote:
>>> We need to provide access to our services from the mobile phone, so we
>>> tried J2ME and Java applications (Midlets) for mobile phones.
>>> There's one thing we can't figure out: is there any generic way to
>>> detect mobile phone subscriber's number?
>>
>> No. There are no APIs in the MIDP to determine the phone number since not
>> all MIDs are mobile phones.
>
> Not all MIDP devices have colour screens - and yet there is an API for
> dealing with them.
No, but most of them do, so your point is non sequitor.. The MIDP is
intended as the foundation on which many profiles will be implemented.
Having the MIDP be a catch-all for such things as phone numbers from a
mobile is unnecessary; other profile can be implemented to do that.
> I suspect there is a sensible reason for MIDP devices not giving out
> their phone numbers to unsigned MIDlets on an ad-hoc basis, though:
> phone numbers are personal information.
And the MIDP is not intended to be implemented only on mobiles. When
writing an application for a router, of what purpose would such an API
for fetching the mobile number be?
The point is, there are some APIs that would make no sense on a headless
device, such as the gaming APIs. But, those are there since they have
an immediate need and do make sense on other non-mobile devices (though
not on all platforms where the MIDP will be implemented). Something like
an API to retrieve a mobile's number makes no sense *except* on a single
device type, a mobile. What's your iPAQ's mobile number? Your router's?
See my point?
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