As of now the iPod Touch and iPhone do not support Java, but in the near future that might change. An official from Sun Microsystems said he believes that Java is going to be ported to these devices.
He said that Apple is planning to release a SDK for these devices in early 2008 (February), which would then result in Java ME (the open source version of Java) to be created for the device.
This could also mean more plug-ins would be ported to the device when the SDK is released. This could potentially lead to a flash player for safari. All of these updates would make the iPod Touch and iPhone better and more functional.
iPhone is getting Java Support
[Via iPhoneWorld.Ca]
Written by: Dylan Bailey
6 Responses
Java ME is the Micro Edition and is not open source in itself. PhoneME is an open source implementation of Java ME.
yesssssssss I want java on my itouch so bad!!
That would be awesome if it was fully intragrated into the safari browser =)
u could finely ssh from your itouch to your home box through a java app and have access to a Shell from your home werever you are.
Out to my gentoo users
I’m typing this on my iPod touch right now and I am loving it but if it also had java I may need to wear a bib (because of the dribble) I’d also love to be able to surfthechannel.com
when is this supposed to come out? its november and i still cant find anything for it at all