Macromedia – Products : Mobile and Devices: Flash Lite
From Macromedia:
Macromedia Flash Lite is a new Macromedia Flash profile specifically developed for mobile phones. This profile is designed to require fewer device resources and to operate in most mass-market phones shipping this year.
A good list of supported devices can be found on the site..
Taking Pictures with MMAPI
Jonathan Knudsen’s article does a good job explaining some of the basics of using the Java/J2ME MMAPI (Mobile Media API) on camera phones. I can’t wait for my Nokia 6620!!
LessIsMore
Bill Buxton lays out why single purpose device and software design are better than the do everything approach so often in practice.
Another interesting article along these lines is The Rise of “Worse is Better” by Richard Gabriel.
Coriander Home Page
From the site:
Coriander is a Linux graphical user interface (GUI) that let you control a Digital Camera through the IEEE1394 bus (aka FireWire, or iLink). By Digital Camera, I mean here a camera that complies with the IIDC v1.04 (or later) Digital Camera Specifications, published by the 1394 Trade Association.
A related project is: http://www.linux1394.org/
Charles Poynton
Color, Video, Digital Signal Processing and more..
Excelsior xFunction – Call native code functions from Java without JNI
xFunction
Java Interface to External Functions
Invoke operating system APIs and functions from native code DLLs/shared libraries directly from your Java code without any JNI programming
BlueJ – Teaching Java
From the description:
The aim of BlueJ is to provide an easy-to-use teaching environment for the Java language that facilitates the teaching of Java to first year students. Special emphasis has been placed on visualisation and interaction techniques to create a highly interactive environment that encourages experimentation and exploration.
SDCC – Small Device C Compiler
From the site:
SDCC is a Freeware, retargettable, optimizing ANSI – C compiler that targets the Intel 8051, Maxim 80DS390 and the Zilog Z80 based MCUs. Work is in progress on supporting the Motorola 68HC08 as well as Microchip PIC14 and PIC16 series. The entire source code for the compiler is distributed under GPL.