Editing Java Platform, Micro Edition (section)

== History ==

The platform used to be popular in feature phones, such as Nokia's [[Series 40]] models. It was also supported on the [[Bada (operating system)|Bada]] operating system and on [[Symbian]] OS along with native software. Users of [[Windows CE]], [[Windows Mobile]], [[Maemo]], [[MeeGo]] and [[Android software development|Android]] could download Java&nbsp;ME for their respective environments ("proof-of-concept" for Android).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160819121416/http://davy.preuveneers.be/phoneme/  phoneME for Windows CE, Windows Mobile and Android  (development stopped in 2011-06-15)] - in origin  [http://davy.preuveneers.be/phoneme/ here]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.netmite.com/android/ |title=App Runner (development stopped in 2010-05-11) |access-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103192628/http://www.netmite.com/android/ |archive-date=January 3, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Originally developed under the [[Java Community Process]] as JSR 68, the different flavors of Java&nbsp;ME have evolved in separate JSRs. Java ME devices implement a ''profile''. The most common of these are the [[Mobile Information Device Profile]] aimed at mobile devices such as cell phones, and the [[Connected Device Configuration#Personal Profile|Personal Profile]] aimed at consumer products and embedded devices like [[set-top box]]es and PDAs. Profiles are subsets of ''configurations'', of which there are currently two: the [[Connected Limited Device Configuration]] (CLDC) and the [[Connected Device Configuration]] (CDC).<ref>[http://java.sun.com/javame/technology/ Java ME Technology]</ref>

In 2008, Java&nbsp;ME platforms were restricted to [[Java virtual machine|JRE]] 1.3 features and use that version of the class file format (internally known as version 47.0).