The company, along with Java backers, is preparing a new release of its software for cell phones that it hopes will prevent a splintering of the market and stave off rivals such as Microsoft.

Ala-Pietila said Nokia expects 50 million Java-enabled phones to ship by the end of 2002. The 100 million mark should be reached by the end of 2003.

Nextel today announced immediate availability of the Motorola i55sr iDEN phone, with a rugged design and Java technology. The Internet-ready i55sr is pre-loaded with several Java applications ...

A phone with Java lets someone download software that turns the phone into an MP3 player, minitelevision for watching films, or a portable device capable of accessing e-mails. If Nokia goes ...

Two major mobile phone manufacturers, Siemens and Ericsson, have agreed to sell software developed by 4thpass that lets customers send Java programs wirelessly to next-generation cell phones ...

Jun 5, 2009, 7:45 AM by Eric M. Zeman Google recently unveiled a new application that will bring its orkut social networking service to most phones that can run Java (such as BlackBerries and S60).

Schaumburg, Ill., Motorola showed off a handset featuring Java designed for its iDen — integrated digital enhanced network — mobile phone standard used by operators such as Nextel Communications.

It is now available to users of Motorola Java-enabled phones including the V60i, V66i, T280i, T720, A388 and A008.

Sun has been pushing Java on mobile phones for about a decade now, but in recent years the platform has been overshadowed by the iPhone and Google’s Android.

The problem lies with the initial set of application programming interfaces for Java on the cell phone. The so-called Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) 1.0 was “broad and shallow” and contained ...

Most new phones have the capability to run java programs, the advertisers are saying java games but that's just a lack of imagination. When you couple it with GPRS it should be possible to create ...