SAN FRANCISCO--After years of promises, cell phones using Sun Microsystems' Java software have just begun shipping, but the real payoff is expected next as phones begin to use special Java chips to ...

The company, along with Java backers, is preparing a new release of its software for cell phones that it hopes will prevent a splintering of the market and stave off rivals such as Microsoft. Stephen ...

Sun's telecom partners in Asia are planning deeper use of Java software in mobile phones. The phones' appeal may still be narrow, though, because of a limited number of applications. Stephen Shankland ...

San Francisco – Top cell phone makers are converging on a more common implementation of Java in handsets. An emerging standard software profile, powered by first-ever hardware acceleration using ARM ...

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As Microsoft and RealNetworks step up the battle for dominance of streaming video to mobile phones, a small Finnish company could be set to usurp both the established names. Oplayo, a spin-off from ...

Rumor has it that Sun Microsystems and Samsung are jointly developing a “Java Phone” that is cheaper and more feature rich than Apple’s iPhone. Details are scarce, but a Samsung spokesperson confirmed ...

SavaJe, a spinoff of Lucent Technologies, threw its hat—or, rather, cellphone—into the ring at the 2006 JavaOne Conference in San Francisco this week, with the unveiling of a “sophisticated” handset ...

Opera today announced a new solution for users with Java phones who want to access the web and not just WAP sites. Opera Mini is a J2ME client that displays websites on a phone, however the phone does ...

Most new phones have the capability to run java programs, the advertisers are saying java games but that's just a lack of imagination. <BR>When you couple it with GPRS it should be possible to create ...

LAS VEGAS — With the world’s three largest mobile phone suppliers readying Java-enabled handsets for release as early as the first half of 2001, Java looks set to make inroads into the red-hot ...