What I found in J2ME, and what I didn't

J2ME follows the 80-20 rule. It has 80% percent of everything any application needs:

• It has third party extensions, such as J2ME Polish.
  
• It has an established developers community.
• With NetBeans it even has a UI designer.
• There are ways to update an application.
• And a standard way to connect over HTTP.

Problem is you can't make an 80% application. What I needed for J2ME to be relevant is:

• A way to launch the browser.
• Some facility to handle incoming calls.

• And a standard way to control outgoing calls. You what - nevermind standard, I would have taken anyway that actually works, even on a per-phone basis. MIDLet.platformRequest() doesn't let you control the call.

I'm on my way to explore Symbian. Will report news from there soon.