Re: GPhone platform announced and No Java mentioned...but asked to assume

WoooHooo... there is java in androids... there really is. :)
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So finally someone blinked and said the word Java....
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But is it JavaME... (no)  Is it JavaSE...(no)   is it JavaEE... (no) .... ??!?!  what is it?
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 It makes since why they didn't come out and say "java.. it's in there",  that's because Java isn't in Androids.... but didn't I just say it was?!?!
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It all comes down to Trademark / Copyright issues I would speculate.   If it doesn't pass the TCK, it's not java...it may be java-like, but it's not Java with a capital "(tm)".  :)
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They have what they call a "Dalvik" VM, instead of a Java VM, but it looks like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm6Ju0xhUW8">(and sounds like)</a> it runs standard Java Jarfiles.
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It seems to take some of the thoughts from JavaME, and OSGi on its life-cycle of an app, and the api calls.  It's a slightly different looking beast, however with a plugin for Eclipse there should be a reasonable path to development.
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I'm not sure I like it (due to a lack of time so far to look at it), but it doesn't completely sound like insanity, so time will tell how useful of a product it becomes.
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Oh it also sound like they have a few <a href="http://code.google.com/android/adc.html">Million $$</a> to give away for application development... Hmmm.... Maybe I can be bribed into liking it. ;)
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-Shawn
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