subject: J2ME to Blackberry Conversion: Giving BlackBerry Users a Feel of J2ME Applications [print this page] J2ME to Blackberry Conversion: Giving BlackBerry Users a Feel of J2ME Applications
Over the past few years, J2ME has matured into a secure and complex environment for smartphone applications development. There are other platforms which are used to develop smartphone applications but none can match J2ME applications in terms of flexibility and ease of deployment. J2ME apps can be deployed on all multiple platforms and devices. Many smartphone manufacturers therefore endorse this J2ME development. Moreover, the security and the visual appeal of the applications are also the USPs of J2ME apps. Currently so many smartphone manufacturers support J2ME apps and even BlackBerry smartphones have become J2ME compatible. Although the older BlackBerry models are C++ based, many newer models support J2ME. A programmer can also convert J2ME to BlackBerry so that users of BlackBerry can enjoy the best of J2ME apps. In fact, such conversion services are offered by many companies which specialize in mobile phone application development.
BlackBerry has been one of the market leaders with a strong customer base. This phone is immensely popular among the business community especially for its secure and instant e-mailing feature as well as numerous other business applications. BlackBerry has its own Java Virtual Machine and also comes with additional APIs. And with this smartphone supporting J2ME, users can expect more entertainment and utility applications. There are numerous third party application developers that offer conversion of J2ME to Blackberry. The end-users as well as other stakeholders stand to get benefited from such conversion services. Several applications offer connectivity programming with J2ME. However, it is the Blackberry applications that are the first choice of most users.
Smartphones application development has gained so much in popularity that development of many applications is outsourced to companies located overseas. Indian companies meet maximum requirements of such outsourcing projects primarily due to the availability of cheap yet competent developers. These companies offer development of all types of mobile phone applications and applications for other portable devices such as iPod and PDAs. Some of these also have expertise in developing graphic rich web application dashboard. The dashboards in smartphones function as control panels and enable the users to manage and access the applications.
