From June 4^th to the 8^th, San Francisco was inundated by over 20,000 Java aficionados attending Sun Microsystems, Inc.’s marathon 2001 JavaOne Developer Conference at the Moscone Center.

Deemed as the largest technical conference of its kind, the JavaOne showcased more than 350 companies demonstrating enterprise and modern client solutions, including mobile phones, communications, smartcards, and applications powered by Java technology. The 500-plus technical sessions covered everything from developing wireless applications for the Java platform to leveraging Java for financial services to the future of wireless gaming.

Keynote Speakers
The president of Nokia Corp. Pekka Alia-Petilä was among the 12 keynote speakers who touted the benefits of the Java technology. Besides announcing Nokia's commitment to delivering more than 100 million Java-enabled phones by the end of 2003, Alia-Petilä encouraged developers to take advantage of the economics of scale when developing applications for Java-enabled mobile devices. "In the future phones won't be finalized on the assembly line but upgraded while they are used—You can upgrade over the air," said Alia-Petilä. "Developers have a huge market for their services once a large number of phones are out in the market."

• Nokia announced it will begin shipping 50 million Java-enabled phones during the first half of 2002 and deliver more than 100 million by the end 2003.
• Nokia also announced the latest version of its communicator known as the 9210 in Europe and as the 9290 in the U.S. for GSM 1900 networks. It will be released during the first half of 2002. The communicator is based on Symbian 0S and Personal Java in North America.
• Samsung said it would work with Sun Microsystems to integrate the Java™ 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME™) and Mobile Information Device Profile into its CDMA and GSM handsets.
• J-Phone Group will launch Java-enabled handsets in Japan this month, offering interactive content and applications including 3-D graphics.
• Other network carriers like Sprint PCS Group, Vodafone Group plc., Cingular Wireless, Far Eastone Telecommunication, Omnitel Pronto Italia S.p.A., One2One Personal Communications Ltd., SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., Telefonia S.A.  announced plans to support J2ME this year.  

• Java Wireless Developer Initiative was supported by Motorola, Nokia, Nextel, OpenWave, Siemens, and Symbian. This industry initiative is committed to accelerating the development and deployment of wireless Java applications globally by connecting developers to Java resources.
• Industry leaders including Cygent, dynamicsoft, Fujitsu, Motorola, NEC, Nortel, NTT, Telcordia, Ubiquity, and Ulticom endorsed the submission of a Java Specification Request proposal to define an architectural overview and developer’s guide for Java technology solutions for service providers and telecom networks. The group will help identify future SP-oriented Java APIs to enable capabilities such as context and location services and network management for the new era of network architectures.
• HP announced Core Services Framework (CSF) will enable interoperability and reuse of components.

• Seven companies, including 4thpass, ATG, BEA Systems, and Ellipsus, announced new service delivery solutions based on the Java™ 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) that will provide server infrastructure support for Java-enabled devices such as mobile phones and PDAs. The solutions will provide service providers and wireless operators the ability to support different mobile devices as well as match appropriate content with devices.

• Zucotto Wireless Inc. unveiled its first Xpresso™ Java-based processor for wireless devices. The Xpresso family of processors and IP Cores extends the benefits of J2ME™ technology to wireless multimedia devices, such as mobile phones, pagers, and PDAs. The chip will be made available during the third quarter of this year.

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