Re: how do I move java ME app to phone

opalpa@xxxxxxxxx opalinski from opalpaweb wrote:
I got NetBeans with ME plugin. Compiled and ran app in emulator.

How do I move app to phone? I have a USB cable to phone. The
particular phone is Motorola RAZR.

does the phone support phone <--> pc data transfer by Bluetooth?

(be careful, some phones "support Bluetooth", but only for the
"voice", like to use you cellphone in your car [say if you've got
a "Bluetooth stereo" in your car])

I can't give you a definitive answer here, so I only post a few
random thoughts. I hope it can help a little bit.

I've used infra-red, bluetooth and provisionning servers to send
J2ME (JME if you prefer) apps to cellphones. It doesn't mean
the cable won't work in your case. Simply I've never done
it that way.

I think I already used Bluetooth to transfer an app to an
RAZR V3 but I can't guarantee it (I don't have the phone
here to test).

I think there may be free provisionning servers out there to
which you can send your midlet (JAR and JAD) then you
can d/l with your phone for free (if you've got a cellphone
subscription allowing you to transfer data).

Another way to do it would be to write your own small
J2ME provisioning server (only half-kidding :)

More seriously, the easiest way for quick'n'dirty testing
is to send the midlet using Bluetooth (note however that
this is not representative of the problems potential customers
may encounter while trying to d/l the applications, as they'd
more than probably be using a J2ME provisioning server
and *many* problems surface when delivering the app OTA).

USB Bluetooth device can be bought for less than $20 if
I'm not mistaken.

Also note that most J2ME devices/implementations contains
nasty nasty bugs (the quality is many lightyears behind the
quality of a J2SE JVM and it'll probably always be that way,
seen how all the phonemakers rushes phone to market, with
always kinkier bell & whistles and with always, apparently,
less and less time to test/debug and fix the many issues) and
their way of "respecting the specs" are usually quite creative.

Some companies keep track of all these bugs, but their
information is not easily available (if at all). The only open
source project tracking the J2ME bugs is J2ME Polish.

For example:

http://www.j2mepolish.org/devices/Motorola/V3.html

Don't hesitate to post a message or send me an email
when you succeed, explaining which way(s) worked,

Alex

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