Application development with J2ME for mobile phone (J2ME) : article / Siti Normi Zabri Suhaimi

Even as e-commerce becomes popular, mcommerce is taking its place: handling business on the move is the new mantra. Anybody with anything to sell or any business proposal wants to make it available via mobile devices. The introduction of m-commerce hasn't changed the basic rules of business. But the mobility changes the playing field - it offers the possibility to pay for goods and services anywhere and any time. In this paper, a mobile application is presented, based on Java 2 Platform Micro Edition (J2ME) platform that enable users to purchase flowers without a trip to the market or elsewhere. This is certainly appropriate, considering mobile phones remain the most common small devices and are growing at the fastest rate. This application is called as MFlowers, which is built using Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) of the Java 2 Platform Micro Edition (J2ME) platform. It enables the user to place an order by using a mobile phone. A customer or user may place an order merely after viewing a list of available items (flowers), which is what he can do on a mobile phone. The application is useful if it makes the user aware of the products offered and, as a result, the user decides to order while on the move. This application presents the opportunity to place such an order.