RIM's Blackberry Java Development Environment simulating a RIM 957 with J2ME applications Along with these product announcements came development contests and, thankfully and finally, some real tools. Other demos during his address previewed a fascinating upcoming Motorola product known as the Personal Information Communicator. Many of these contests offer significant prizes, in addition to peer and industry recognition. And all of them provide participants with access to free or inexpensive development tools for devices. Early Access version were handed out at the company's pavilion booth and at email stations around the conference.
Tremendous opportunity abounds, especially in the wireless world.
Now that the technologies are ready, developers are moving rapidly to build and deploy real solutions to Java-powered devices. I would strongly encourage anyone who is interested to learn more about J2ME and start developing now. Today is a great time to be a device application or service developer. About the author Bill Day is a technology evangelist at Sun Microsystems. Demonstrations included the app that won Motorola's Java Jam contest.