WIRELESS INDUSTRY SPECIFIES JAVA TECHNOLOGY FOR NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS.Motorola, Nokia, Siemens, Research In Motion, Sony, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Matsushita/Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, Symbian, SmarTone, Far EasTone, Telefonica, Nextel And One 2 One Among Companies Beginning to Ship Wireless Handsets and Services Based on Java Technology Delivering Java technologies for the wireless market, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) and its wireless industry partners have announced the shipment of the Mobile Information Device (MID) profile enabling the creation of next generation, personalized, interactive services for wireless devices. Based on the Java 2 Platform Java 2 Platform - Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition Micro Edition J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) A version of Java 2 for cellphones, PDAs and consumer appliances. J2ME uses the K Virtual Machine (KVM), a specialized Java interpreter for devices with limited memory. , the MID profile dramatically enhances the overall consumer experience by enabling dynamic, personalized interactive services for wireless devices. Created by more than twenty companies through the Java Community Process Sun's system for allowing third parties to submit requests for new features to Java. JCP is a formal process that must be adhered to, and fees are involved. In 1999, Sun submitted Java to the ECMA standards body, but withdrew its J2SE specification later in the year. (SM) (JCP), the availability of the MID profile demonstrates how the wireless industry can collaborate to develop open, standards-based technologies that will enable practical and entertaining mobile interactive services. The MID profile is available for immediate download from http://java.sun.com/products/midp. Companies that are developing or deploying Java technology based wireless services and products for near term delivery include Motorola, Nokia, Siemens, Research In Motion, Sony, NEC, Matsushita/Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, Symbian, SmarTone, Far EasTone, Telefonica, Nextel and One 2 One. "Leveraging Java technology, wireless device manufacturers, operators and content creators can develop highly differentiated products and services by providing dynamic, personalized, interactive content that can be offered to consumers at any time," said Patricia C. Sueltz, executive vice president, Sun's Software Systems Group. "The completion of the MID profile specification for Java technology in wireless advances the capabilities for wireless application development and network connectivity to a new level of sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. and dramatically illustrates how the Java Community Process balances cross-industry cooperation with speed to market. We are gratified that such a large list of wireless industry players have selected Java technology as the foundation upon which they build their next generation personalized, interactive services." For consumers, Java technology enabled interactive services are the next step beyond today's text-based static content. Java software enhances the user experience by supporting easy-to-use, graphical, interactive services for wireless devices The MID profile for the wireless platform was developed by an expert group utilizing the Java Community Process. Companies involved in the development of the wireless profile include: America Online, DDI ddI and ddC: see AZT. , Ericsson, Espial es·pi·al n. 1. The act of watching or observing; observation. 2. A taking notice of something; a discovery. 3. The fact of being seen or noticed. Group, Inc., Fujitsu, Hitachi, J-Phone Tokyo Co., Matsushita (Panasonic), Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Palm Computing, Research In Motion (RIM), Samsung, Sharp Labs, Siemens, Sony, Sun Microsystems, Symbian and Telecordia. |
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