While looking for 2D barcode (qrcode version) software for mobile phones that I could use for my txtu.com site, I found several of guys who has started a project to create a 2D barcode scanner software for mobile phones using mobile Java or J2ME.
Having a bit of a flu during the past week has made me spent some time in bed. Well at least I get a bit of time to play the Kobe Bryant Pro Basketball 2008 mobile game from Gameloft. At first, I thought being able to play basketball on my mobile phone was going to be a bit of a challenge.
During the past week I was kinda busy creating my personal blog. I want Javamidlet to focus on topics about, well, mobile Java but I have some other interests that I would want to blog about. So I guess I would have to finish my own personal blog. And now, I’m happy to announce TxTu. If you want to know more about TxTu …
Mobile Java development using the Eclipse IDE can be as easy as 1-2-3. Simply follow some basic setup steps and you’ll be up and running and ready to develop your “killer” mobile game or application in no time at all.
NetBeans has bagged two awards at the recently concluded developer.com Product of the Year 2008. The developer.com awards features several category in which NetBeans won in the Development Tool and the Wireless/Mobile Development Tool or Add-in.
Now here’s a bit of a news. Didn’t see this one coming. MySQL folks has agreed to sell the outfit to Sun for a cool billion dollars. Read the details.
If you’re someone who needs to regularly check for currency conversions, here’s a Java mobile application that will allow you to do currency conversion on your mobile phone. And it even has a currency conversion table update feature to allow you to get updated conversion rates.
It looks like that NetBeans v6.1 will soon be coming out. You can read more about upcoming changes in Vince Kraemer’s blog at blogs.sun.com
To follow-up on my previous post, here’s the generated Android source code using the Eclipse IDE with the Android plugin installed. I found some interesting observations between J2ME and Android.
Looks like Google’s Android, the open mobile platform, is now running on HTC’s Qtek 9090. The company a la Mobile issued a recent press release (excerpt below).