As Java ME developers may have noticed, BenQ Mobile (formerly known as Siemens Mobile) went into bankruptcy late last year. Unfortunately no new investors could be found, so all employees have been laid off and the operations have been shut down by now. (I knew a few of the employees in person. I wish you all the best and feel with you.)

As one of the latest moves also the websites went offline now. Unfortunately this also includes the Developer Portal, which really is a big loss. I hope someone saved some of the available emulators and docs. I didn't, but hopefully I'll have some somewhere on a backup CD.

Fortunately the Developer Forum could be saved. (Loosing it would probably have been an even bigger loss than the Developer Portal itself.) I just got word from Siemens Networks that they, who co-used the same forum with BenQ Mobile before, have taken over the full forum, including all J2ME/Java ME related posts. And they also promised to keep the existing content available, so that all sections can still be accessed and actively used.

The forum can be accessed via Siemens Networks' IMS Developer Program. Re-registration may be required, but I could easily log in using my old BenQ Mobile/Siemens account.

Reaching the J2ME sections is a bit complicated: After login into the IMS Developer Program, choose "Community Forum" and follow the "here" link to enter the forum. You now only see the IMS sections. In order to see the J2ME sections choose one of the IMS sections and then click the "Community Forum" link at the top left.

I'm looking forward to see you at the good old forum...

-Daniel

P.S: This blog remains a German language blog. I'll switch back to German next time. But as always, please feel free to post comments in English, too.