JSR172 is planning to add additional APIs to J2ME to allow mobile devices access to Web Services.
The mobile smaller-footprint versions of the JAXP and JAX-RPC APIs will be available this summer.
Interview with James Gosling
Java Developer’s Journal have an online video interview with James Gosling on their site here.
Microsoft’s bCentral Website Hosting Service lacks .NET support
Microsoft’s own small business website hosting service apparently still does not have support for hosting .NET applications.
According to the article in the above link, Microsoft bCentral are still testing the technology and will add support for .NET applications once they find it is stable enough for use.
This doesn’t paint a particually good picture of the new technology if a Microsoft subsidiary is not yet prepared to offer hosting support for .NET applications because the consider the technology ‘not stable enough’…
Motorola unveils Linux powered phone at CeBIT
Motorola has unveiled the first of their Linux powered mobile phones at the world’s largest IT & technology exhibition and conference, CeBIT, in Germany.
If this is the start of a new trend then it could be the end of the road for mobile OS developers Symbian and especially Microsoft’s PocketPC Phone Edition which has still yet to make any significant impact on the mobile phone market.