T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom's global mobile communication division, has
selected nGame's Java QuickStart Program as the cornerstone of its launch of
mobile Java gaming throughout Europe. The two-year deal sees nGame shipping
120 J2ME games, designed for a wide variety of Java-enabled handsets, which
T-Mobile will distribute in Austria, Germany, and the United Kingdom. In
addition, T-Mobile will also be using nGame's Java Games Store platform WOTAN
as their content delivery platform at launch in the UK.
"This is by far the largest and most significant content deal yet seen
anywhere in the mobile games industry," said nGame CEO, John Brimacombe
"WOTAN is nGame's next generation enterprise level platform to deliver mobile
entertainment content," said nGame CTO, Dave Lloyd. "Th... (more)
(June 18, 2002) - Borland Software Corporation announced the availability of
Borland® Web Services Kit for JavaTM and Borland® JBuilderTM MobileSet 3
for integration into the recently released Borland® JBuilder 7. Borland's
new development enable developers to create and integrate Web services and
deliver high-quality applications for mobile and wireless platforms all from
one central de... (more)
French telecom major Alcatel has made its choice of platform for running Java
applications and services in its "One Touch" 735i mobile phones: JBlend,
which is now licensed by 13 different handset manufacturers and deployed in
mobile phones offered by wireless operators around the world.
JBlend is the flagship product of Aplix, a Sun Java licensee since 1996, and
includes a high-performanc... (more)
Some of the UK's biggest media companies, like News International and
broadcaster Endemol, are anticipated to start rolling out initiatives
designed to provide them with more direct relationships to consumers using
mobile handsets. According to leading analysts, media companies are seeing
mobile Java (J2ME) as the perfect platform by which to deliver content
directly to subscribers.
What... (more)
(February 28, 2003) - North America's very first wireless J2ME-based software
app for viewing and sharing photos on Java-enabled mobile phones has been
announced. Called "MyMobilePix," the application is the joint work of Tira
Wireless, a publisher of wireless Java apps for mobile phones, and Photogra,
a provider of online digital imaging solutions.
Leveraging Photogra's back-end Web-based... (more)