Helsinki, Finland — (PR excerpt) — Nokia today announced the Nokia Developer's Suite for J2ME, Version 1.1 for Linux. The toolkit provides developers with tools to create, test and deploy downloadable applications that are designed for the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME), a version of Java technology specifically designed for small consumer electronics products. Nokia has announced that it is supporting Java technology in a wide selection of its current and future mobile terminals.

The Nokia Developer's Suite for J2ME 1.1 supports development of Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) applications. The suite enables efficient MIDP development in a standalone environment and can be integrated with existing IDEs from industry leaders Borland and Sun. It provides an automated code generation tool, archive builders, and is compatible with all Nokia MIDP SDKs.

“The significance of this release should not be underestimated,” commented Alan Williamson, Editor-in-Chief, Java Developer's Journal. “This is truly the year for Java technology on the move.' Developers are starting to look at their mobiles not as phones but as mobile computing centers — with power to be harnessed. This toolkit will open up the energy and passion of those developers and allow the creative juices of the Linux community get at this power.”

“The new edition of the popular toolkit will help further expand the supply of creative applications and services to support the growing line-up of Java enabled devices from Nokia and other manufacturers,” said Jouko Hayrynen, Vice President, Forum Nokia. “In 2002, Nokia's deliveries of Java-enabled handsets totaled tens of millions of devices alone.

“Nokia is happy to support multiple environments to address all the potential developers interested in open standard application development,” Mr. Hayrynen added. “Nokia listened to the developer community and has responded by offering a Linux version of one of our most popular toolkits.”

The Nokia Developer's Suite for J2ME, Version 1.1 for Linux will now bring one of the most-popular available wireless developer technologies to one of the most dynamic segments of the global developer community. According to leading IT development market researcher, Evans Data Corp., 14% of North American developers plan to use Linux as their primary development host in 2003, up from 8% in 2002. Globally, 12% of all wireless developers work primarily in the Linux environment, Evans' data shows.

Concurrent with the launch of the Linux version, Nokia also announced enhancements to the Suite. The new version provides an audio converter that translates MIDI files into Nokia ringing tone files or directly generates a piece of source code, as well as a tool that automates the uploading of Java applications to Web servers for testing and deployment. These enhancements are available in both the Linux and Windows versions of the Suite.

Both versions of the tool are available for free downloading from Forum Nokia.

 
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