Comments on: AT&T wants to standardize on its smartphone OS http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/att-wants-to-standardize-on-its-smartphone-os/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Daniel Udsen http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/att-wants-to-standardize-on-its-smartphone-os/comment-page-1/#comment-977739 Daniel Udsen Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:23:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=14194#comment-977739 Java is solid enough the problem is just that j2me dont offer a complete multitasking system but needs an host. Id also go with symbian, because it's stable and sold seperately from hardware licence with montavista linux(the os used on sonyreader fyi) as the only real contender. Java is solid enough the problem is just that j2me dont offer a complete multitasking system but needs an host.

Id also go with symbian, because it’s stable and sold seperately from hardware licence with montavista linux(the os used on sonyreader fyi) as the only real contender.

]]> By: Alan Wallcraft http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/att-wants-to-standardize-on-its-smartphone-os/comment-page-1/#comment-977695 Alan Wallcraft Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:22:03 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=14194#comment-977695 Android runs on top of Linux, but Android aps are Java-based. So a generic Linux reader won't work on Android phones. Mobipocket has a Java-based reader, which runs on EInk devices (including the Kindle) and on Blackberry, with an alpha version undergoing testing for some Java phones. They have not said whether they are developing an Android varient. If eReader is developing a Blackberry version, it will presumably be Java-based and might form the basis for an Android port. Android runs on top of Linux, but Android aps are Java-based. So a generic Linux reader won’t work on Android phones.

Mobipocket has a Java-based reader, which runs on EInk devices (including the Kindle) and on Blackberry, with an alpha version undergoing testing for some Java phones. They have not said whether they are developing an Android varient.

If eReader is developing a Blackberry version, it will presumably be Java-based and might form the basis for an Android port.

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