Michael Voong HCI Researcher @ Birmingham University

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Macbook, VMWare, Bluetooth, Windows XP and S60 SDK

If anyone’s wondering how to use the Macbook’s Bluetooth chip under the Nokia S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 emulator in J2ME (as described here), you install S60_SDK_BT_Driver.zip at Forum Nokia, overwriting your Apple Bluetooth driver. In the emulator preferences, go to PAN configuration and set the adaptor type to “USB”. I’ve tested this under [...]


W910i J2ME Bluetooth Stack Problems

I’ve been programming with the W910i recently. Theoretically, it should be a great phone to work with. Plenty of optional APIs included, has a J2ME accessible accelerometer, BUT, Bluetooth keeps failing randomly with the following error message (in console output, testing in Java Developer mode using Sony Ericsson Device Explorer/Connection Proxy):
[Java/OJEX] bt.core[Util.raiseBluetoothConnectionException] FAILED_NOINFO
I’m using a [...]


Java Verification? Not For Me!

Apparently, the Java ME code verification system is a joke. One developer has said that if you want to use anything other than the buttons and screen, you need your code signed. All of this was supposed to make code signing in Java ME centralised, being based upon impartial third parties like Verisign, Thawte, and [...]