With Nokia already owning about 48% of the Symbian company, they have made an offer to buyout the other owners (Sony Ericsson, Samsung and others). This is in addition to its recent buying spree — they just bought a Social Network startup called Plazes.

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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.

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With all the great things happening to the NetBeans IDE and the upcoming NetBeans version 6.1 release, Here’s your chance to learn more about the great development tool supported by Sun. Register for a FREE NetBeans Day at the upcoming CommunityOne conference.

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With the recent release of the software development kit (SDK) for the Apple iPhone, Sun has announced it’s plan to come up with a Java virtual machine (JVM) for the iPhone.

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Coming back from a vacation got me swamped with emails that I have to read (probably for next few days!). Anyway looks like the Sun Tech Days has started in Sydney (March 4-6) and hope you guys are having a great time. Hope you can write something about it later specially the session about Java ME: Extreme GUI Makeover for Mobile Phones.

Would just like to remind everyone (especially guys in India ;-)) that the Sun Tech Days in India is just around the corner so if you’re still haven’t registered for the event I suggest you register now.

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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.

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