Comments on: Do we really have a mobile development platform?

By: Paulette

Paulette — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:35:07 +0000

Badly need your help. The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.
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Waiting for a reply , Paulette.

By: VC

VC — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:02:00 +0000

Very good post. I have a lot of carrier experience developing wireless data services and am very disappointed with mobile platforms. You are absolutely right, J2ME (or whatever it is called now a days) is not truly portable. Every phone, every platform needs to be tested for the vagaries of OEM, Carrier, Markets (yes, this is real, phones behave differently based on where you purchased them!). I have couple of programmers working on a simple idea and it is taking for ever to implement just because these issues. Some times I hope there is “Microsoft” of mobile phones where there is one platform to write to.

By: Anders Borg

Anders Borg — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:17:33 +0000

“Java’s not worth building in [to the phone]. Nobody uses Java anymore. It’s this big heavyweight ball and chain.”

All the same, almost all phones released today have Java ME / MIDP, and MIDlet developers are thriving, so Steve is clearly completely wrong, but there are enough people in this world that haven’t got a clue (probably including Steve) to believe in such nonsense.

By: Tote

Tote — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:00:52 +0000

Ivan,

I have reacted upon one of the articles you’re referring to about MAC OSX and Symbian. See it here: http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/view_entry.html?id=402

The point is that I could not draw the same conclusion based on what the author had written. I believe most of his arguments are based upon halfly understood things and therefore not too much valuable e.g. from your point of view (which platform to choose?).

I must admit, though, that this topic is hot and need to be carefully considered. But I’m afraid even after the most careful consideration there is no perfect choice. I would add Linux to S60 (Symbian) and Java even if there is no solid userbase for Linux-powered mobile devices. You know, it seems to be worth investing in.

By: Alex Savin

Alex Savin — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:52:24 +0000

Hey, good point. I still wait for mobile kind of Visual Basic – if I remember correctly, that was the reason, why DOS eventually attracted developers.