Comments on: iPhone Brews Up Anger With Sun Over Java Support

By: sid

sid — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:23:28 +0000

I bought $20 (USD $15) second hand sony ericson for a backup phone the other day. And it supports Java MIDP 2.0 ...

By: TOM

TOM — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:22:07 +0000

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By: TOM

TOM — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:19:06 +0000

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:31:26 +0000

micah u fail to see the picture. Obviously java along with flash and others things are issues.......... When u pay 600$ for a phone and no java or flash is supported then there's an issue.. Because even free or 20$ phones come with java.

By: xploded

xploded — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:59:09 +0000

steve is wrecking the iPhone's potential.

By: Micah

Micah — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:53:32 +0000

I understand what Java is, but I realize that my rambling covered two issues that are actually separate (business use and java implementation) so was confusing.

I'm sure that java on the iphone would be a benefit, I'm just saying that to ME it's obivously not a major issue since I never noticed it being gone in the first place

By: Kent Pribbernow

Kent Pribbernow — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:33:47 +0000

I don't think you quite understand what Java is and how it's used, Micah. Java is not a simply a "business tool", it is a programming language used in consumer devices as well, particularly cell phones. Even games designed for mobile phones are based on Java. So don't be so quick to conclude this a non-issue.

For myself it serves as yet another example of why Apple needs to open iPhone to platform development, so consumers as well as business customers can benefit from a richer user experience.

By: Micah

Micah — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:23:33 +0000

From the very outset it's been obvious that the iphone was developed, packaged and sold as a consumer item, not a prosumer/business/power user item. When iphone first came out there was quite a bit of clammoring about how the iphone missed the mark for business applications... uhm... DUH? It isn't aimed at business applications, so of COURSE it missed that mark.

I find the lack of Java to be a complete and total non-event. In fact I didn't even know the iphone wasn't Java compatible until right now when I read Kent's article.

The only point here being that for the general consumer, or even the apple-focused consumer such as me, the iphone doesn't apparently need java.

That said, I can't imagine why apple would take a "stance" on something like this. Why not just say "Java isn't supported, but it might be in the future, we haven't decided."

Whatever. Like I said, to me the lack of Java support is a non-issue.

By: Ryan Kudasik

Ryan Kudasik — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:32:58 +0000

I'm taking my iPhone back. I'll wait for the iPDA. I consider myself a power user and the iPhone doesn't do enough for me. I will continue to stay subscribed to your blog so that I can follow updates...

By: sourceCode

sourceCode — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:07:17 +0000

It's getting worse than that what Sony did with the PSP-Homebrew....