Allies of Sun Microsystems have completed a second version of Java software for cell phones that they hope will fill some of the gaps left by the first, but many expect challenges moving to the new ...

AT&T Wireless plans to begin selling cell phones in the next few weeks that download games or business applications using a version of Sun Microsystems' Java software, two sources close familiar with ...

Java phones have been called basic phones because they could fulfill only basic communication needs, but over time they've become capable of much more. Here we've picked some essential Java apps.

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Unique implementations and extensions of Java for emerging voice and data cellular devices are threatening what many see as the best hope for unifying this nascent market. Indeed, ...

Ever since VisiCalc and the invention of the electronic spreadsheet, developers have been searching for the next killer application. What's something that everyone uses and needs? Well, if you haven't ...

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 ...

In what some believe is the most ambitious effort yet to use Java in cell phones, handset maker Nokia on Tuesday announced plans to sell 100 million phones using the software language by the end of ...

Considering that we've already seen Sun parade its iPhone-like Java Mobile FX platform around, it's not too surprising to hear that Samsung and Sun Microsystems could be teaming up to "jointly develop ...

Sun allies complete a second version of Java software for cell phones that they hope will fill gaps left by the first, but many see challenges in moving to the new technology. Stephen Shankland worked ...