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The best way is not to, I assure you.

• schtog 18y ago
  It is used everywhere so how can knowing it be a bad thing?
  • fhars 18y ago
    Knowing it might be OK, the horrible part is actually programming in that environment. It is totally locked down, you have to buy certificates and sign your applications and stuff. Without that, your application will be almost unusable (unless you only use the games APIs, which can't do much except storing high scores). Even saving a file to a directory turns into busywork for the user, as the run time system will ask for every single directory on the path if it is OK to access it... It is a bit more liberal with actions that might cost you money like dialing, sending text messages or establishing data connections (it will ask you only once), but it is still annoying. It is a trusted (by the network operators, not by you) computing environment.
• tiffani 18y ago
  I'd have to agree. After spending a bit of time working on a J2ME app, friends and I figured out that you'd have a helluva time getting it to run on enough phones to actually make a difference. With operator restrictions, the need for security certs in order to run code on a real phone (important to gauge real behavior that emulators often can't do), and slightly differing implementations of J2ME on different devices, you'd have to do so much to get things to work to your liking. If you're still insistent, experiment a bit and think of something to write. I figured out J2ME wasn't for me after a year of dealing with operators, devices, etc. HTH