traveller | # 1 | 2007-09-25, 12:30 | Report

Sun have just announced a "web seminar" on the status of the "PhoneME Advanced" Java implementation to the N800.

Thu. 27Sep2007 @ 8:00 am, Pacific Daylight Time, 15:00 UTC

http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.j...31124&tstart=0

anderbr | # 2 | 2007-09-25, 13:49 | Report

Am I the only one that thinks this is *very* cool?

ysss | # 3 | 2007-09-25, 15:18 | Report

I, too, think that this is *very* cool.

Pete From PA | # 4 | 2007-09-25, 17:11 | Report

From an end-user perspective, this is one of the MUST HAVE developments on my list. VERY exciting news!!! Java on the N800 will open up all SORTS of goodness!

Texrat | # 5 | 2007-09-25, 18:21 | Report

No. If I can tune in I will (I am on business in Helsinki this week).

I envision Sametime meetings on my tablet. Ooo, one less reason to lug the laptop...

zerojay | # 6 | 2007-09-25, 20:01 | Report

This could be pretty cool. I hope they'll have more to say than "uh... N-what?"

traveller | # 7 | 2007-09-25, 21:37 | Report

Well the answer is probably "we're waiting for Nokia to release a software update including a recent version of GTK". The basic JVM has been running on the N800 for a while. How far they're planning to go in Hildon-ising it beyond a basic GTK version is another question.

tso | # 8 | 2007-09-25, 23:15 | Report

hmm, does the N800 hold a cpu that can process java VM code natively?

i know there exist ARM variants that can do that, but i dont recall reading that the N800 uses a chip that can do so.

YoDude | # 9 | 2007-09-25, 23:52 | Report

It shouldn't be a problem...

I've been runing a JVM on an old school Intel XScale 400 MHz processor for some time now.

I believe the N800's TI Omap 2420 integrates ARM's Jazelle Java accelerator. A more elegant solution from what I understand.

Milhouse | # 10 | 2007-09-26, 00:07 | Report

I believe the 770 OMAP 1710 CPU supports Jazelle too.