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5 of Top 5 mobile Phone Makers Run Java

The top five mobile phone makers keep their handsets on the cutting edge using Java technologies, and today Java keeps more than 2.6 billion people talking around the world. You can learn more about applications that rely on Java, and how you can use Java in your business at the JavaOne Conference, and about the OpenSolaris operating system at the CommunityOne Conference. They'll be at San Francisco's Moscone Center beginning on June 1.


Java and Your Mobile Phone

Listen to Eric Klein, Sun's VP of Marketing for Java, discuss how Java is currently used on mobile phones and the impact that JavaFX will have in the future.

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JavaFX Mobile: The Next Wave

Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and LG Electronics use Java Micro Edition (Java ME), and are quickly moving to JavaFX Mobile, the latest mobile Java technology from Sun. The world's leading handset manufacturers, including LG Electronics, Sony Ericsson, and Sprint, announced support for JavaFX Mobile when it was launched in February.

JavaFX Mobile is built on the Java ME platform and leverages its established security model and mobile phone-specific features. Developers can use JavaFX Mobile to add new, expressive features to their Java ME mobile applications and games.

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Going Mobile with JavaFX

Sun's Jacob Lehrbaum, senior product line manager for JavaFX Mobile, explains how the new Java language integrates with Java ME, what developers can do with JavaFX, and how companies can pull JavaFX content into their current mobile devices.

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Samsung and Java

In this McNealy Minute interview, Sun Chairman Scott McNealy finds out how Samsung uses Java to gain a competitive edge in the hyper-competitive consumer electronics market and discusses Samsung's plans for JavaFX.

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LG Electronics and Java

Sun chairman Scott McNealy delves into LG Electronics' use of Java on the manufacturers' handsets and learns more about the opportunities for growth in the consumer electronics market.

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Java ME Is Everywhere

Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) is an open solution for building mobile applications used on billions of mobile phones, smart phones, PDAs, and other end user devices around the world.

Its robust, flexible environment, proven security, and its maturity has made it more popular than any other mobile platform, and developers prefer it because apps built in Java ME are portable across many devices, yet is able to leverage each device's native capabilities.


Sony Ericsson's Java ME Phone

Christopher David, Director of Long Term Platform Planning for Sony Ericsson, demonstrates the K850i, Sony's Java ME-based mobile device that combines a phone with a digital camera, music management tools, GPS, and a Web browser.

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Motorola Talks Java

Christy Wyatt, Motorola's VP of Software Platforms and Ecosystems, talks about the handset maker's predictions for the future of mobile development, the mobile industry's challenges, and the ongoing openness of mobile devices.

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Mobility at JavaOne

At JavaOne 2008, John Gage led two conference sessions about Java and mobility, including demonstrations from Sprint/Nextel, Sony Ericsson, and JavaTV.

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Session 2

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Java for Mobile Fun

When mobile devices are built on the Java platform developers can build a huge variety of entertainment applications designed specifically for mobile phones.

The most popular are video games, and seven of the top ten mobile games are based on Java and can be downloaded and played on Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and Motorola phones, including: Guitar Hero III, Tetris and Tetris Mania, Bejeweled, Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, and Surviving High School.

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