Java ME + Adobe Flash Lite = Project Capuchin
Sony Ericsson yesterday announced its brand new technology, codenamed Project Capuchin.
This technology will bridge the Java ME platform and the Adobe Flash Lite platform in a new developer platform for fast & clean user interfaces, both graphically and code-wise. The technology will among other things make it possible to use Java ME in the application codes, while being able to use Adobe’s Flash Lite technology for the application interface.
- Sony Ericsson is excited to introduce our new bridging technology to the global developer community as it further strengthens our relationship with this community and underscores our ongoing commitment to support an open, healthy and thriving mobile ecosystem, said Rikko Sakaguchi, SVP and Head of Portfolio and Proposition at Sony Ericsson in a press release. We are dedicated to exploring opportunities that enable us to provide innovative and energized user experiences. To achieve this, we work with world class partners and technologies, on both platform and product development, Sakaguchi continued.
Sony Ericsson plans to make this technology available in second half 2008 (new phones!!), and will demonstrate the technology at the JavaOne Developer Event in San Francisco, May 6 – 9, booth 718 in the Pavilion.
Go here for the full press release.
[thanks Karun!]
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wow, really interesting
sounds like the future will bring us really neet things, thanks for the tip
Is this applicable to UIQ phones?
Excellent question! I haven’t got an answer for you, though
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For sure i know that UIQ runs Java ME apps. The only question there is performance because UIQ3 runs Java apps using JIT compilation while none UIQ phones by SE uses AOT compilation
There are instances of UIQ 3 phones not handling games/apps as smoothly as SE’s other feature phones.The question is how long can they afford to ignore us UIQ 3 users?
@karun
It’s because non UIQ3 phones by SE runs JAVA apps using AHEAD-OF-TIME compilation instead of JUST-in-TIME by UIQ3. Some SE phones even has JAZELLE technology enabled in their CPU that executes JAVA-VIRTUAL-MACHINE in hardware. Lets hope that JAVA integration in UIQ will improve in the future.
Yeah..lets hope so…thats all we can do actually…wait till SE gets it right…
it’s good one…..can u give me more information for this one.