Can use of the EJB 3.0 Simplified API be combined with use of the EJB 2.1 and earlier APIs?
Yes. Components written to different versions of the EJB specification can be combined in a single application. Further, components written to the new EJB 3.0 API can be clients of existing EJB 2.1 and earlier components, and components written to EJB 2.1 and earlier can be clients of new components written to the EJB 3.0 API.