> the Android SDK is that it uses a subset
> of libraries based on the Java language on a similar JVM virtual
> machine.

True.


>   Applications can be created on the phone through Eclipse
> with the plug-ins.
>
True.


>  This however means that if we were to see client/server applications
> such as JBoss or Apache Tomcat providing exclusive push and pull
> paradigm servers out there on the web with our Android phones then we
> have to wait for the development team behind JBoss and Apache Tomcat
> to recode their services with the Android SDK?
>
This question is a bit confusing. JBoss, Tomcat, Apache are not per se
client/server applications.


>  It seems at first glance as though you cannot just take an existing
> java application and put it onto the phone without recoding your
> program through a conversion and creating an Activity out of it;
>
A client Java application usually has a GUI. Android has a unique way of
programming a GUI.


> possibly rearranging the design scheme in the process.
>
Yes. I well-designed client/server application allows for the use of clients
programmed in differnt languages and running on differnet platforms.
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