MSA is finished and can be marketed now, so let's wait for the really cool devices. It seems that cool new devices are on the list for the MSA-Subset (8 specs) and we will see some hitting the markets soon. Nokia has some devices that are almost there, some have the APIs but not the clarifications as I've learned recently.
During my last trip to Sao Paolo I attended a cool Forum Nokia Tech Days presentation about MSA by Forum Nokia. If you're not sure about the goals of MSA, here it is summarized:
"Sun announces the availability of the Mobile Services Architecture (MSA) for mobile phones and other handheld devices. Sun Java ME Product Marketing Group Manager John Muhlner states, "What we did with Java Technology for the Wireless Industry (JTWI) was make a compilation of a number of specs together to create a standard platform developer could count on being in handsets. MSA is the next generation. It supersedes JTWI with much more features and functionality than what we had … Java ME was severely fragmented for the longest time, and MSA will bring it some unity. These platform specs take the specific technologies and clarify or define certain options within the spec. It reduces fragmentation and makes for a more consistent application environment."
JCP - JSR-248 - MSA for CLDC
MSA Introduction
Now besides being massively deployed, mobile Java is becoming more powerful and complete. I have no doubts that Java is really a very cool technology, so the stakes are high ;)
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