Wavelink Goes Java with IDE for Wireless Apps

Published: September 5, 2006

by Alex Woodie

Wavelink recently launched a new version of its IDE for writing applications that run on mobile devices, such as barcode and RFID scanners and automated data collection devices. With Wavelink Studio version 5.0, the company has added new support for the Java language, while retaining the flexibility to deploy applications on practically any client platform, without modifications, the company says.

Wavelink Studio enables developers who are versed in other languages--including Visual Basic, Visual C, Visual FoxPro, Delphi, PowerBuilder, and, now Java--to quickly develop server-based applications that are accessed via a thin client deployed to mobile devices. The product is one of a number of wireless solutions offered by Wavelink, including 5250, 3270, and VT emulators for accessing host computers from handheld devices, and mobile device and network management solutions.

With Wavelink Studio version 5.0, the company has added new Java classes that enable Java developers to work with the IDE. With this release, the company says it offers more than 400 methods and objects, or "building blocks" for developing COM- or Java-based mobile applications. Despite this flexibility in architectures, the company says it has maintained the ability of developers to deploy applications, unchanged, on any number of platforms, including Palm OS and Windows CE client devices and Windows, Solaris, or Linux servers.

Wavelink Studio 5.0 becomes available this month. The product is licensed on a per-device basis with a list price of $195 per device. For more information, see www.wavelink.com.