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Running Java on Windows Mobile 5

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I'm doing development remotely for a mobile device that will run Windows Mobile 6 and use bluetooth through Java to connect to another host. Java is very generous as they offer a JavaFX framework that installs and runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional without a hassle! (See " JavaFX Mobile 1.2 for Windows Mobile" at http://javafx.com/downloads/windows.jsp ) *Edit: 4/24/2010: Stay away from JavaFX if you need bluetooth support (or any other JSR's) on Windows Mobile! At the time of writing this, JSR support is not yet implemented! Unfortunately, the only device I have available is a Samsung i730 . This is unfortunate because JavaFX (The MIDlet standard) is only released for Windows Mobile 6. This i730 has Windows Mobile 5 installed and according to Verizon and Samsung, it IS NOT UPGRADABLE to Windows Mobile 6! So since my development resources are limited, I'd like to test the bluetooth stack of the application on a physical device (the client is not from the

iPod Touch iPhone 3G Ubuntu 9.10 in 5 minutes

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"Lucid (Ubuntu 10.04) has 'out of the box', zero-configuration support in Rhythmbox for the iPod touch running firmware 3.12/3.13. It does not require jailbreaking, though I have personally discovered it will work with both a "stock" and a jailbroken iPod touch." - Raffisson Studio Changes (skip this) : Mar 28, 2010: Added link to French tutorial in step 1. Mar 16, 2010: Added Amarok 2.3 notes pe r Gary Feb 23, 2010: Removed "-dev" packages and made some small changes per farfouille64 feedback. Feb 19, 2010: Bifster found a similar tutorial. Worth trying if you have issues. Here's the link: easy way to sync your iphone Feb 19, 2010: Step 11 added DFB 's RythmBox plugin suggestion. Confirmation working with firmware 3.1.3! Thanks DFB! Feb 15, 2010: Step 11 added AJ's unicode work-around. Thanks AJ! Feb 11, 2010: Step 10 modified to automatically add user to group "fuse". Thanks for the