MIDlets and smart cards ???

Hi
A question:
We have smart cards and SIM cards, a smart card with a much smaller plastic substrate than credit-card sized smart cards.
We have the Java[tm] programming language.
We know, that there are wireless phones that can execute so-called MIDlets. And - as far as I know - they can execute those MIDlets because they have a java-understanding SIM-card.
So the language is the same and the "hardware" is the same.
So where are the differences bedween programs for smart cards and MIDlets. Is it the same?
RB

You mix Java on SIM cards with Java on phones! MIDlets are executed by a Java VM that runs on the mobile phone hardware. Java Card Applets, however, are executed by a Java VM that runs on a smart card hardware. This smart card might be a SIM card, which sits inside a mobile phone but appart from that we are talking about two differnent things - two different Java runtime environments. Please consult the MIDP/Java Card specifications.

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