Does the iPhone support Java?

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The logic here is clear and based on market capture. Develop applications in Objective C that are tied to the iPhone. Do not develop applications based on Java that can run on many phones.

Simple disgusting greed. The stuff that dances around anti-trust lawsuits.

Having tried both Java & XCode, I'm casting my vote for Java. The JRE and Java SDK have improved vastly in the last 15 years, both in footprint size and performance. One can get the latest JDK and Eclipse for less that 300MB as compared to the 3GB of XCode I have to download for the iPhone. Java's static typing makes Eclipse's code-insight and refactoring support much more powerful than XCode's. Also, debugging a Java application is a cinch compared using XCode. All in all, it's vastly more mature then Cocoa.

And platform independence is a lofty goal we shouldn't allow Apple to sway us from easily. I hope someone else remembers the days of proprietary Win32 applications in Microsoft Visual C and Visual Basic. That's what XCode feels like every time I use it!

Regarding competition, I agree with some of the other posts I've seen: Like Microsoft, if Apple thought it had a competitive software platform it would not impose artificial restrictions to competition. I'm waiting for the anti-trust suits to start in the U.S. like they have in the E.U.

What this is crazy i'm a rs fan and i found out i cant play rs on ipod touch

grrrrrrrrrrr

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there is a way!!!

1.jailbreak your device.
2.in cydia, change your permissions to developer.
3.go to the java tab in categories
4.download iedit, Classpath, jamvm, terminal, and jikes
5.go into the NOTES app on your ipod, turn it horizontally and type this:
public class test
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("test");
}
}

6.copy this by selecting all of the text.
7.open up iedit and make a new file called test.java
8.paste the code into the window and click save in the bottom left.
9.launch terminal and type the following commands:
cd Documents
jikes test.java
java test OR
jamvm test

10.voila!
11.for any questions regarding this or python programming on the ipod touch or iphone, email me at jacobp1226@aol.com

Java is still a father of all other programming languages, Job's does't want java just because java applications are free and available, and Job's want everyone to purchase application from their apple website. No one can compare Objective C with Java, Still the world's widely used programming language is java and not objective C. Objective C is past..... Just foolish guys are using those language for development. The result of objective C can be seen from the bugs in iphone 4.

This is indeed true! Why not have javascript. Those who want it can use it and others don't have to. Of course you can charge for applications. I do! Restrict access, duh. I guarantee it will make iphone more money, because who would buy another phone if it does it all. Why can't companies work together. If microsoft and apple worked together, we would all advance. Collaboration people. Just imagine what they could do. Any company that has a completely customized database application uses javascript. Databases need to have on load form scripts and on user input scripts. Without those, the database isnt much use in saving time and reducing errors. I don't develop for a living but do so for my own company. I am probably going to have to get a compatible portable device for this purpose. I also am going to get the franchisees of my company to use compatible devices for this purpose. It's just a must, as they are young cleaning contractors that are always on the move. It's a huge market and they are only getting younger and more in tune with technology. Does anyone know if ipad has javascript functionality because that would be ideal due to the larger screen?

Iphone costs around 1300$ in Turkey.

Jobs is misquoted here. The original quote is about Java support in Safari. It looks like the original interviewer was out of his depth technically (he also asks Jobs about JavaScript plugins for Safari), and that this article was poorly researched.

Given that he is talking about Java in the browser, what Jobs says is somewhat accurate. What percentage of modern web apps (let alone web apps targeting mobile devices) use applets?

See the original article here:
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/01/13/ultimate-iphone-faqs-list-part-2/

I am an Internet to mainframe programmer. We use Java to access our mainframes from remote PC's. Sure would be nice for Mr. Jobs to help out, but I've heard he just hates Sun. Say it ain't so Steve.

With each nonsense like that, my HTC HD2 I love every day more and more ..... Iphone limitations and use itunes consuming resources of your PC *, there are many phone much better than iphone ..... but this is the question of taste. Bad JOb mister Jobs.

One of the many & increasing reasons why I will not only never get another iPhone, but never buy another apple product, since aside from lack of stability & some annoying things about how it has been designed to assume that I want to work in the way they dictate through such inflexible system settings etc... Now it appears steve has made it clear that his business needs are more important than my consumer needs.
I have been increasingly underwhelmed by my iPhone ever since I bought it.

...and by the way, the iTunes to iPhone & pc synchronization sucks donkeys balls too!!