Description: December 2002 Issue Until recently, developing J2ME applications meant putting Java on a cell phone or a pager using the mobile information device profile (MIDP). Personal Profile, a new Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) profile, however, opens up J2ME to a broad spectrum of devices and markets including Pocket PCs and communicator-class devices such as the Nokia 9290, as well as Internet appliances such as screen phones and TV set top boxes. Although Personal Profile has its origins in PersonalJava, its feet are firmly planted in the J2ME architecture.
