J2ME, MIDP 2.0 — What it will bring

In her article 
Where Is J2ME Headed? MIDP 2.0 on the Horizon
, Lucie Rut Bittnerová introduces the new features the official release of the MIDP 2.0 specification will bring. For anyone
who lacks the inclination or the time to read it, here's a short excerpt:

We can say with confidence that some of the most pressing shortcomings of the first version of the MIDP profile have been removed. In most cases, programmers will no longer have to use proprietary classes added by phone manufacturers. Until now, they could scarcely manage without them, which undermined Java's greatest advantage: portability. The first devices implementing the MIDP 2.0 profile are already here, and more will soon follow. We can only hope that prospective users take to them and developers can safely forget Java's first steps into the wireless world.