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>> Nokia to add Java to Cellphones
cellular.co.za
June 18 2000
Finland's Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, will add Java technology to some of its future cellphone models, allowing users to remotely download applications from the Web to their mobile terminals.
In the first phase, Nokia Oyj Abp will install Java technology in EPOC-based smart phones and communicators, but the company plans to bring Java into other mobile terminal categories as well, Nokia said on Tuesday.
The first Nokia products to support Sun Microsystems Inc's (SUNW) Java technology will be on the market in 2001.
Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc, the world's second-largest mobile phone service provider, said earlier this year it planned to incorporate Java into its Web-surfing "i-mode" mobile phones coming out this autumn.
Java technology complements Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), a technology used to give cellphones limited access to the Internet, in providing additional features and functionalities to future mobile terminals.
Nokia said it expected annual sales of Symbian's EPOC and other Java enabled mobile phones to exceed annual sales of personal computers by the end of 2003.
Symbian, built around British Psion's (PON.L) EPOC operating platform, is battling Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) to offer the industry standard operating system for next-generation portable devices. Nokia is a member of the Symbian consortium. <<
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>> Sony and Sun Microsystems Unveil Java Technology Enabled Mobile Phones At JavaOne
June 18 2000
Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition to Enable Widespread Delivery of Interactive Services to European Consumers
Sony and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SUNW) announced today that the companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop mobile phones based on Java(TM) 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) with the goal of shipping these devices in the first half of the year 2001.
Sony will demonstrate an early version of the Java technology enabled wireless handset at the JavaOne conference.
The companies will collaborate to implement J2ME and the Mobile Information Device (MID) profile in Sony's new GSM and GPRS cell phones. The inclusion of J2ME provides Sony a rich and robust environment to support interactive wireless network games and secure e-commerce transactions. The initial rollout is targeted toward select European network operators.
"Sony has been an early adopter for Java technologies in the consumer market," said Curtis Sasaki, director, Product Marketing, Sun's Consumer Technologies. "Sun is thrilled with the opportunity to work with Sony on the development of Java technology-enabled phones and next generation interactive wireless services."
"We are enthusiastic about our future collaboration with Sun,'' said Mitsuya Kishida, Director Business Planning at Sony Digital Telecommunications Europe. I feel a great commitment in both companies to develop a product that will allow widespread delivery of interactive services to customers in Europe."
As part of the definitive agreement, the companies also intend to define a set of joint marketing programs including a cooperation in marketing Sony's J2ME enabled products in the European GSM network operators market. <<
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