MOTODEV Studio for JAVA ME 1.0 Launched

November 9th, 2007 by Jose Manuel Cristobal

Motorola has finally launched the 1.0 version of MOTODEV Studio for JAVA ME. No more Betas, no more testing. A final release at last. Little by little every phone manufacturer is launching IDEs (Integrated Development Environment) adapted to work with the manufacturer’s device list. This tendency was started by Nokia (who else?) with the Carbide series. Later on, Sony Ericsson joined the group. The last ones to follow the leader have been Motorola and Samsung.

Considering the existing fragmentation in JAVA ME market,these IDEs are very helpful because it allows you to test applications in a higher number of phone models. The official the SDK provided by SUN is not bad at all, but the emulators are far from being perfect.Here is a list of features provided by this new IDE by Motorola.

  • Java ME Emulator: uses the Sun Java Runtime Environment to simulate the MIDlet environment in Motorola handsets, with an interactive “skin” of the handsets
  • Bluetooth Service: enables Bluetooth communication among multiple emulated handsets
  • WMA Test Server: enables multiple emulated handsets to send and receive SMS and MMS messages
  • SIMConfig Service: allows the user to create SIM card configurations that can be used with emulated handsets
  • Libraries for Java ME development for Motorola handsets, including CLDC 1.1, MIDP 2.0, JSR 75, 120, 135, 172, 177, 184, 185, 205, and many other Motorola specific APIs, such as Secondary Display API and Scalable Image Enhancements
  • Update Manager: keeps installed components up to date; responsible for authenticating the user, downloading, and installing new features
  • MWay: loads MIDlets onto handsets via USB cable and generates system logs for debugging (Motorola OS handsets only)
  • NetBeans Project support: imports NetBeans Projects into the MOTODEV Studio workspace
  • Sample MIDlets and tutorials
  • Context-sensitive Help and integrated documentation that includes Javadocs, user guides, and Motorola device specifications listing supported Java and Motorola APIs as well as media formats

And this is the list of supported mobile phones.

Impressive, isn’t it? Don’t miss the analysis of this new IDE, next week on SevenClick’s Blog!!!!!!!!!

Link MOTODEV Studio download site


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