Sun and the cell phone allies began the Java Verified program, which certifies programs to ensure that they'll run on different companies' mobile phones. Running on Java has been a tricky process ...

For more information on J2ME mobile databases, please refer to one of my previous Wireless Java columns, “High-Availability Mobile Applications” (June 2003).

Java, more specifically the J2ME mobile version of Oracle’s software platform (it was developed by Sun, which Oracle now owns), works on most low-end phones worldwide.

All sides agree Java needs to be open and must move up to support a coming generation of more powerful handsets with rich media capabilities. They also want to see mobile Java support Web 2.0 ...

Android is mobile, of course, and it is Java, sort of, in the sense that you can write Java code for Android, but it’s its own specialized Java dialect, which entails both a learning curve for ...

Nokia on Tuesday announced a new version of its software development kit (SDK) for Java-based mobile gaming at Sun’s JavaOne conference. SNAP Mobile SDK 2.0 will make game development more ...

Oracle has released a mobile client and associated framework, nearly two years in the making, to help developers quickly build Java applications for industrial mobile devices. The Oracle ...

The technologies, embodied in a new Java specification, include management capabilities that should allow mobile operators to send software updates to phones after they have been distributed ...

Nokia and Vodafone said that the effects of this Java push will be felt by this time next year, meaning there should be a supply of new handsets by the fourth quarter of 2005. Vodafone, with its ...

Nokia and Vodafone said that the effects of this Java push will be felt by this time next year, meaning there should be a supply of new handsets by the fourth quarter of 2005.