Myths about JavaFX, Android, and J2ME

by bbuffone on 6/8/2009, 6:12 PM with 9 comments
  • by megaduck on 6/8/2009, 6:48 PM

    Android kept the Java language, and pitched out the JVM.

    Does this seem backwards to anyone else?

  • by aswanson on 6/8/2009, 6:53 PM

    Most of these high-profile phones do not have Java out of the box, and getting a Java runtime can even be challenging. For example, there is no JavaVM out of the box on iPhone, Android G2/HTC-Magic, and Treo 750 WinMobile (I could not find one on my old Treo 750 WinMobile). And for the rest—well, the J2ME market is very fragmented.

    Loopt seems to get it done in J2ME quite well. I don't buy it.