Call them what you want, but you can't call Sun Microsystems a bunch of quitters. They are a persistent lot. Even after Apple's announcement that they don't want Java on the iPhone, Sun is pushing to get Apple to agree to letting the iPhone play nice with a Java JVM (Java Virtual Machine). "We've expressed our [...]

Skype has recently launched a Java ME based application to allow mobile phone users to take advantage of the low-cost phone calls and chat with their Skype buddies. Still in beta, Skype mobile "thin" client works on about 50 of the most popular Java-enabled mobile phones from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. The problem with [...]

Paragon Software/Epocware dictionaries are no longer Symbian and Windows Mobile thing only. The mobile software developer announced that it is bringing its award-winning apps to BlackBerry smartphones, as well as select Java ME enabled feature phones — to reach new customers and expand into new markets. Now, virtually all mobile phone users will be able to [...]

Verizon Wireless and VOCEL announced the availability of The Pill Phone, a new Get It Now application that provides users with detailed drug information and automatic dosing reminders, right on their phones. The mobile version of the best-selling medication reference guide (The Pill Book), The Pill Phone application is available exclusively through Verizon Wireless. With The [...]

Recently, Yahoo-owned collaboration suit developer Zimbra announced that users of any Java ME enabled mobile phone will be able to access their Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0 email, contacts and calendars using a dedicated mobile application. The mobile app brings such Zimbra features as conversation views, advanced mailbox searches, tagging, calendar management (accept/decline meetings), and more. Commenting [...]

It's not exactly the same as having full Java support on the iPhone, but it's the next best thing. New Zealand-based Innaworks has announced their beta-stage "alcheMo" application that will port Java-based games and applications to work on the iPhone and iPod Touch. alcheMo allows developers to convert their standard Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) [...]

Tor Anumana has announced two wireless applications for remote access. The first makes it possible to run a live presentation (like PowerPoint) via a mobile device and share a live demo with others all over the world, instantaneously on their own mobile devices. The second makes it possible to access any file from [...]

I'm not sure I've seen something like this before. Yeah, there are Java ME clients for some mobile social networks, but the idea behind V-Circles is that all the action is on the client. You create or join existing communities from your phone without logging to the actual website. To put things in perspective, here's an [...]

Following hot on the heels of Apple's iPhone SDK announcements, Sun has jumped into the fray and announced that they'll be making sure that Java plays nice with Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. The company famous for championing the standardized Java Runtime made the announcement after taking a look at the iPhone SDK. Upon investigating [...]

Yes folks, the iPhone like scrolling of your contacts is possible on Sony Ericsson Symbian UIQ3 based smartphones. As you can see from the image on the left and much better from the short demo video after the jump, the application is quite neat and easy to use. Best of all, it goes beyond scrolling, enabling you to quickly find the contact you’re looking for. I still haven’t tried it, but I plan to. In the meantime, if you have any thoughts, please use our comments form. One more (bad) thing about it — it’s not free (costs $14.95) and is not a native but a J2ME application. Still, you can try it for free from our application store and if you like it, buy the full version. Now, on with the demo video… ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Skype May be Coming to Symbian UIQ3MasterGear ported to work on Symbian UIQ3 based smartphonesCellPhoneSoft updates LinkBoy; Provides Symbian UIQ3 based smartphone owners with shortcuts to their favorite appsSony Ericsson's smartphone architectureWin a free Sony Ericsson P1 from the Sony Ericsson Developer World Wiki contest1