Posts Tagged ‘java me’

Sony Ericsson changes Java Content Submission criteria

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The security framework around Java ME is a topic for much debate. Believe me when I say, Sony Ericsson is well aware of the pain involved with signing and security prompts for midlets. This is something that the Head of Developer World, Simon Walker makes clear in our official announcement about a change in our signing policy for application submissions to our application store.

To sum it up, here’s the revised certification criteria:

* Applications can be unsigned at submission

* Applications that don’t require any permissions can be unsigned when deployed to the sales channels (NEW!)

* All Java applications must pass the Unified Testing Criteria .

* Applications that require permissions should be signed through JavaVerified or with Thawte Premium Server CA (NEW!) or Verisign Class 3 third-party certificates. (NEW!)

As always comments are welcome! You can also make your voice heard using this poll.

Erik Starck
Community Manager, Developer World

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Richard Spence, Bluetrail, about The Future of Java ME

Friday, August 21st, 2009

This blog is about the community around Sony Ericsson development. This time we’re meeting Richard Spence (user bluetrail in the forums) to talk about the future of Java ME.

Developer World: Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company. What do you do? Who’s your customers?

Richard Spence: My company is called Bluetrail and we have been developing mobile applications since 2001. Along the way we have had a go at Windows mobile, Java Me and Android.

I get my hands dirty with most things from sales to design, coding and emptying the ashtrays ;-)

We have created a number of mobile systems for Red Bull and some other clients I am not a liberty to mention because of NDAs

Over the last 2 years we have focused our efforts on creating a data capture product for mobile phones called Swift. This is sold in the UK and Europe by our partner company Matador Intelligence. More information and idea of what clients are using it can be found here.

DW: What’s your view on the Java ME market? What strengths and weaknesses does the platform have? What’s your view on the future of Java ME?

RS: The strength of the platform are the installed base – this represents a huge opportunity.

The weaknesses are legion. Fragmentation, signing, where the apps get installed on the device, differences between operators …. it goes on and on.

The tech community can get too obsessed with the iphone when the vast vast majority of users have Java ME enabled devices. When we first started the restrictions on the environment were horrible but now devices (particularly sonys I might add) can handle large Jar files and are very well behaved. Java ME with the manufacturers help still enter the main stream.

DW: What would you like to see from Sony Ericsson that makes your life as a mobile developer easier?

RS: What would be great would be more tools to overcome the issues above.
Not just tools from Sony for Sony phones but a collective effort from a number of manufacturers. Getting behind the LWUIT project would be a good start.

Thanks, Richard! There’s still a future for Java ME after all, it seems.

What’s your view on the future of Java ME? Tell us!

Erik Starck
Community Manager, Developer World

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