Make my own cell phone application?

[kevinthenerd]

My finance and I have a Samsung Sync SGH-A707, a Samsung Blackjack, and a Motorola Slvr. Are there tools (compilers, etc.) available for any of these phones so that I can make my own simple applications? I'd like to make specialized calculators and whatnot... just stupid little things with minimal interface. The built-in calculators on these phones suck, and something that's just a couple notches above a "hello world" application would be more than enough.

(While I'm at it, I gotta say... somebody needs to make a TI-89-like calculator program that runs on a cheap cell phone!)

 

[AnyMal]

Both A707 and SLVR make use of Java so writing apps should be a breeze if you know what you're doing of course. Blackjack is a smartphone and apps will be a little harder to build, you may need to break out a good ole' VS.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
Both A707 and SLVR make use of Java so writing apps should be a breeze if you know what you're doing of course. Blackjack is a smartphone and apps will be a little harder to build, you may need to break out a good ole' VS.

Assuming I know Java (which I can quickly learn since I know a few other languages already), how do I compile an executable for those particular platforms? Will some kind of utility bundled with Cygwin compile for those environments? Are there developer tools I can download? Does the phone read Java code or does it need to be compiled and linked and all that jazz?

 

[kevinthenerd]

I think I figured a bit out for myself, but I just want someone to verify this is the best way to go. I installed the Sun Java SDK, NetBeans, and the mobile pack for NetBeans. Should it be straight-forward from there?