Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sony Ericsson will support JavaFX™ Mobile
On February 12, 2009 Sun Microsystems announced the availability of their JavaFX™ Mobile Platform with backing from Sony Ericsson and other partners. JavaFX Mobile delivers rich content and services for mobile phones and we have stated our support for JavaFX Mobile.
| Rikko Sakaguchi, Corporate Vice President and Head of Creation and Development at Sony Ericsson. |
What is JavaFX Mobile?
On mobile phones, JavaFX runs directly on Java™ ME. According Sun Microsystems' press release, the Java platform is available on more than 2.6 billion mobile phones and is supported by 6.5 million software developers, making it one of the strongest mobile platforms in the industry.
| Built on top of a consistent Java ME platform implementation, JavaFX Mobile allows you to create immersive mobile content, while leveraging existing investment in the Java platform. Developers can use JavaFX Mobile to easily extend current Java ME mobile applications, games and solutions. |
In addition, developers using JavaFX technology have access to Java ME's mature and highly proven security model and phone specific capabilities, such as address book, Bluetooth, camera, location services, etc.
With JavaFX Mobile, developers and designers benefit from using the same JavaFX tools, such as the JavaFX SDK and the JavaFX Production Suite, that they have been using to create content for the desktop and browser. This makes it much easier to start creating mobile content and opens up the mobile device to a much wider pool of developers and designers.
More information:
- Read Sun Microsystems' official press release announcing support for JavaFX Mobile>>
- Sun Microsystems' JavaFX web section>>
- Sun Microsystems' JavaFX partner web page>>
- Sun Microsystems' JavaFX FAQ web page>>
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Sony Ericsson launches Nancy Ajram Pink W595 Special Edition




Nancy Ajram is a big Lebanese Pop star in the Middle East. Sony Ericsson has decided to use her celebrity power in the Middle East to propel lagging sales and has come up with a special edition pink W595i with her signature on the back. It will come in a limited edition box with her latest album and biography. Check out the video and see the launch of the phone.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Sony Ericsson Idou 12.1 MP Cameraphone - Hands-On @ MWC 2009
PhoneDog has a video from MWC of the Idou. According to the SE rep he spoke to, we will see more Entertainment Unlimited products like the Idou this year with another announcement in the spring. The Idou has a Fastport connecter like other SE phones, but has a MicroSD card slot instead of M2. Also it might come with 8 or 16GB internal storage, but it might be bumped up to 32GB. Also it comes with a resistive touch screen.
What I like about the spring announcement is that the SE rep mentioned two new devices. One focusing on gaming and the other on messaging.