Apple no interest, Sun Microsystems say yes to Java on iPhone: Will it work?

We found via Phones Review some important information. The Java Virtual Machine for the Apple iPhone which is being developed by Sun Microsystems plan on releasing the JVM some time after June which will enable Java Apps to run on the popular much loved device.

The JVM will be based on the Java Micro Edition (ME) version and Eric Klein, vice president of Java marketing at Sun said that Apple has not shown any interest whatsoever in enabling Java to run on the Apple iPhone, well Sun has stepped in to do the job themselves after having thought about Thursday’s release of an SDK for the iPhone by Apple.

The thing is now that the Apple iPhone is open as a target platform the free JVM would be made available via Apple’s AppStore marketplace for third-party applications.

Sun Said that they will make sure that the JVM offers Java apps with much access to the native functionality of the iPhone as possible. By bringing the JVM to the iPhone, Java capabilities in area such as SSL security could be brought to Apple’s platform, said analyst Chris Silva of Forrester Research.

“I think going forward, with the SDK, it takes out of Apple’s control which applications are ‘right’ for the iPhone,” Silva said.

Will it work? And does the Apple iPhone need Java?