MIDP 3.0 is the new upcoming version of MIDP. Among the numerous additions and changes are:
- Enable and specify proper behavior for MIDlets on each of CLDC, CDC, and OSGi, including :
- Enable multiple concurrent MIDlets
- Specify proper firewalling, runtime behaviors, and lifecycle management issues for MIDlets
- Enable background MIDlets (faceless MIDlets with no UI)
- Enable auto-launched MIDlets (started at device boot time)
- Enable inter-MIDlet communications
- Enable shared libraries for MIDlets
- Tighten spec in all areas to improve cross-device interoperability
- Increase functionality in all areas, including :
- Improve UI expressability and extensibility
- Better support for devices with larger displays
- Enable MIDlets to draw to secondary display(s)
- Enable richer and higher performance games
- Secure RMS stores
- Removable/remote RMS stores
- IPv6
- Multiple network interfaces per device
- Specify standard ways for doing MIDlet provisioning through other means (e.g. OMA (SyncML) DM/DS, Bluetooth, removable media, MMS, JSR 232, etc.)
- Extensive device capabilities query
- Localization & Internationalization (if appropriate, integrating/augmenting JSR 238 as needed)
The EG is really looking for input from the community. The doc is a 800 page monster, but you don’t have to read it all. Check out the stuff that interests you the most and give feedback! The Public Review closes on March 24. You can expect MIDP 3.0 devices to appear on the market around year end.
Public review web site
April 29th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
When is it out ? This has been ongoing for ages…