Free tools speed Linux Bluetooth development

Impronto Developer Kit for Linux is a Bluetooth development environment that makes building Bluetooth applications in Linux faster and easier.

New from Rococo Software, Impronto Developer Kit for Linux is a Bluetooth development environment that makes building Bluetooth applications in Linux faster and easier.

Impronto Developer Kit for Linux is available free of charge for noncommercial use from Rococo's website.

"After launching Impronto Developer Kit for PalmOS we received a lot of interest from the Linux community looking for similar support on the Linux platform", said Rococo Chief Technical Officer, Karl McCabe.

"While the basics of the two kits are similar, the Linux edition is particularly useful for developers connecting back-end application servers to wireless Java devices via Bluetooth".

Impronto DK for Linux: allows developers to build Java Bluetooth applications for Linux; implements standard Java APIs for Bluetooth wireless technology (JABWT); runs applications in a standard Java environment on x86 Linux devices with the BlueZ stack; provides easy-to-use Java abstractions for Bluetooth wireless communication; is based on J2ME connected device configuration (CDC); and addresses primary Bluetooth profiles.

According to Sean O'Sullivan, Rococo Software CEO: "Bluetooth technology is poised for mass adoption.

With development environments like Impronto DK for Linux now available, more developers are encouraged to work towards building compelling Bluetooth applications, which will help to boost the successful adoption of Bluetooth technology".

Growth in the wireless Linux development arena is mounting and has not gone unnoticed by analysts.

According to a recent Linux developers' survey run by Evans Data, about 20% of responding Linux developers are developing wireless applications using Linux, representing a 50% increase in the last six months.

Impronto DK for Linux is a binary release available from the Rococo Software website.

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