Java

Zimbra Expands Mobile E-mail Availability to All Java-Enabled Devices

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:51:44 +0000

- New ZimbraME J2ME client and source code access extends Zimbra experience to millions of handsets, from Nokia to RIM, regardless of wireless device

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 3, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Zimbra, a Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO) company and the leader in open source, next-generation messaging and collaboration software, today announced the availability of its ZimbraME (Java Mobile Edition) client and source code for businesses. Beginning today, users of any Java-enabled mobile phone will have access to the industry's most complete collaboration solution. The ZimbraME client provides Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Open Source and Network Edition users worldwide with free access to the Zimbra experience with e-mail and calendar on mass-market Java-enabled mobile phones. This extends Zimbra's reach of services to the broadest range of devices available in the market and builds on Yahoo!'s leadership in e-mail and mobile Web services and as a key starting point for consumers. » read more »

AOL Announces New Open Mobile Software Platform

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:32:09 +0000

February 11, 2008 -- AOL today announced the AOL Open Mobile Platform, which it plans to make available to developers this summer. The new open platform will help stimulate innovation by providing developers with ready access to the tools and source code they need to build and distribute applications across all major mobile device platforms and operating systems including BREW, Java, Linux, RIM, Symbian, and Windows Mobile. As a result, developers will be able to create applications for a wide variety of mobile devices.

The AOL Open Mobile Platform is based on proven technology acquired by AOL that has been deployed across more than 150 different handsets on carrier networks in the U.S. The platform will consist of three components: an XML-based, next-generation markup language; an ultra-lightweight mobile device client; and an application server. A dynamic presentation layer will allow for rapid deployment of new features and easy optimization for a wide variety of mobile devices, allowing developers to build and update applications once, and then distribute them across all supported devices and platforms. » read more »

RIM Opens New BlackBerry APIs to Support Growth in Mobile Applications

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:47:56 +0000

Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM: TSX: RIM) reports it is adding additional Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to the BlackBerry® Java Development Environment (BlackBerry JDE) to enable the next wave in mobile application development.

With a large and rapidly growing customer base, including approximately 8 million subscriber accounts and 100,000 BlackBerry Enterprise Server installations, and broad availability on over 225 networks in over 100 countries around the world, BlackBerry has become an attractive platform for software developers. » read more »

Ashley Tisdale's Debut Album Soars with ShoZu Phone Videos

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:01:06 +0000

Warner Bros. Records Puts Singer on Map with Low-Cost Mobile-to-Web Viral Marketing Tool

Ashley Tisdale, the 21-year-old actress whose debut album for Warner Bros. Records bowed at #5 last month, has become the first performing artist to make the charts on her freshman outing with the aid of an Internet-enabled camera phone. The strategy hatched by the record label has turned Tisdale into a YouTube star and helped drive over 65,000 first week sales of her “Headstrong” CD. Ashley’s first single, “Be Good To Me” is currently climbing the Top 40 radio chart, with Z100 (NYC) leading the pack.

Using a handset equipped with one-click image uploading technology from ShoZu Inc., Tisdale has created and posted dozens of personal behind-the-scenes videos that have generated more than 6.7 million YouTube views at an average of 225,000 views per clip. Her YouTube channel has ranked #4 in the music category for months and is the #5 most-viewed of all channels this month. » read more »

WiderThan Powers Rogers Wireless Music Services

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:56:32 +0000

WiderThan announced it has launched a full-function Music-on-Demand (MOD) service for Rogers Wireless Inc. With the launch of Rogers MusicStore, Rogers, Canada's largest wireless voice and data communications services provider, becomes the first Canadian wireless service provider to offer their customers both a pay-per-download and a subscription service option for both mobile handsets and PCs.

With the Rogers MusicStore service, Rogers' subscribers can download full music tracks over-the-air and over-the-Internet and transfer digital music between their mobile devices and PCs. Using WiderThan's mobile music service platform, Rogers is also offering a new indie music portal called Redpipe. Redpipe enables customers and music artists to upload and share their music and videos, both over the mobile network and the Internet. Acquired content can be played on Rogers' supported phones, PCs, and all Microsoft "Plays For Sure" mobile devices. » read more »

Java

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:26:35 +0000

Java

Java is a programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. Some versions of Java are likely to be used in the creation of wireless services. Some Nokia phones e.g. 3410, 6310i and 7210 support downloading of Java applications over the WAP connection, meaning that you can enrich your phone's functionality with interesting and useful applications, such as a world clock, currency converter, and games. (Nokia)