Why no more Personal Java?

[Robert Paris]

I've tried programming for the Pocket PC, and I used to use Personal Java. However, that's now discontinued. Any idea why? It was actually easy to use, and worked properly. The other options CLDC, etc I have not been able to figure out how to use with a pocket pc.

[Frank Eichfelder]

I think the reason is that Sun doesn't want to support too much different platforms for Java-technology besides J2SE, J2EE and J2ME.

[Michael Yuan]

Personal Java is replaced by the J2ME Personal Profile, which is what you use for PDAs these days.

[serge masse]

For a nice page of choices of Java platforms for the Pocket PC, as of June 2003: http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/fittond/ppcjava.html
Kada is a popular choice for the PPC and it was acquired by esmertec around December 11, 2003: http://www.esmertec.com/

[Robert Paris]

So does this mean I need to use a diff. API (and compiler) if I want to program for:
1. A PDA (Diff. between Pocket PC vs Palm?)
2. Cell Phone

[Ko Ko Naing]

Originally posted by Robert Paris:
So does this mean I need to use a diff. API (and compiler) if I want to program for:
1. A PDA (Diff. between Pocket PC vs Palm?)
2. Cell Phone

The suggested usage is
-MIDP for Cell Phones
-CLDC for PDAs
Here is the link to FAQs about the different configurations in J2ME... Hope it's helpful for u...
http://java.sun.com/j2me/reference/faqs/faqs_j2me.html#2
[ January 20, 2004: Message edited by: Ko Ko Naing ]