Mobile dev 2011 - J2ME and BlackBerry, Jaak Laineste Nutiteq @ MoMo "Mobile Software Development Development - 3 years later", Tallinn 11.04.11

1. Mobile dev 2011
J2ME and BlackBerry
Monday, April 11, 2011

2. Java ME developments
Nothing new
New name: J2ME -> Java ME
Upgrade to MIDP 2.1 from 2.0, minor
updates
Java owned by ORACLE
Monday, April 11, 2011

3. Java ME status
(still) the OS of the feature-phones
“5 of top 5 handset platforms use Java”
Strong in developing world: Asia, Russia, Africa etc
Secondary platform in most smartphones
Some Android (LG), BlackBerry, Symbian, Bada, old WinMo
LG, SonyEricsson, Motorola: support
Nokia, Samsung: “better do native - Qt(?)/Bada”
Monday, April 11, 2011

4. Java ME gravestone
No market (only games)
Poor user experience
Prompts, networking (Nokia S40)
Limited distribution channels
Ovi, GetJar (50K apps), major operators
No end-users
Monday, April 11, 2011

5. BlackBerry dev
Phones: Java (Java ME + extensions)
PlayBook Tablet: Adobe AIR
Adobe AIR 2.5 Mobile Device profile
Flash builder 4.01 or later plug-in, Actionscript 3.0
Both: WebWorks SDK (formerly Web Widgets)
Packaging, JavaScript extensions, file IO, SQLite, Menu
integration
Monday, April 11, 2011

6. Latest Java OS-s
BlackBerry OS 5.0
WebWorks, Gears API
Dual-touch improved, better networking
BlackBerry OS 6.0
Better maps, Wifi location
Better UI, WebKit, HTML5, universal search
Twitter, Facebook integrated
Monday, April 11, 2011

7. BlackBerry future
Multi-runtime for PlayBook
BB Java and Android 2.3 (sic!) apps
BlackBerry OS 7 - in development
BlackBerry OS 8
QNX Neutrino-based
Unified phone and Tablet OS
Store: “only” 20.000 apps
Android 200K, iOS 400K,
Monday, April 11, 2011