>as far as i can tell 5 doesnt even have ME support,

yes, sun one studio 5 has j2me support, you just have to update the ide with the j2me modules (kjava.nbm)
using the update center tool.

>and even if it did, it's not free...

well, you can use the 2-month trial...

thanks for your reply.
now i'm wondering why sun has put that method into the api, if it's not available on all devices. at least they could add a note saying that!
thanks sun...

in the api docs i've found:
StreamConnection acceptAndOpen()
         Returns a StreamConnection that represents a server side socket connection.
is it of any use?
thanks..

is it possible to create server side sockets?
i want to be able to listen for connections from other  j2me devices.

well, that bug has 0 (zero) votes.
seems nobody is interested in sun fixing it...
if you really care then vote for the bug, and ask as many people as you can to vote it too!