J2ME Programming/MIDP Device Databases

Becoming aware of the capabilities of MIDP devices is always an adventure. The following information should help you on your quest for this information.

Non Membership, Free Access

The following device databases can be viewed and downloaded without signing up for a developer membership:test

• Devices by Vendor collated by the J2ME Polish Project
• Devices collated by Sun's Authorized Licensee of J2ME

Membership, Free

The following developer sites require free membership to view their device database listing of device capabilities:

• OEM Developer Sites
  • Forum Nokia
  • Siemens Communications Group Developers Portal
  • Sony Ericsson Developer World
  • Samsung Developers Club
  • Motorola PCS Motocoder
  • Motorola iDEN Developer Community
  • BlackBerry Developers
  • Danger Developer Zone
• OS Developer Sites
  • palmOne PluggedIn
  • Qualcomm Developer Resources
• Mobile Operator Developer Sites
  • source O2 Developer Zone
  • Orange Partner
  • Nextel Developer Program
  • Sprint PCS Developer *OEM Developer Sites
  • T-Mobile US Developer Center
  • Velocita Wireless(Cingular)
  • ATT Wireless devCentral
  • DoJa Developer Network(i-mode)
• Independent Developer Sites

WURFL

The WURFL project, which compiles a device database of enabled WAP devices, also includes most J2ME MIDP details. The WURFL XML configuration file can be found at:

• WURFL

Be careful, the database is a large download in XML format with a DTD you can use to write scripts to pull the information you need from the devices you are targeting in your development. To view and query this large XML configuration file with the device capabilities, use the legacy MyWURFL desktop swing application:

• MyWURFL

Performance, Benchmark

The best performance database of the graphical capabilities is:

• JBenchmark Results

Conclusion

By viewing the above device databases and developer sites, you will be able to determine the J2ME device characteristics of the devices.

See Also

• Wikibooks
  • Java Programming

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