Java 2

'J2ME in a Nutshell' by Kim Topley is an introduction to Java 2 Micro Edition which contains sections on the essential APIs for various device types and deployments.

Learn Java 2 Micro Edition, Grada Publishing, ISBN 80-247-0444-7, Praha

This guide introduces the Java 2 micro edition (J2ME) mobile information device profile (MIDP), and explains how to develop multimedia messaging service (MMS) and wireless application protocol (WAP) based thin-client applications for mobile Nokia devices.

The product is the first free, Open Source Java IDE to fully support, out-of-the-box, Java 2 Standard Edition 5.0, full Java 2 Enterprise Edition and Java 2 Micro Edition 2.0 application development.

The latter offers support for numerous mobile Java specifications, including Java 2 Micro Edition Personal Profile and MIDP 2.0.

The Nokia Developer's Suite for J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition) would enable developers to implement additional communications protocols beyond HTTP, including Bluetooth and Short Messaging Service (SMS), according to the company.

The JCP hopes to also define when and how JSRs span multiple editions of the Java platform, such as Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME).

'Java 2 Micro Edition' by co-authors James White and David Hemphill, is a developer's guide that aims to help readers to understand wireless application design and implementation issues.

EnhydraME delivers an Open Source Micro Application server that targets Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) devices and appliances as both a client and server platform.

Symbian's EPOC operating system, Microsoft Window's CE operating system, and Sun Microsystems' Java 2 Micro Edition platform are supported by the OMAP architecture.

J2SE has been the poor relation to its cousins, Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), which caters to business systems and web services, and Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) that is a popular development platform for mobile devices.