Thread: Get Java on your Nokia N800
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fms is offline fms
2008-02-15 , 11:30
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Originally Posted by rdcinhou View Post
That is, there are hardware enhancements in the devices to facilitate Java, but because the negotiated license hasn't approved the implementation on this platform, no one can use the enhancements.
THAT would be Jazelle - a hardware feature of some ARM CPUs that lets you run Java byte-code kind-of natively on the CPU. Historically, the wide adoption of Jazelle has been plagued by license issues. As I understand things, ARM will only let you use Jazelle when you pay them a license fee.
 

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