Re: Cell phones and java

From: John Bailo (jabailo_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:41:18 GMT

Darryl L. Pierce wrote:

> John Bailo wrote:

>> I still Object.
>
> You can do so. However, your objection makes no difference.

Of course, because Sun is another Microsoft in wolf's clothing.

> The facts
> are that the APIs you're using are not available on mobiles.

I wrote it once. It doesn't run everywhere.

What happened?

> Of what class?
>
>> Shouldn't the paint method, and applet init() and so on be transparent
>> across all platforms?
>
> No, since applets are not supported on anything but web browsers.

So they are useless.

>
>> A cellphone has a processor and a screen and a "keyboard".
>
> No, it does not have a keyboard. It has a UTI-9 keyPAD. When you put the
> word keyboard into quotes you should have realized your mistake.

But it should be the job of java to virtualize it -- right ?

>
>> It's a small computer.
>
> So is the remote control for my digital cable box. Should it also run
> your bouncing ball applet?

YES! That's the whole raison d'etre of java !!!!
 
> No, "they" aren't. They're executing a ROMized image of the MIDlet suite
> in the K virtual machine on the mobile.
>

So it's not really java.

It's something else, and they call it java to get the brand name
recognition. 

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