Those classes are present in the MIDP APIs along with a modified subset of the Java programming language. The classes included in the MIDP API will be discussed in more detail later in this article.

Java's roots trace back to 1991, when Sun engineers James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton set out to create a language for interactive television and embedded devices.

Sun is giving its Java programming environment a stronger kick, with improvements to its capabilities for both enterprise-grade computers and a myriad of sub-PC devices. On Tuesday, ahead of its ...

Java is transitioning into a functional programming language, introducing direct support for cloud computing and returning to its embedded-device roots, all at the same time. Already the world's most ...

Through extensions to support Java ME, OpenLaszlo will provide development portability across Java-based phones, telephone, set-top boxes, and other devices, Sun and Laszlo said.

This project is built around Java Grinder a Java byte code compiler that will compile classes, factories, and all the horrible Java design.design.pattern.pattern.patterns () into assembly language.

I spoke later that day with Sun Fellow and Vice President James Gosling, original designer of the Java language, about the implications of having this kind of interactive power on handheld devices ...

Ongoing enhancements Java is a mature, full-featured language with a release cadence that delivers updated versions every six months. Developers don't have to wait long to use Java's most anticipated ...

As a result, Java offers the ability integrate technologies from the server to the wireless device, Martin said. In addition, Web services promises developers free, open standards in that environment.

Smart mobile devices---the very things the Java overlords had envisioned 15 years earlier---were actually starting to become a thing. And Java was running on many of them.