Mobile Programming Languages:

[Dan]

Just thought I'd compile a list of the most popular mobile programming languages/OS:

J2ME: Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME): The edition of the Java platform that is targeted at small, standalone or connectable consumer and embedded devices. The J2ME technology consists of a virtual machine and a set of APIs suitable for tailored runtime environments for these devices. The J2ME technology has two primary kinds of components – configurations and profiles

SYMBIAN: A company created by Psion, Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola in 1998 with the aim of developing and standardizing an operating system that enable mobile phones from different manufacturers to exchange information.

UIQ: UIQ is a pen-based graphical user interface for Symbian OS found on the 2.5G and 3G phones: Motorola A920/A925, Motorola A1000, Sony Ericsson P800/P900/P910, BenQ P30/P31 and ARIMA ASP805 . UIQ phones employ touch screens with a resolution of 208-240*320 pixels and 12 or 16 bit colors. The latest release of UIQ is 3.0, but version 2.1 is still in common use.

Microsoft mobile 2003/2005: This is the new, global brand for mobile software that runs Pocket PC and Smartphone devices. Windows Mobile strategically aligns a core Microsoft® brand - Windows® - with what has become a core focus for the company: mobile software.

Microsoft pocketpc 2003/2005: Very similair to computers, this OS has allowed the porting across of some pc apps, and allows a lot of creativity for developers.

Feel free to add to the list!

[NeedHelp]

Never heard of Symbian or UIQ. You have links for these? Is there any tutorials out there for cell phone programming?

[Dan]

Originally Posted by NeedHelp

Never heard of Symbian or UIQ. You have links for these? Is there any tutorials out there for cell phone programming?

Links for symbian:

Official Symbian site
Symbian Info

Links for UIQ:

Official UIQ website
Information UIQ
UIQ Developers

Both of these mobile O/S can be programmed using C++ - although it is specialised due to the spec. of the phones, java can also be used.

Have a look here for tutorials!

[Kaabi]

I didn't know there was even more than one phone programming language, and unless I was a phone programmer, I wouldn't want to learn one. How often does anyone need to program a phone?

[Dan]

Originally Posted by Kaabi

I didn't know there was even more than one phone programming language, and unless I was a phone programmer, I wouldn't want to learn one. How often does anyone need to program a phone?

Surely it is interesting just to have it purely for knowledge?

I'm sure you use a mobile phone, if you are anything like me you will have attempted to hack/install different applications/software.

By knowing the language, you will know the limitations so it is definately useful.

[Kaabi]

Well I don't use my phone often, but it would be interesting to install custom applications onto it, but I can't think of anything that I could put on that would be useful to me in any way.