Win CE 3.0? StrongArm CPU? J2ME? HELP!!!!
I have been looking at PersonalJava and J2ME and now I am extremely confused. What I need is a JRE for Win CE 3.0 that runs on StrongArm CPU. It looks like from the spec/readme files on Personal Java that support for StrongArm is mentioned as "planned for October 2000" but I can't find it anywhere. Plus it looks like PersonalJava is the old product, and I should be using J2ME (?). All of the latest palmtops (Compaq iPAQ, Hp) run Win CE 3.0 yet PersonalJava only support 2.11. And the latest palmtops also seem to be based on StrongArm, yet PersonalJava only supports MIPS. If someone could please define what exactly is needed to run Java on this version of Windows or other CPUs, or if I should be using PersonalJava or J2ME, it would be a big help. Thanks!
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bwillis] at [2007-9-26 1:52:58]
you have a few options for JRE's on the iPaq.
1.) pjava from sun is available for the strongArm and CE 3, but you need to download version 1.1 beta 1 (from javasoft under preview releases i think). it works fairly well, but there are plenty of bugs.
2.)IBM VisualAge Micro Edition (www.embedded.oti.com) is J2ME Compliant, but it is not pure java (you need to recompile code for different architectures). It is also in beta, but it is really highly optimized. There is no AWT/Swing support, and i don't think there's even a workaround- awt support is planned, tho. If you want to do a GUI, you need to use something called microview. VAME does come with a nice IDE, but you have to go through the included quick start tutorial, because coding a "hello world" app is not so intuitive to get working.
3.) Insignia's Jeode Runtime i believe is not free, but many people seem to say it works best out of the 3.
there are others, but i hevaen't looked into them yet. hope this helps
-ari
Hi,
I have been trying to develop some stuff on a HP Jornada 720, and trying to find a JVM that supports JDBC and runs on StrongARM/WinCE 3.0. Anyway, i have been looking, and while the Jeode JVM is $20 for the Ipaq, i think there are versions available for other platforms, but they are only available on mass purchase, and are expensive (I couldnt beleive it - not sure if it was due to the other versions for other processors are beta and need support or what)
Did you have any luck?
Will
