Everypoint is a company I’ve been aware of for a little while now and I’ve been waiting until they released more information on their site before blogging about them. They have some very interesting technology which allows companies to deploy real-time mobile content to a wide range of java enabled phones. In addition they’ve developed their own vector rendering engine which from some of the screenshots and demos, looks to offer some great looking graphics.
Yahoo looks to be one of the first customers using this technology with an upcoming World Cup soccer application called Matchcast. There’s also a demo of an application using the technology here.
I think many people are still trying to write off J2ME and companies like Everypoint are interesting in that they are providing viable solutions for real time mobile content delivery. I think it also requires us to revisit some Flash Lite vs J2ME comparisons.
What’s this mean for FlashLite and FlashCast? Hopefully companies like Everypoint push Adobe harder to make the best product they can. I’m all for having choices and alternatives when it comes to making a decision on the best technology to use. I’m by no means biased towards using Flash Lite over J2ME just because of my Flash background and experience. Personally I want to use the best technology for the job and if one allows me to offer my application now to existing java enabled phones vs later to upcoming, Flash Lite enabled phones, my decision is going to be strongly influenced by the now option.
