Re: Way to load a MIDlet to a phone

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Nuwan Perera wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have developed a few MIDlets using Sun J2ME Wireless toolkit.
>
> I need to test the application after deploying it in a phone.
Any particular phone?

> I would appreciate if somebody could help me out answering the
> following questions.
>
> 1. What is the easiest way to load such a MIDlet in to a J2ME enabled phone ? 
> ( I mean is it
> possible to load the application to the phone using a data cable or some 
> thing like that ? )

Bluetooth, if your phone supports it (why are manufacturers producing
new *expensive* phones without BT??). Just dump the JAR in the public
folder and it should appear as a message. Some phones can use a data
cable for syncing address books etc, but they can't necessarily
download a MIDlet over it (SGH-P400 is an example here)

> 2. Does the make/brand of the phone matter ? Is this loading method different 
> from phone to phone ?
Yep

> 3. Should I need a mobile service provider who supports J2ME in order to do 
> this ?
>  Or is it enough to have a GPRS service provider ?

GPRS is fine, but you need some space on a server with appropriately set
up MIME types for JAD/JAR. The server need not be anything to do with your
operator.

Stick the app on the website, and go fetch the JAD from the phone.

Note that:
a) Your operator may have a WAP download limit
b) Your phone will probably have a MIDlet size limit, almost certainly
smaller than a)
c) Your phone may refuse to download the MIDlet if it already has a MIDlet
with the same name installed.

Ben

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