| Chapter 2, there are two dominant profiles on the J2ME platform: The PersonalJava and J2ME Personal Profile (PP) run on high-end PDA or set-top box devices. They share the same application structure (e.g., the main() method), standard APIs (e.g., I/O and AWT UI APIs) and development tools as the J2SE platform. Any experienced Java developer should easily get started with the PersonalJava/PP development. The J2ME Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) runs on pervasive mobile devices such as smart phones. It is not compatible with the J2SE in bytecode structure and API usage. In this appendix, we briefly cover the basics of MIDP v1.0 application development through an example. |