Version 1.2.1 of the ME framework under the cqME Project has been released. cqME is a project dedicated to the compatibility and quality testing for the Java ME platform. The ME framework provides support in creating tests for J2ME.
A patch for the NetBeans 6.1 IDE has been released with bug fixes. The patch is available in English, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese and Simplified Chinese — wonder how hard complicated Chinese is 
I recently came across this relatively new project called mewt. Mewt is one of those widget toolkit that helps mobile Java developers in creating consistent user interfaces for J2ME software on mobile phones.
Sony Ericsson has made available the Project Capuchin SDK. Project Capuchin is a Sony Ericsson’s software development kit for connecting mobile Java or Java™ ME and Adobe® Flash Lite™. The SDK is a set of APIs, a packaging tool, documents and getting-started tutorials.
I won’t question the GREAT support for J2ME development in the upcoming NetBeans 6.5 (or even in 6.0) but I can’t help but notice the really promising features of PHP development under the near final NetBeans 6.5. The PHP NetBeans team is really pouring it on to provide a good PHP IDE inside NetBeans.
The Lightweight User Interface Toolkit or LWUIT, a project to enable J2ME developers to create consistent and easily usable mobile Java applications, has made its source code available under the GPL2 license. Previously a binary only download was provided by the project.
A patch containing a bunch of fixes for NetBeans 6.1 is now available. The patch includes bug fixes in modules for BPEL, C/C++, Composite Application, Database, Editing Files, GlassFish, IDE Platform, JSF, Java, Java Debugger, Java Profiler, Mercurial, NetBeans 6.1, NetBeans Plugin Development, Platform, RESTful Web Services, Ruby, SOA, Spring Web MVC, Visual JSF, WSDL, Web Applications, Web Services, XML and Schema.
If you want the latest and greatest of the NetBeans IDE, you can now download NetBeans 6.5 milestone 1 from the NetBeans web site. Some note worthy mobility enhancements are included in the upcoming version 6.5 release not to mention the much anticipated improvements in JavaScript support and of course PHP (I’ve tried out the early access and I’m eagerly awaiting for version 6.5.
Motorola has announced the availability of the MotoDev Studio 1.4 for developing J2ME applications. Support has been added for several Motorola mobile phones. If you remember, Motorola has taken lead of the EclipseME project and has released MotoDev Studio which is based on Eclipse and EclipseME.
In a bid to make it more easier for J2ME developers to create more consistent mobile Java applications, a group of developers at java.net have created the LWUIT project.