IT News - Comments for "Java on the iPhone: Will It Matter?"

I think I've read that Nokia

okidoky — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:29:26 -0400

I think I've read that Nokia signed a deal with Microsoft to go all Silverlight. This is probably a very bad thing for Java on mobile devices.

okidoky wrote:My $400 EeePC

jsight — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:55:54 -0400

okidoky wrote:

My $400 EeePC gives me pretty good portable Java performance, but it doesn't fit in my pocket... The only other option I've seen is OpenMoko, but they're taking very long with their consumer version. What's the most portable device capable of running the full JRE these days?

The Nokia N810 would be a great platform, but as far as I know, it doesn't run AWT/SWING. It only runs GNU Classpath without the AWT peers, and therefore can only do SWT.

I really wish that it had full Java support, though, and hopefully that will happen if Nokia keeps going with the platform.

If the contract for the

jsugrue — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:06:34 -0400

If the contract for the iPhone wasn't so expensive in Ireland I'd consider it.
I think the Consumer JRE/Update N (https://jdk6.dev.java.net/6uNea.html) should make it possible to put a full JRE on the iPhone - it's about time we were able to have good quality mobile Java applications.

Of course it'd be really cool if it was possible to put Android on your iPhone.

Never mind the iPhone. How

okidoky — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:55:20 -0400

Never mind the iPhone. How about an iPod Touch that talks wirelessly through your cell phone using bluetooth? (is that possible?)

But without a good Java runtime I'd have no interest. I want full Java and not some sort of cramped scaled down JME of sorts. With hardware becoming more powerful and cheap, we should expect no less than a full JRE I think.

So, with the ability to control which provider I use, and the ability to do wifi, and a full Java version, I'd want it. Anything less, I'll yawn and move on.