Sony Ericsson aims to bridge Flash and Java platforms

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications announced plans to offer a new technology to bridge the Adobe Flash Lite and Java ME development platforms.
Project Capuchin, as the effort is dubbed, allows developers to leverage the best attributes of both software stacks to create content-rich mobile applications, the company said. The technology will offer a clean user interface “without sacrificing the strong, feature-rich and widely deployed Java ME infrastructure,” the company said, including Java’s content-distribution element.
The technology is expected to come to market in the second half of this year.
“We are dedicated to exploring opportunities that enable us to provide innovative and energized user experiences,” said Rikko Sakaguchi, head of portfolio and proposition at Sony Ericsson. “To achieve this, we work with world-class partners and technologies on both platform and product development.”
Java is used widely throughout the wireless world as a way to distribute and run applications on cellphones. Flash is primarily used on Internet sites to display animations and other graphical elements, and Adobe has worked to move Flash Lite — a scaled down version of Flash for mobile phones — onto the wireless scene.
Verizon Wireless and a handful of other carriers have embraced Flash Lite, but Project Capuchin may spur the use of Flash in mobile across a wider range.