SAN FRANCISCO--After years of promises, cell phones using Sun Microsystems' Java software have just begun shipping, but the real payoff is expected next as phones begin to use special Java chips to ...

The company, along with Java backers, is preparing a new release of its software for cell phones that it hopes will prevent a splintering of the market and stave off rivals such as Microsoft. Stephen ...

Sun's telecom partners in Asia are planning deeper use of Java software in mobile phones. The phones' appeal may still be narrow, though, because of a limited number of applications. Stephen Shankland ...

San Francisco – Top cell phone makers are converging on a more common implementation of Java in handsets. An emerging standard software profile, powered by first-ever hardware acceleration using ARM ...

Sun today will make a new version of Java for Mobile Devices available to manufacturers and developers. The Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) platform combines a number of different existing Java ...

As Microsoft and RealNetworks step up the battle for dominance of streaming video to mobile phones, a small Finnish company could be set to usurp both the established names. Oplayo, a spin-off from ...

Rumor has it that Sun Microsystems and Samsung are jointly developing a “Java Phone” that is cheaper and more feature rich than Apple’s iPhone. Details are scarce, but a Samsung spokesperson confirmed ...