MobileFrontend/J2ME app/status

Last update on: 2012-08-monthly

2012-03-31
We're about to post our RFP and are starting to talk to potential vendors for development.

2012-04-04
RFP is posted and were talking with vendors

2012-04-monthly
We've narrowed down our vendors and are having interviews with the finalists.

2012-05-monthly
We've finalized on a vendor and are completing the contract.

2012-06-20
We've decided to go forward with OpenPath as our vendor and have kicked off development.

2012-06-monthly
Tomasz worked with Legal and our new contractor OpenPath to close the initial work agreement. OpenPath has kicked off their development and we should see their first check in shortly. Initial screen flows can be found. Kul & Phil worked to settle our initial device test list. Patrick will be providing any necessary technical assistance.

2012-07-monthly
Development continued with our partner OpenPath. We completed basic api integration, image light boxes, search, main page. Her name from you integration, and numerous others. OpenPath delivered two alphas builds to use for testing and were eager to move forward in to the beta cycle. 

2012-08-monthly
Open Path delivered numerous new builds of the Wikipedia J2ME app this month. Patrick Reilly and the Global Development team did internal testing to validate that they were performing as expected. We're now feature-complete and spending cycles on making the app perform better on low memory devices. We expect to complete this project in a few weeks.