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JSR #209
Advanced Graphics and User Interface Optional Package for the J2ME^TM Platform
Final Approval Ballot
Ballot duration: 2006-09-05 to: 2006-09-18

These are the final results of the Final Approval Ballot for JSR #209. The Executive Committee for ME has approved this ballot.

Votes

Ericsson AB

IBM

Intel Corp.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Motorola

Nokia Corporation

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

Orange France SA

Philips Electronics UK Ltd

Research In Motion, LTD (RIM)

Samsung Electronics Corporation

Siemens AG

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Symbian Ltd

Vodafone Group Services Limited

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Yes
No
Abstain
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On 2006-09-05 Sun Microsystems, Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2006-09-06 Orange France SA voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2006-09-06 Vodafone Group Services Limited voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2006-09-12 Samsung Electronics Corporation voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2006-09-13 Research In Motion, LTD (RIM) voted Abstain with no comment.
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On 2006-09-15 Intel Corp. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2006-09-17 Philips Electronics UK Ltd voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2006-09-18 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB voted Abstain with no comment.
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On 2006-09-18 Nokia Corporation voted Abstain with the following comment:
Nokia votes Abstain because we think the current specification does not take into account requirements of the mobile devices and is not suitable for them.
Firstly, the specification does not address use and integration with native UI toolkits well enough. Most mobile devices have a native UI toolkit used by native runtime and other runtimes and consistency between applications of different runtimes within the same device is essential.
Secondly, in its current form, the specification does not provide interoperability for look and feel modules to work across different independent implementations of the specification. The specification does not define many details accurately enough and a look and feel module needs to make assumptions that are valid possibly only on one particular implementation.
Thirdly, the specification does not adequately take into account mobile specific features and restrictions.
Even if these issues have been brought up in the EG several times the specification lead has chosen not to sufficiently address these. Therefore, in our opinion, this specification is not on a large scale suitable for mobile devices, such as mobile terminals. 

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On 2006-09-18 Siemens AG voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2006-09-18 Ericsson AB voted Abstain with the following comment:
Ericsson would like to support any JSR going forward that also aim to bring innovation to JAva ME and the JCP. From an EC point of view there is also a need to maintain a viable/predictable evolution path for Java ME at large and currently a number of competing UI related JSRs, while still providing innovation and flexibility it may also prove to fragment the market. Ericsson would like to ask stakeholder of these JSRs to consider e.g. how JSR-209 fits in the big picture together with JSR-271, JSR-258, JSR-287 and JSR-290 etc. (to name a few examples). It should also be noted that JSR-209 may not be suitable for the "limited" part of the Java ME devices e.g. those having a native UI toolkit for speed and power effeciency etc.
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On 2006-09-18 Motorola voted Yes with no comment.
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