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| Collaboration of Openwave and Sun Openwave Systems Inc. and Sun Microsystems, Inc., both leading providers of open software products and services for thecommunications industry, today announced an agreement to acceleratenext-generation application development for mobile phones. The agreement willhelp operators and developers to rapidly create, customize, and deploypowerful new applications and interfaces for mass market mobile phones byintegrating Sun's Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) technologieswith Openwave Mobile Integrated Dynamic Application System (MIDAS), anext-generation XML-based scripted application environment. A complete software development toolkit (SDK) that integrates with theNetBeans IDE, part of the Solaris Enterprise System, will be provided todevelopers to enable integrated development, device emulation, debugging andpackaging of mobile applications, support industry partners and encouragedevelopment of ecosystems that leverage both Sun's Java ME technologies andW3C's XML-based Compound Document Framework (CDF). The integration of MIDAS and Java ME technology will result in tools thathelp developers to take advantage of the capabilities and flexibility providedby these two standards-based technologies in creating various applicationcomponents and seamlessly integrating them into a single application package.Custom applications and user interfaces allow mobile subscribers topersonalize their mobile phones beyond ring tones and traditionalapplications, enabling them to select from a variety of styles, themes andgraphics to create a rich and compelling user experience, such as anintegrated music library, music store, and music player applications. "With Java technologies and Openwave solutions each running on over onebillion devices, this collaboration has deep resonance with the mobilecommunity, " said Rich Wong, Senior Vice President, Product and SolutionsGroup, Openwave. "The ability to create content and services that personalizethe user experience on mobile devices is critically important; operators thatoffer easily accessible content experiences will likely see a lot lesscustomer churn." "The combination of Java ME technology, XML markup and scripting languageswill introduce new opportunities for new user experiences and rich mobileapplications, " said Alan Brenner, Vice President of the Client Systems Groupat Sun Microsystems. "The collaboration between Sun and Openwave will helpdevelopers and carriers to rapidly create and deploy new mobile applications, and help lower the cost of development through the use of standards-basedtechnologies." As part of the agreement, Openwave will join the W3C CDF working group toprovide support for emerging CDF standards. Openwave will also join andactively participate in the expert group of JSR 290, recently filed by Sun, designed to address and promote interoperability between Java technologies andthe CDF standard. Sun and Openwave have also outlined roadmap for developingfuture products and services. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Networking News :: home page |