When will the first devices supporting MIDP 2.0 be commercially available?
A. On mass market handsets, most software components, including the Java runtime environment, must be embedded in ROM at manufacturing time. Handset manufacturers also have to create an optimized implementation of CLDC and MIDP targeted at their specific chip set and operating system. Therefore, while the first MIDP 2.0 handsets might be available for testing as soon as the end of this year, MIDP 2.0 models are expected to be available in volume in mid 2003.
