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THE NEW JAVAFX FROM SUN MICROSYSTEMS

New Products Overview December 18th, 2008

With the launch of JavaFX 1.0, Sun Microsystems is trying to bridge the functionality required to build rich Internet applications (Rias) with immersive media and content designed to play nice with both browser and desktop computers. Claiming that Java already accounts for an installed base of over 800 million computers in the world, Sun Microsystems is applauding JavaFX 1.0 as one of the most important aspects of the Java platform development.

"The Internet market has evolved within and far beyond the traditional browser, fueled by an explosion of Java-powered smart phones and consumer electronics products, from RIM's Blackberry to the Amazon ignite," showed Jonathan Schwartz, CEO and President and CEO of Sun Microsystems. "Sun's newest JavaFX platform combines Java technology throughout billion devices, with an easy to use open source platform now made it possible with high quality and sound, focusing on consumers and content owners around the world - and over the Internet."

According to Sun Microsystems, JavaFX 1.0 ultimately aims to simplify building content beyond interactive Rich Internet Applications, also streamline the integration of High Fidelity audio and video, but also rich text, vector graphics, animations and cloud services. Already there are over 90% of the world's computers, Java technology is now ready to move to the next level with JavaFX 1.0.

Runtime provides three major components: JavaFX development environment, the JavaFX Production Suite and JavaFX Desktop. Via the new implementation of Java Plug-in, as well as functions for the Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) 6 Update 10, JavaFX 1.0 to allows users to install applets from the browser to the desktop using a simple drag and drop to move.

The collection of tools and plug-ins that can be combined to deliver JavaFX Production Suite set up to make it easy for developers to build content. But when it comes to development, runtime tools, graphics, media, Web Services and rich text libraries are increasingly being offered via JavaFX development environment.

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BLACKBERRY 9500 STORM IS FINALLY ANNOUNCED

Mobile Phones World October 8th, 2008




After numerous leaks, Research in Motion (RIM) finally announced the Blackberry 9500. It will be exclusively sold by Verizon in US, Vodafone in Europe & Telus in Canada. After the final specs were released a notable omission is the lack of Wi-fi in the Storm. That seems to be a big mistake on part of Blackberry to make an iPhone rival Touch Screen Smartphone without Wi-fi functionality. In present times, Wi-fi has become a must in High-end Smartphones & RIM's decision to not pack the 9500 with Wi-fi could hurt it in 9500's sales. Especially when Nokia has started to put Wi-fi in all of it's new N-Series & E-Series phones. In Windows Mobile world, almost all phones have Wi-fi in them. The decision is also confusing as the Blackberry 9000 Bold already has Wi-fi in it.

The Blackberry Storm 9500 will be sold through Vodafone networks and will be free on monthly plans of 35 GBP and up with an 18-month contract.The Blackberry Storm 9530 is the variant of the handset that will be sold in North America through Verizon & Telus. Along with the quad-band GSM and 2100Mhz UMTS support that the 9500 model has, it will also offer CDMA2000 1xEV-DO support. The 9500 Storm will be available for purchase soon.


Detailed Specs of Blackberry 9500 Storm :

  • 3 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
  • 3.3 inch Touch Screen with resolution of 360 x 480 pixels
  • True Haptics
  • 3.5 mm headphone jack
  • 624 Mhz CPU
  • 192 MB Ram
  • 3G, HSDPA & GPS
  • Quad Band GSM
  • Bluetooth 2.0
  • Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
  • Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+
  • DataViz Document Viewer/Editor
  • Micro SD card slot
  • Blackberry Maps
  • Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
  • BlackBerry OS
  • 112.5 x 62.2 x 13.9 mm





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BLACKBERRY 9500 STORM VIDEO & SLIDES LEAK

Mobile Phones World October 7th, 2008




RIM's Blackberry 9500 Storm's slides have leaked. The slides show the Storm's Qwerty Keypad, it's basic features and it's UI/OS in action. The Storm is the Touch Screen Phone from Blackberry & is scheduled to be offically launched this month. It has already appeared on German Vodafone site. The Storm features 3.25-inch display with a resolution of 360 x 480 pixels, quad-band GSM support, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5 mm headphone jack and a 3 megapixel auto focus camera. It's also running RIM's latest Blackberry OS which has Touch Support.





Detailed Specs of Blackberry 9500 Storm :

  • 3 Mega Pixel Fixed Focus Camera with LED Flash
  • 3.3 inch Touch Screen with resolution of 360 x 480 pixels
  • True Haptics
  • 3.5 mm headphone jack
  • 624 Mhz CPU
  • 192 MB Ram
  • 3G, HSDPA, Wi-fi & GPS
  • Quad Band GSM
  • Bluetooth 2.0
  • Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
  • Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+
  • DataViz Document Viewer/Editor
  • Micro SD card slot
  • Blackberry Maps
  • Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
  • BlackBerry OS
  • 112.5 x 62.2 x 13.9 mm









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RIM LAUNCHES FIRST BLACKBERRY CLAMSHELL

Mobile Phones World September 10th, 2008




RIM has announced it's first Clamshell which is officially dubbed the 'BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8820'. The phone features EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0, Sure Type Qwerty Keypad and internal as well as external LCD Screens. Other useful features include Voice Activated Dialling (VAD), MP3 ring tones, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint editing directly on the handset and support for BlackBerry Media Sync which let's BlackBerry owners sync their handsets with iTunes just like iPhone does. Prominent omissions include absence of 3G & GPS and presence of just 2 Mega Pixel Camera. Overall it's a decent attempt if you consider that this is RIM's first Clamshell Handset. Hope their first Touch Screen attempt Thunder/Storm is better.

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