J2ME at Five

I’ve posted the slides for my “J2ME at Five: Where We’ve Been, and Where We’ll Be at Ten” JavaOne BOF presentation. Click here to access the slides (PDF).

Abstract:

Java technology took the wireless world by storm when the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) was first introduced for mobile devices, starting with the KVM at the JavaOne conference in June 1999.

Much has happened in the last five years. More than 120 million MIDP 1.0 devices are in consumers’ hands and MIDP 2.0 devices are now shipping in volume. Many interesting wireless Java applications are in daily use. J2ME technology-based wireless games continue to draw eyeballs and twitching thumbs the world over.

This session examines the history and technical merits of J2ME technologies that have allowed it to succeed over the past five years. This portion of the presentation is followed by a discussion and extended Q&A where we examine what needs to happen (technology, business, and otherwise) for the J2ME platform to be even more successful in its next five years.

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