Google showed off a demo of it’s Android open mobile platform at the Google I/O conference this week. I’m very excited about the upcoming mobile phones sporting the Android platform. You can take a look at some of the great videos and photos of the Google Android demo.
This June, Sun Tech Days will be in Manila (Philippines). The tracks are pretty interesting so if you happen to be in Manila and you’re a Java developer, you might want to register for the event. For the mobile Java developers, there’s Java ME: Extreme GUI Makeover for Mobile Phones session.
If you’re one of those guys who is using the latest and greatest of the NetBeans IDE for your development work, you might want to update your NetBeans IDE.
Look’s like we’ll be seeing more basketball in our mobile phones this year. Kobe Bryant, 2008 MVP awardee, has a popular mobile game. He has helped the LA Lakers win game 5 (LA – 111/Utah – 104) in spite of the performance of Deron Willians who is actually one of Utah’s great guards. Soon you’ll be able to play NBA on your mobile phone ‘coz Gameloft has closed a deal to bring 2 NBA games on your mobile phone.
After the launch of the 10 million dollar pot for the Google Android challenge which introduced Google’s open mobile platform, the top 50 Android software list is now out.
Want to learn more about Eclipse or Android tools on Eclipse? If you’re anywhere near Googleplex on June 24, here’s your chance. Eclipse Day at the Googleplex is a half day event for developers to learn about different Eclipse projects and related technologies.
NetBeans has announced the winners of its NetBeans 6.1 blogging contest which is about sharing their experiences with the new NetBeans v6.1 integrated development environment.
Opera Software has announced the availability of Opera Mini 4.1, the newest version of their mobile Java based web browser that works on nearly every mobile phone.
Sony Ericsson has created a bridge to enable J2ME and Flash lite to collaborate on your mobile phone. The bridge enables developers to use Flash lite as frontends and J2ME as backends on mobile applications.








