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Sun Microsystems is developing a Java Virtual Machine for Apple’s iPhone and plans to release the JVM some time after June, enabling Java applications to run on the popular mobile device.

The JVM is to be based on the Java Micro Edition (ME) version of Java, said Eric Klein, vice president of Java marketing at Sun, on Friday afternoon. Apple had not shown interest in enabling Java to run on the iPhone, but Sun plans to step in and do the job itself after having pondered Thursday’s release of an SDK for the iPhone by Apple.

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Tris is yet another Tetris game for the iPhone, which has seen an update recently.

This project is intended as an example both of general programming practices within the iPhone frameworks and of attractive interface and effective interaction design for the iPhone platform.

iPray native Prayer Times, Athan/Azan and Qibla direction software for iPhones and iPod touch (previously known as iAthan). Get daily prayer (salat/salah/namaz) timings for your local city along with Qibla direction, distance and athan (azaan/azan) now on iPhone and iPod Touch!

Chess is Gogosoft’s first application for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. Chess matches you with other players over the internet, so you must have an active data connection.

Release notes:

Time for a new release of NetChess.

We’ve updated some of the endgame logic, cleaned up some interface nits and made the bots a touch easier. Additionally, we’ve added some tech to speed up performance over EDGE connections.

Let us know what you think.

Repository: http://www.blackblack.org/gogobeta.plist

Info: http://www.gogosoft.com

Endgame and Time Expired fixes.

Thanks to Leco and Player for their bug reports.

This is a weight watchers points calculator, pretty basic but it does the job. Both the US and the UK systems are included, and Jiggy runtime is required for it to run.

Ever wondered where did you park your car? Which lot, which number? Now with iPark, you no longer have to worry about forgetting where you parked your car.

Lazrhog released his port of the Kenta Cho shootemup Noiz2sa. Should be available on the latest community sources now that the touchrepo is part of that.

The iPhone SDK includes the Xcode IDE, Instruments, iPhone simulator, frameworks and samples, compilers, Shark analysis tool, and more. Free sign up as a Registered iPhone Developer required to download the iPhone SDK.
Technical Requirement: Intel processor-based Mac running Mac OS X Leopard.

The FREE SDK can be found near the bottom of the linked page.

Chromium PSP is a port of the excellent arcade game Chromium B.S.U. for the PSP. Chromium B.S.U. is a fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter.

AtaWii is an Atari ST emulator for Wii, based upon CaSTaway.