Java

I had Java on my Mac Book

Unlike laptops/desktop computers, the iPad is a closed system and works like the iPhone/iPod. OS updates are provided via iTunes, and none have been announced yet besides iPhone OS 4 sometime in the fall. Apps can only be obtained via the app store.

None of Apple's mobile devices are expected to ever support either Java or Flash.

Are you sure you need Java (and not Javascript)? What kind of email system is it?

Same issue. I use a fob to log in securely to my office network. It requires a Java enabled browser. I know iPad doesn't suport Flash, but it didn't occur to me that Safari wouldn't support Java. I guess Javascript fooled me. What's the difference between Java and Javascript? Any workaround?

Javascript is a scripting language used for websites and web apps. Java is a full programming language that uses a binary of some form to do stuff. Very few websites use java, however stuff like corporate web apps and other sorts of web applications use java because it is powerful and is cross-platform.

I had thought the iOS3 software supported java, but I guess not.
http://www.javatester.org/version.html

if you want to test.

Any workaround?

No. Aside perhaps from remotely logging into another machine that does support java.

To tell Apple you want it, go here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html