Sun will ship on Thursday a mobile runtime component enabling JavaFX applications to run on handheld devices including phones.

This move will enable Sun to leverage the large existing Java install base to propagate the new JavaFX runtime components.

Sun’s corporate image is grounded in its embrace of open-source software and some components of JavaFX, including the JavaFX compiler and elements of graphic libraries, are now available under ...

Sun with JavaFX and the new JavaFX Mobile runtime will compete with technologies such as Microsoft’s Silverlight rich Internet application platform.