Nokia opens Symbian to Java apps

Nokia, with the Mobile Runtime for Java Applications (JRT), is enabling development of Java applications for Symbian 3 devices, Nokia officials said Thursday. The company recently contributed JRT to the Symbian Foundation. JRT is available as part of the latest Symbian 3 Product Development Kit, also detailed this week.

"This means that developers can write Java applications for Symbian 3 devices, like the recently announced Nokia N8," said Jyrki Aarnos, package owner for JRT, and Aleksi Uotila, JRT product manager at Nokia, in a blog post entitled, "Setting Java Applications Free with JRT."

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