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QuickTime 7 Update Guide

From the article:
Updates to QuickTime for Java
QuickTime for Java (QTJ) is now fully supported in QuickTime 7. QTJ is now installed by default in QuickTime 7.
Finally!!!!

BluePhoneElite: About
BluePhoneElite was just launched:
Call Center, Incoming Call Alerts, SMS Center, SMS Chat, Proximity Behaviors, Address Book Integration and more…

As Dave points out in the comments to this post: sLop: Java wrapper for ffmpeg there is a new open source FFMPEG JNI JMF wrapper: Omnividea FOBS - FFMpeg C & JMF Bindings..
Gotta love those acronyms.. :-) Sorry.

Lurker’s Guide to J2ME (Java 2 MicroEdition)
A nice quick article concerning some dos and don’ts when developing J2ME apps.

DTV broadcast standard for handhelds gains momentum
Does it offer any interactive components?
From the site:
Apr. 18, 2005
A number of wireless industry leaders announced support today for the DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld) standard, at the National Association of Broadcasters conference. DVB-H is an open standard for delivering broadcast digital TV (DTV) to mobile devices such as […]

ITP Spring Show 2005
All of the events are worthwhile but be sure not to miss the show:
Tuesday, May 10th, 5 - 9pm
Wednesday, May 11th, 5 - 9pm
ITP - 721 Broadway, 4th Floor
An exhibition of innovative student work including multimedia installations, physical computing and interaction design, sound and video design projects. All projects on display […]

Archos Linux-based portable audio/video player available online
Ok ok, $800 is a bit rich for me at the moment but I would love to try some things out on one of these. The combination of Linux/WiFi/Touchscreen an video capture really gets my motor running. Hmmmmnn.. No SDK available yet (but promised). […]

J2ME Polish
From the site:
J2ME Polish is suite of tools for creating “polished” J2ME applications. Each tool meets a definite need of J2ME developers:
Build-tools with an integrated device-database, a powerful GUI, a framework for building localized applications, a game-engine, a logging framework and a collection of utilities.
Thanks Laura and Dan.

Arbitron%u2019s Portable People Meter - Engadget - www.engadget.com /
Track human to ad exposure.. I suppose it could work. I would like to wear one just to see how much advertising I am exposed to throughout the day. Be pretty interesting to see if I can remember any of it :-)