Sun Launches Java Based Handset Operating System

At the JavaOne conference, Rich Green, EVP of Software, Sun Microsystems, previewed a mobile phone prototype with a rich, graphical interface, made possible by new software from Sun. JavaFX Mobile, a mobile phone software system available to carriers, content owners and consumer electronics manufacturers, could help to reduce the costs of creating rich, mobile Internet devices.

Dr. Djibril Diallo, director of the United Nations New York Office of Sport for Development and Peace, and chair of the UN Youth Summit series, offered his support for Sun's technology for developing countries. "Bringing the Internet to people through mobile handsets can greatly expand access, and it is imperative that the technology industry continues to innovate to make that a reality worldwide," said Diallo.

You can't always predict what devices or platforms your customers will be using and with JavaFX, you don't have to. Unlike other device platforms built around proprietary technologies, JavaFX Mobile uses industry standard technologies--this means that applications built with JavaFX can run on a wide range of Java-enabled devices, and content providers can add them to their devices quickly. The latest standards, including the Mobile Services Architecture set of device APIs, are tightly integrated in JavaFX Mobile, so developers have a rich set of highly portable capabilities.

Last month, Sun purchased the assets of SavaJe Technologies which had also been trying to develop a Java based Mobile OS. "

Posted to the site on 11th May 2007