1. Interview with Eric Chu

Sun's Sr. Director, J2ME Platform, talks about 3GSM World Congress and how Sun is helping the telecommunications industry monetize their 3G investments with Java and Identity solutions.

2. Got Innovation?

2005 may finally be the year that mobile phone manufacturers and carriers will lead or fall based on their ability to innovate and attract increasingly picky consumers.

3. Mobile Wireless Applications

4. J2ME Game Optimization Secrets by Mike Shivas

Code optimization is integral in writing fast games for mobile devices. This article will discuss why you should optimize, and show you how to optimize your code to maximize performance on Java handsets.

5. Developing Applications with the Java APIs for Bluetooth (JSR-82)(1)

Developing Applications with the Java APIs for Bluetooth (JSR-82)(2)

6. Security in Mobile Terminals

7. Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) Wireless Toolkit

8. The Security and Trust Services API for J2ME, Part 1

This article gives an overview of JSR 177, Security and Trust Services API (SATSA) optional packages which provides APIs for communication with security elements, as well as security APIs for the management of digital signatures, digital certificates, and cryptographic operations. The article also covers the communication APIs, and presents some information about the reference implementation.

9. Handling Varied Content in J2ME Applications

The Content Handling API (JSR 211) (CHAPI) provides a mechanism for a MIDlet to handle incoming content based on MIME type, URL or content handler ID. Read about the CHAPI framework and its many uses.

10. Sharing Data Between MIDlet Suites

A discussion of MIDlet data sharing using the MIDP 2.0 RMS package. How to share data, access control and security topics are presented in the context of a working example. Source code is available, ready to use with the J2ME Wireless Toolkit.

11. Learning Path: MIDlet Life Cycle

By focusing on extensive source code examples, this learning path shows the basic life cycle control elements needed when implementing your application's build, source base, and delivery strategies.

12. Using the Java APIs for Bluetooth, Part 2 - Putting the Core APIs to Work

This article shows how to implement personal area networks (PANs) using Bluetooth, a low-cost, short-range wireless technology.

13. Getting Started With the PIM APIs

This article provides a code-intensive introductory tutorial to Personal information management (PIM) APIs, JSR 75. PIM refers to the ability to manage in electronic form the kinds of personal data that broad classes of users want handy, such as appointment books, contact directories, and to-do lists. Having this information literally at your fingertips, wherever you go, is a strong motive to buy a mobile device.

14. Chat Transcript: Solving the Device Fragmentation Problem

Read the questions that your fellow developers had about the new feature in NetBeans Mobility Pack 4.0 that helps solve device fragmentation problems, and the answers straight from the engineers who created the module.