Even though Java has become the language of choice for most developers moving
into the wireless arena, coders are finding a surprising lack of tools. While
more are becoming available, and others are undergoing retrofits to enable
them for wireless use, this review looks at a tool designed exclusively for
wireless Java development - the Zucotto WHITEboard SDK.
Zucotto Wireless, Inc. (www.zucotto.com), incorporated in Canada and
headquartered in southern California, is involved not only in the software
end of wireless, but also in the hardware side of things, offering a
Bluetooth board you can experiment with. (For more on Zucotto, see Wireless
Business & Technology, Vol. 1, issue 5.)
Editing Code with the WHITEboard SDK
The WHITEboard SDK is an all-Java IDE that includes many slick features that
should cheer seasoned developers as well as ease the way for novices to ... (more)
Jonathan Knudsen is a Java veteran who has given us such diverse titles as
Java Cryptography, Java 2D Graphics, and The Unofficial Guide to LEGO
MINDSTORMS Robots. His latest offering is Wireless Java: Developing with Java
2, Micro Edition (Apress, 2001, ISBN 1-893115-50-X).
As readers of Wirelesss Business & Technology know, the Java 2 Micro Edition
is big, (pardon the expression). It was a major focus of the latest JavaOne
conference, and take a look sometime at the number of subscribers to the KVM
Interest list, as compared to some of the others. There are over 2,300
subscrib... (more)
Sun has poured a lot of resources into the Java 2 Micro Edition platform,
recognizing that the next battleground will be the ubiquitous consumer
device. Whether J2ME can make the huge impact that Sun (and the developer
community) hopes for is still an open question, as the current rate of
adoption has been underwhelming thus far.
All the major OEMs have announced big plans for J2ME, and although the
sluggish economy of late can be factored in as one reason for J2ME's slow
growth, there are several other contributing factors. I'd like to offer some
suggestions about what's wrong ... (more)
Matthew Ferris is Mid-West Editor of WBT.
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