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April 30, 2008
Flash Lite talks with J2ME
Flash Lite talks with J2ME: There were articles earlier today about Sony's Project Capuchin, but now Sony has info on their website. It seems like Sony phones will have an API so that a local Java engine can communicate with the local Flash Lite engine. They cite three use cases: a Java application triggering a Flash application; using a SWF presentation layer atop a Java processing/services layer; and intermixing SWF components within a Java application. Inter-engine communication has taken place in web browsers for awhile, but implementation differences and latency limited uses... may be different in this mobile implementation. I asked within Adobe this morning for context, and heard there will be more info after a conference next week. Sony's got some source info up now, though, to go beyond the morning's news articles.
Posted by JohnDowdell at April 30, 2008 06:43 PM
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Hi John,
It's nice to have the "inside scoop" from Adobe itself!
I find it interesting to see how two possibly competing technologies are being coerced to work together. I wouldn't have thought that Sun would be terribly cooperative given that J2ME is, in many ways, related to what Flash/AIR do; but that's based on my current understanding of where both technology sets stand.
Is the a symbiotic relationship or are they truly competing? What I mean is, will Flash run as a layer on top of J2ME ans use it for its extended functionality like the AIR runtime, or will the two run side by side and merely be two possible ways to get at the same thing?
P.S. Good to hear your views on Open Screen. I'll be watching your blog in the future.
Posted by: Patrick Bay at May 7, 2008 03:18 PM