Cisco wireless phones and MIDP http://developer.cisco.com/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=&threadId=2550562 2013-05-22T10:04:42Z 2013-05-22T10:04:42Z Conrad Price http://developer.cisco.com/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&messageId=2550561 2010-09-18T03:16:20Z 2010-09-18T03:10:47Z

If you have found these pages, you are probably aware that the Cisco wireless phones, the 7921G and 7925G have become very popular in certain industry segments, especially health care and retail. The 7925G has spawned off two variants, the 7925G-EX designed for environments need ATEX and CSA certification, and the 7926G which is the bar code scanner phone.   The idea of adding a bar code scanner to a wireless phone has been kicking around for a few years, but as we started to explore this path, we realized that an application environment was needed. This  triggered the discussions to port a JVM  and Java MIDP support to the wireless phones.   In 2008 Cisco implemented MIDP support in the desk top phones, initially with the intention of supporting MIDlets and allowing developers to write more dynamic applications for the desk phones. But as we went down that path we realized that we had added so many features to the desk phones, there was insufficient memory to support 3rd party MIDlets safely. Since phone services are the primary function of the phones, we decided to restrict the MIDP access to the desk phones.   However, the 792x series of wireless phones do not have the same constraints and it was felt quite viable to offer MIDP support in these phones to developers. But we needed a program to make this support a reality. The bar code scanner phone was the vehicle to do this. The bar code scanner needs a client app to integrate between the bar code data and a back end information system. XSI would be too slow for this kind of integration, Java MIDP would be ideal, and thus we embarked on the program.

Conrad Price 2010-09-18T03:10:47Z