Open Source Wireless Tools Emerge
By Anne Zieger2005-04-13
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As mobile platforms have become increasingly important to corporate connectivity, mobile open source apps and tools have begun to appear. Large software and telephony vendors have gradually been adding more robust mobile application development tools to their portfolio, including open source development tools.
Motorola and Embedix
Motorola, for example, expanded its open source coverage when its Metrowerks subsidiary acquired the assets of Linux tools and solutions vendor Embedix. Metrowerks will draw on the Embedix assets to provide Linux-based app development tools and platforms for PDAs, smart handheld devices, residential gateways, and digital TVs.
Nokia's Developer Suite for Linux
Nokia recently released the Nokia Developers Suite for J2ME, version 1.1, which runs over Linux. The suite offers developers tools to create, test, and deploy downloadable J2ME apps, providing an automated code-generation tool and archive builders.
The Suite for J2ME supports MIDP development for Nokia SDKs. It contains the Nokia Series 40 MIDP Concept SDK, along with MIDP APIs, classes, documentation, and sample applications to build, debug, and run J2ME applications in a simulated environment. The Suite can also be integrated with existing IDEs from Borland and Sun.
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» Slowly but Surely, the Open Source Development Model is Spreading Beyond the wired world
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