Kate Bauer

MIDlet Project:

The MIDlet I am going to build is composed of a screen that displays different little people. You can use the quad nav to scroll towards them. When you click, it goes to the next screen that is either a zombie image and a noise of a scream OR it does nothing (if the person is not a zombie.)

Mobile Development Process (Mac)

The setup for the Mac (installation of Ant, PowerPlayer & Polish) is finally complete. With the installation of Eclipse, I was able to go through the mobile development process using this. The result is displayed below. The only downfall to be found as of yet is the lack of emulators available for the Mac. However, I believe the files can easily be transferred over to Windows in the same program and run in the many different emulators available on that particular platform.

Low-Level UI Class (using Canvas):

I found some documentation on using Canvas to create some basic shapes and text, however I am having some difficulty implementing it within Eclipse. It looks like fragments of the code that need to be put together in a certain way. I did find some resources online for both Eclipse and J2ME that I think will be useful in figuring this out.

Favorite Application:

Since I currently use a very low level mobile phone, there is a limit to the kind of applications it is capable of running. That said, my favorite application thus far is the Instant Messenger capability (not quite sure if this qualifies as an application.) I have grown so -sadly- attached to my computer and the feeling of being completely connected at all times to almost everyone I know and this application provides the ability to transfer this connectivity to a device which I carry with me everywhere I go.

In a positive way, I receive messages for work, school or from friends immediately. It elimates the wait involved in the process of email. On the contrary, there is a downside to being constantly accessible. There is a certain obligation inherent in being “on call” 24 hours a day and that is not necessarily something I look forward to.