Sun has launched JavaFX Mobile together with the JavaFX SDK 1.1. NetBeans has also made available JavaFX 1.1 support for the current NetBeans 6.5 IDE. Support for the JavaFX platform is available for several cell phones from different manufacturers.
Eversince Google released the Android open mobile platform SDK, they have a plugin for Eclipse that enables developers to create Android applications under Eclipse. But that didn’t stop some guys to create an equivalent Android SDK plugin for Netbeans. The project has been continued since then.
Well, it’s the moment a lot of us have been waiting for. NetBeans 6.5 final has been released. I’ve decided to visit the NetBeans home page just now and what do you know — NetBeans 6.5 is now available, so go get it. I’m downloading it right now.
Looks like we have to wait a bit more for the final release. The second release candidate for the NetBeans IDE has just been released.
The focus of NetBeans IDE 6.5 is simplified and rapid development of web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications with PHP, JavaScript, Java, C/C++ , Ruby, and Groovy. Of course a lot of you are waiting for the PHP support, including me 
NetBeans celebrated it’s 10th year with a birthday greeting from Java’s godfather James Gosling. To add to the celebration, NetBeans is giving away 300 limited edition T-shirts!
If you’re usinig NetBeans 6.1, you can start updating the IDE. Patch level 4 is now available for downlnoad from the NetBeans update manager.
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 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.
I’m starting a series of articles on how to install different Java mobile SDK’s from different mobile phone manufacturers. These SDK’s usually have emulators for their handsets that is needed in testing J2ME software. I’m starting off the series with a how-to for the Nokia S60 SDK.