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 ...

Two major mobile phone manufacturers, Siemens and Ericsson, have agreed to sell software developed by 4thpass that lets customers send Java programs wirelessly to next-generation cell phones, 4thpass ...

Cell phones using Sun Microsystems' Java software have finally begun shipping, but the real payoff is expected when phones begin using special Java chips to improve performance. Stephen Shankland ...

The computing giant says new software technology makes Java run at least five times faster on gadgets such as cell phones. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors ...

The numbers keep on flowing from German publisher HandyGames. Following the news it's reached 25 million mainly free downloads on Google Play comes the announcement of 20 million downloads on Nokia ...

Nextel Communications is bringing users of less expensive phones an e-mail capability similar to what users of smart phones and Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry devices already enjoy. The Reston, Va ...

At the Sun Microsystems JavaOne Developer Conference this week both Sun and Nokia laid out their plans to enhance the Java environment for the next generation of handsets. Code-named the Star Project, ...

Technology giant Sun Microsystems has made fresh moves into the games market, signing deals with Nokia and Infinium Labs which will see its Java technology being tied in to the SNAP platform and ...

Nokia, with the Mobile Runtime for Java Applications (JRT), is enabling development of Java applications for Symbian 3 devices, Nokia officials said Thursday. The company recently contributed JRT to ...

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 ...