JavaFX Mobile, meanwhile, is due to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona, Spain, beginning February 16. It will be available for carrier certification at that time and represents the runtime for deploying JavaFX applications on handheld devices. JavaFX is billed as Sun's platform for delivering rich expressive experiences on the Internet across multiple types of systems. It greatly reduces the need to code, Klein said.

JavaFX Mobile handsets will be demonstrated at the conference.

The mobile realm is becoming more critical, Klein stressed. "Where the innovation is going to occur is in the mobile space," he said.

Sun officials believe the ability to reach a broad base of mobile phones, not just a select few such as BlackBerry or the Apple iPhone, will be Java differentiator. ODP is a huge part of that story, Klein said.

Modularization of Java for the mobile and embedded community is eyed, said Jeet Kaul, Sun vice president of Java software. Sun executives also stressed a goal of getting developers to build applications faster and that application worth can be fleeting.