The Gaijin Coder - Long Awaited Java ME MIDP Features Surface

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Long Awaited Java ME MIDP Features Surface

Java ME MIDP 3.0 shipped recently with a number of features developers have long been waiting for. MIDlets can now run concurrently, in the background, can start when the phone boots, can run as the idle screen, or screensaver and can talk to each other thanks to the new inter-MIDlet communication mechanism, share libraries and respond to a bunch of phone events. In addition to this there have been numerous graphically related improvements to to improve the look of applications, especially on larger screens.

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