Only 6 days to go: Live, worldwide, and free broadcast - Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days

2008-01-17 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
News Flash: The Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days will be broadcast live, worldwide, and for free! Only 6 more days to go ... Newsletter #5: https://developerdays.dev.java.net/newsletters/MEDD-Countdown5.pdf See you there or online! -- Terrence begin:vcard fn:Terrence Barr n:Barr;Terr

Only 10 days to go: Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days countdown

2008-01-11 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
Newsletter #4: https://developerdays.dev.java.net/newsletters/MEDD-Countdown4.pdf Enjoy! -- Terrence -- Terrence Barr Technical Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded Community Phone: +49 711 720 98185 http://www.mobileandembedded.org http://www.sun.com Registered Office: Sun Microsystems GmbH,

Only 3 weeks to go! Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days countdown #3

2008-01-02 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
Newsletter #3: https://developerdays.dev.java.net/newsletters/MEDD-Countdown3.pdf Enjoy! -- Terrence -- Terrence Barr Technical Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded Community Phone: +49 711 720 98185 http://www.mobileandembedded.org http://www.sun.com Registered Office: Sun Microsystems GmbH,

Only 5 weeks to go: Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days countdown #2

2007-12-19 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
Conference Count-Down: Only 5 weeks to go! https://developerdays.dev.java.net/newsletters/MEDD-Countdown2.pdf Enjoy! -- Terrence Barr Technical Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded Community Phone: +49 711 720 98185 http://www.mobileandembedded.org http://www.sun.com Registered Office: Sun Mic

Call for Papers: Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days Conference

2007-10-08 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
We just announced the Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days Conference for January of 2008. OpenMoko fits very well into the focus of this conference so I'm posting the announcement here assuming the OpenMoko community is interested in promoting this and participating. The Call for Papers has jus

Re: freetheiphone.org

2007-07-20 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
Adam, Thanks for this important link. I decided to blog on the topic, in case you're interested: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/terrencebarr/archive/2007/07/open_technologi.html -- Terrence Adam Krikstone wrote: I'm with the idiots for a wireless carterfone decision. I don't think we were bett

Re: Sun JavaFx

2007-05-10 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
Shawn, I have been very involved in this area at Sun now for a couple of years. Let me add come comments: Hardware accelerated Java is actually fairly common already, at least in the Java ME space using ARM's Jazelle technology. It does have some benefits in very constrained platforms but in gen

Re: Sun JavaFx

2007-05-09 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
Stefano Sanna wrote: Marco Miani wrote: > Hi > > I've just read this > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=16310 > > about sun JavaFx and a mockup of a phone that will be presented > soon WTF it's a Neo > > somebody knows something more ? I th

Re: Still not getting it...(was: New Topic: Learning how to write for OpenMoko)

2007-02-12 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
Absolutely. There have been several discussions on this, and there are efforts underway to create appropriate projects. I believe there will be Java ME as well as Java SE ports. I personally will be involved in seeing the Java ME port along. Stay tuned. -- Terrence Martin Lefkowitz wrote: We ar

Re: Still not getting it...(was: New Topic: Learning how to write for OpenMoko)

2007-02-12 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
y install Linux on Parallels the OE setup will be exactly like on Linux. -- Terrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded wrote: You can also use Parallels Desktop for OS X at www.parallels.com. Works like a charm for me. -

Re: Still not getting it...(was: New Topic: Learning how to write for OpenMoko)

2007-02-12 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
future ;). - MLD On Feb 12, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded wrote: You can also use Parallels Desktop for OS X at www.parallels.com. Works like a charm for me. begin:vcard fn:Terrence Barr n:Barr;Terrence org:Sun Microsystems adr:;;Zettachring 10 A;S

Re: Still not getting it...(was: New Topic: Learning how to write for OpenMoko)

2007-02-12 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
You can also use Parallels Desktop for OS X at www.parallels.com. Works like a charm for me. -- Terrence Michael Dickens wrote: VMWare does not support OS X. They have a beta for Intel-Mac OSX. Nothing for PPC Mac though. Expect a full release this summer, with all the great features of t

Re: Free maps after all?

2007-02-08 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
Florent THIERY wrote: Yes, but consider it differently: You are at home and you're going to go soon somewhere. Before going, your handset is connected to Internet using usblan or bluetooth, and you plan your trip; the app asks you where you want to go, fetches gps info for the starting poin

Re: Free maps after all?

2007-02-08 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
Honestly, I am not too impressed by the Wayfinder or Google maps concept of on-demand online mapping. Sure, it offers many benefits in terms of being current and offering real-time services. But what if you are in a remote area without wireless access, i.e. when you need the maps most? I'd rather

Re: Voice over GPRS?

2007-02-02 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
VoIP calls typically require approx. 120 kbit/s *each* direction, that's 240 kbit/s for a two-way conversation. UMTS gives you 384 kbit/s if you're lucky. Most of the time it's more like 150 kbit/s, so VoIP will only work with very poor quality. Also, most data plans specifically prohibit VoIP u

Re: Q1: GPS software bundled ,Q2:Java support

2007-01-21 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
Jay, On Q2: The Mobile & Embedded Community (http://www.mobileandembedded.org) is keeping a close eye on OpenMoko. We definitely want to see Java ME on this device. Anybody who is interested in working on porting Java ME to OpenMoko please let me know. Btw, I believe Koen has already started so

Re: Interesting iPhone article

2007-01-15 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
Thanks for posting. You might also want to check out my blog on the topic: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/terrencebarr/ In summary, I think iPhone misses the point in multiple ways. OpenMoko still has lots of room to grow. -- Terrence Christopher Heiny wrote: Some of you may have already read

Re: iPhone Vs. Neo 1973

2007-01-11 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded
Michael, I fully agree. If anything, iPhone shows the mobile market where things are heading in terms of features and usability. This is a good thing and lays the ground for new ideas and competition. The important point for OpenMoko is that software usability and integration are absolutely key.

Re: Killer Application

2006-12-18 Thread Terrence Barr - Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded Community
Gabriel, Sorry, but I can't leave this undisputed. I agree there is definitely a line at which a UI is so dumbed-down that it is inflexible and doesn't accommodate anything but the most basic operations. That is the case for many "consumer" applications (including some of the Apple i* apps). The