Tech Shout!

Sony Ericsson has announced plans to introduce a new technology bridging Abobe Flash Lite and Java ME development platforms. The new technology has been named “Project Capuchin”. Sony claims that this combination will allow developers to use the best features of both the softwares to create content-rich mobile applications.

“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,” said Rikko Sakaguchi, SVP and Head of Portfolio and Proposition at Sony Ericsson.

“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,” Sakaguchi added.

Reportedly, Project Capuchin will help developers to create applications with a cleaner user interface (UI) without sacrificing the strong, feature rich and widely deployed Java ME infrastructure, including secure, well-developed content distribution.

Additionally, Project Capuchin will allow pure Flash Lite content to be encapsulated in Java ME applications with the help of Sony Ericsson Developer World tools, making content created by Adobe Flash technology appear as Java ME applications.

Sony Ericsson plans to release this technology by the latter half of 2008. Before that, Sony Ericsson will demonstrate the Project Capuchin at JavaOne Developer Event in San Francisco, May 6 – 9, booth 718 in the Pavilion.