Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Mobile Services

Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) is an specification from JCP to reduce Java ME device fragmentation and allows vendors to distribute new devices under this umbrella. So, if a device is a MSA phone, you are sure what additional APIs have.
Like its predecessor, Java Technology for the Wireless Industry, MSA is an umbrella over a collection of familiar, updated, and new JSRs that cooperate to support applications with a wide range of standardized capabilities in Java ME.
There are two MSA standards, depending on the platform