Hello! The JavaFX Mobile partner page (http://javafx.com/partners/) only mentions two mobile phone vendors: Sony Ericcson and LG (third and fifth in global market share for a combined 16.3% - see http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=6191). I found it odd that Nokia wasn't mentioned because they are not only the global leader with 38.6% market share, they are also behind Symbian, a mobile phone OS that powers smartphones from Nokia and other companies (http:// www.engadget.com/2008/06/24/nokia-buys-symbian/). They also ship JavaME on most of their phones.
So today I see that Nokia launches a $10 million fund, together with Adobe, to develop Flash and AIR applications for desktop, mobile phones and embedded devices. Flash Player 10 for Smartphones (which is the equivalent of what runs on desktops) is supposed to ship on phones in 2010 and is expected to support Android, Windows Mobile and Nokia S60/Symbian. There's also a new Flash Lite Player (installable over-the-air and automatically updating. like the desktop player), again launching on Windows Mobile and Nokia S60. Adobe claims Flash Lite will have shipped on 1 billion devices by the end of Q1/09 and on close to 40% of all mobile phones and devices in 2008. Adobe clearly guns for Sun in the mobile space. Now there's probably a lot of talks and negotiations going on behind the scenes, and probably a lot of mobile vendors will ship multiple runtimes (there are JavaME, JavaFX Mobile, Flash Lite, Flash 10 and possibly Silverlight Mobile if that ever appears). Case in point: Samsung and LG are also partners in Adobe's Open Screen Project, so they may ship Flash Player 10 on their handsets, too (http:// www.openscreenproject.org/partners/current_partners.html). But at least right now it seems that Nokia throws its weight only behind Adobe Flash and not behind JavaFX Mobile. If it stays this way this would be a huge win for Adobe and a huge blow for Sun. Then again, this may be just a negotiation ploy - Adobe is said to ship Flash Lite/ 10 on mobiles for free through the Open Screen Project (http:// www.openscreenproject.org/ - Adobe make money through tools), whereas Sun supposedly charges for JavaME runtimes (and JavaFX Mobile - see http://java.sun.com/javame/overview/products.jsp where it says that the CLDC "product can be bought")), so maybe Nokia just wants to lower or eliminate license fees to Sun. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
