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Sun to buy SavaJe Technologies
An announcement made this week states that Sun Microsystems will be purchasing SavaJe Technologies' intellectual property assets. While we haven't really been witness to much action on the SavaJe front, we can see why Sun would like to acquire the company's Java-heavy technology. Of course, SavaJe intended to provide a more complete experience than Sun's own J2ME ever intended to, even going as far as a physical handset release to demo the platform's capabilities. Alas, the company struggled mightily and this acquisition by Sun makes sense to all parties, we suspect. Details of the transaction -- and what it means for both organizations' efforts -- will be released at the JavaOne Conference in May.[Via Phone Scoop]
SavaJe struggles to survive
It seems that one of the prerequisites to the survival of a mobile software platform is... well, hardware to match. Imagine that? Apart from an LG special and a self-branded testbed that was never meant for the general public's consumption, SavaJe has blown through an alleged $71 million in venture capital with very little success to show for it. Its Java-based operating system has won the hearts and minds of the developer community, but thanks perhaps to a glut of platforms infecting the featurephone and smartphone markets these days, SavaJe simply hasn't caught on en masse. The lack of success appears to be taking a toll on the Massachusetts-based company, which is said to be desperately seeking a cash infusion while asking its developers to take a little unpaid time off. Call us morbid, but we reckon we're going to go ahead and write up that obit now.[Via MobHappy]
SavaJe releases Jasper S20 Java phone
To call this new Jasper S20 from SavaJa much more than a Java phone would be doing it a disservice. It's basically a vehicle for introducing the SavaJe mobile Java platform to the world, with all sorts of developer functionality to allow for gaming, multimedia and other possibilities. As far as a phone goes, the S20 is a tri-band GSM unit, with a 2.2-inch 176 x 220 pixel screen, 1.3 megapixel camera, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 1.2, and miniSD expansion. There's only 4 hours of talk time and 200 hours of standby listed, and the phone is a bulky 0.8 inches thick, but if you're a Java developer or you just like dated tech running a relatively untested software platform, the Jasper S20 might be the phone for you.
