Java ME Platform represents the only truly open solution for building mobile applications for the industry. The technology allows portability of applications between platforms and investments are kept to a minimum through the possibility of reuse. The continuous platform evolution is driven by the increasing demands for capabilities and performance in the industry and assured through the definition of the platform components and APIs in the Java Community Process. The fact that the technology is open for anyone to use the community of developers creating applications for the platform is large and increasing. This assures the continuous improvement and availability of applications for the platform which in turn drives business for everybody involved in the eco-system. On top of this the platform itself represents a high performance and secure platform for mobile applications.
The Java ME technology ecosystem evolves around a number of different players in the industry, all of them participating in , and influencing, the continuous improvement of the technology and platform. The end users are constantly demanding new features and capabilities to their services. The content developers adopts the user requirements and creates new appealing services with new capabilities. The OEMs creates new capable devices to host the new services and features and also creates new demands by presenting new capabilities to the end users. Carriers creates the mobile environment to host and deploy services on and also drives the exploration of new business-driving services to the end users. This constant evolution of demands and capabilities is the single most important reason for the success of the Java platform and ensures it will continue to evolve into the future needs of everyone involved in the eco-system.
Java Mobile Eco-System
Java ME platform consist of a number of specified components. It has been defined, and are continuously improved and developed, by the industry through the Java Community Process. This ensures the ongoing evolution and adoption of the platform by inviting all players in the industry to participate in the definition of the platform and it's capabilities.
