Research In Motion (RIM) announced the availability of the new <A HREF="http://www.rim.com/news/press/2004/pr-30_11_2004-01.shtml">Java Development Environment</A> for BlackBerry v4.0. The new release, which supports J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition), provides developers with more flexibility and support when developing applications for BlackBerry through an enhanced Application Programming Interface (API) set, documentation, code samples and applications, new Java Specification Request (JSR) implementations, an improved Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and a new BlackBerry handheld simulator with usability improvements.