Sun Java: to work with Apple to build a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) forthe iPhone

Sun Java: to work with Apple to build a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) for the iPhone. Following the last report, iPhone-Java Solution: alcheMo can port Java-based games, apps to iPhone and iPod Touch, Sun goes on pursuing talks with Apple to have Java applications run on Apple's iPhone while acknowledging a third party's efforts toward the same goal.

"We've expressed our intent to do this and our desire, really, to work with Apple to build a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) for the iPhone and we're sort of moving forward with that," said Eric Klein, Sun vice president of Java marketing.

The JVM would allow the iPhone to run Java applications. Meanwhile, Sun also is working with Innaworks to bring Java applications to the iPhone. The Innaworks product, alcheMo for iPhone, is initially targeted at games publishers. Now in a beta release, alcheMo for iPhone can be used to port Java ME mobile games to iPhone and iPod touch without the need for further manual adjustments. The product features an optimizing translator to convert Java ME application source code to equivalent source code for iPhone, according to the Innaworks press statement on the product.

Nevertheless, Apple declined to provide a spokesperson to comment on the issue. But an industry analyst cited Apple's desire to maintain control of the iPhone.

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