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To: lkj who wrote (6512)	11/9/1999 4:06:00 PM
From: William Sheppard	Respond to of 10309

lkj wrote: Can anyone comment on what real cell phone applications need Java? I am looking for a compelling reason to use Java, not that your PDA applications or browser can be done in Java. Those are already done with out Java at much greater efficiency. Sure. Mot can write a common suite of apps using Java (calendar, address book, games, etc.) and have these work across their phone and, say, their pager (PageWriter 2000, already runs Java). Or a third-party developer can create apps which run on both of those devices and the Palm PDA's. Plus Java apps tend to be smaller than native apps (byte-code is more compact than object code), and can be developed more quickly. The new KVM greatly reduces the overhead of the VM, both size and speed-wise, so efficiencies in application authoring become more valuable. Bill