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Sun, along with 13 other companies, participated in the development of MSA through the Java Community Process. The goal of MSA is to provide greater handset platform functionality to application developers and reduce implementation variation through the creation of standard APIs and specific component clarifications. The new MSA capabilities allow creation of compelling mobile applications and services, that include such capabilities as 3D graphics, Bluetooth, animation, web services, location services and payment services.
Sun products supporting MSA include:
- Sun Java Wireless Client – a best in class, optimized implementation of the mobile Java platform with multitasking support. Sun Java Device Test Suite 2.0 – a testing suite to help evaluate the quality and functionality of Java ME implementations for mobile handsets.
- NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.5 – delivers a whole new level of sophistication with easy drag-and-drop design, plus support for animation and web services-powered mobile applications and platform and device emulation environments.
- Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5 for Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) – an award-winning SDK containing build tools, utilities, and a wireless platform emulation environment providing the means for developers to build and test their applications.
In addition to these commercial products, Sun also makes available in the phoneME project in the Mobile & Embedded community on Java.net the source code for Sun’s advanced phone and feature phone Java ME implementations, which support MSA.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
