Push Your MIDlets to Do a Lot More with MIDP 2.0 PushRegistry

he 2.0 release of MIDP includes a number of enhancements that help developers write Java applications for devices. One of the most intriguing new features is "push," which provides a way for a MIDlet to respond to network activity regardless of whether it is currently running. Among other things, push can be used to integrate wireless messaging into applications or proactively contact the user about something of interest to them. Applications can even run as a service by responding to an inbound network connection, performing a task and then shutting down. All of this can occur with little or no user interaction.