Chatting application for mobile phones

[darkdai]

hey everyone, i was interested in trying to develop a very simple chat application for mobile phones. can you please tell me what do i need to know before i start?

[tong1]

If I understand correctly you want to do some java program for cell phone. You need a J2ME development environment so that you may develop some java application, resulted in a file.jar (an executable jar file) ready for cell phone.

Your computer should have JDK 1.6 environment. Then
download the Micro Edition Software Development Kit 3.0

[yasuodancez]

I believe there is a plugin for Eclipse to code J2ME also.

[sandeeppiet]

The very first thing you need is the the Micro Edition Software Development Kit 3.0
and you need to learn the java microedition...
now for creating a java based mobile based chat app ... you need to specify that what kind of the medium you are going to use.If you are using gprs services then go for the instant masseging like apps or if you are using some another medium for communicating mobile phones .... then you do have the knowledge of that particular tech.... for more help.. drop your query at

[nbaztec]

Yes you can provided you have your own GSM band or find some service provider which by all means would be more than happy to charge you for it. Still it will be far from being an IRC.