Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication reveals its plan to abridge Adobe Flash Lite and Java ME development platforms by a new technology. Project Capuchin is the name given to this new technology. Project Capuchin strives to combine the richness of Flash Lite and Java ME technologies so that the best attributes of both can be used by the developers to create content rich mobile applications. Planning to make the technology available during the second half of 2008, Sony Ericsson will demonstrate Project Capuchin enabled applications at the JavaOne Developer Event in San Francisco from 6th to 9th of May.
Rikko Sakaguchi, SVP and Head of Portfolio and Proposition at Sony Ericsson said, “Sony Ericsson is excited to introduce our new bridging technology to the global developer community as it further strengthens our relationship with this community and underscores our ongoing commitment to support an open, healthy and thriving mobile ecosystem.” Adding, “We are dedicated to exploring opportunities that enable us to provide innovative and energized user experiences. To achieve this, we work with world class partners and technologies, on both platform and product development.”
With Sony Ericsson Developer World tools, Project Capuchin will enclose Flash Lite content in Java ME applications. This will help the content created by Adobe Flash Technology to appear as Java ME applications. With more advanced capabilities Flash Lite technology will handle an entire presentation layer making it viable to create Java ME applications where most of the user interface components are defined in Flash.
“Adobe is pleased to support Sony Ericsson’s Project Capuchin. Using Adobe Flash technology as one part of this new bridging technology will ensure further innovation for mobile users when Flash developers gain access to the Java applications’ functionality and intelligence allowing them to create applications with the ultimate user experience,” said Gary Kovacs, general manager and vice president for Mobile and Devices at Adobe. “It is encouraging to see Sony Ericsson’s intention in making the technology available to the wider community.”
Project Capuchin endeavors towards providing the developers with an intuitive tool that will come up with applications with cleaner user interface (UI) without having to sacrifice the rich and vividly developed Java ME infrastructure like secure and well developed content distribution.