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Monday, July 09, 2007
Why I need Java in my iPhone.....and it is not why you think
To understand where I am coming from you first need to imagine that you have been using an iPhone for a week. If you had been doing that you would have slowly noticed that you were no longer using any of those special "mobile" versions of your favourite websites. You are not skiping over certain emails because it will be easier to read them on your desktop. This sounds obvious but for many people this will be a real expectation changing experience.
Java ME solved a real problem for mobile developers. How to target the same content to multiple devices without too much porting (how much is up for debate). Whether you agree or not, it does a pretty good job of levelling the playing field.
The thing is, I am not missing Java ME on my iPhone. I dont want to play games and that is the vast majority of the content.
No, my expectations have been raised and what I want is full Java SE support in my browser. I want Safari to give me the full Java experience because it has raised my expectations for a mobile device. It renders standrad pages and makes them more navigable than any mobile device ever has.
Lets hope more people feel this way and Steve changes his mind. If the iPhone is really based off of Mac OS X then you can also bet they have Java running in the browser. Just not in production.
Oh, and I need Flash too :-)
Java ME solved a real problem for mobile developers. How to target the same content to multiple devices without too much porting (how much is up for debate). Whether you agree or not, it does a pretty good job of levelling the playing field.
The thing is, I am not missing Java ME on my iPhone. I dont want to play games and that is the vast majority of the content.
No, my expectations have been raised and what I want is full Java SE support in my browser. I want Safari to give me the full Java experience because it has raised my expectations for a mobile device. It renders standrad pages and makes them more navigable than any mobile device ever has.
Lets hope more people feel this way and Steve changes his mind. If the iPhone is really based off of Mac OS X then you can also bet they have Java running in the browser. Just not in production.
Oh, and I need Flash too :-)
Apple sneaks Java support onto the iPhone | Ed Burnette | ZDNet.com
Before you get as excited as I did by this blog title, stop, take a breath and read on.
Apple sneaks Java support onto the iPhone | Ed Burnette | ZDNet.com
Jazelle is just hardware acceleration for Java. You still need a Java implementation in software running on the phone. It is a bit like saying that because there is a 3D graphics chip in the phone then Java can take advantage of it. Doesn't mean Java is on the phone. Jazelle comes for free with the ARM chip. Apple couldn't exactly request its removal.
The MVM information is also misleading. Not really anything to do with Jazelle but again the software implementation of the stack around it.
And the SavaJe connection is irrelevant.
"..but Apple could, if they wanted, ship a software upgrade to enable it."
Sure. They can also enable Java via a software update whether or not Jazelle is in there. Doesn't make it any more likely.
Does not change anything about the lack of Java or even make it more likely that Apple will implement it.
Shame.....
Apple sneaks Java support onto the iPhone | Ed Burnette | ZDNet.com
Jazelle is just hardware acceleration for Java. You still need a Java implementation in software running on the phone. It is a bit like saying that because there is a 3D graphics chip in the phone then Java can take advantage of it. Doesn't mean Java is on the phone. Jazelle comes for free with the ARM chip. Apple couldn't exactly request its removal.
The MVM information is also misleading. Not really anything to do with Jazelle but again the software implementation of the stack around it.
And the SavaJe connection is irrelevant.
"..but Apple could, if they wanted, ship a software upgrade to enable it."
Sure. They can also enable Java via a software update whether or not Jazelle is in there. Doesn't make it any more likely.
Does not change anything about the lack of Java or even make it more likely that Apple will implement it.
Shame.....
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
The Girl From Sao Paulo Is CeU - Forbes.com
The Girl From Sao Paulo Is CeU - Forbes.com
Just bought this last night off of iTunes as it was on promotion. Sublime.
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