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Tuesday, May 02, 2006
The ongoing quest for finding out how many Java ME phones there are
I've heard recent figures spanning from 300M to close to 1B, and here's another stab at guessing the amount:
Quote: In retrospect, you have to admit that with somewhere near 1,000,000 devices running J2ME, this was the most successful of the Java platforms.
This might seem irrelevant to most people, but it is actually quite important for the service industry as it indicates Java ME is in almost all recently produced mobile phones, even if they also have BREW, Symbian OS or whatever. Hence, if you want to select a mobile application platform with the broadest reach that complements your online service then Java ME is a safe bet, and increasingly so. I just wish there was less differences between the implementations, causing less headache for the developers.
JavaOne: A Look Back, and Predictions For This Year @ SYS-CON ITALIA: "J2ME"
Quote: In retrospect, you have to admit that with somewhere near 1,000,000 devices running J2ME, this was the most successful of the Java platforms.
This might seem irrelevant to most people, but it is actually quite important for the service industry as it indicates Java ME is in almost all recently produced mobile phones, even if they also have BREW, Symbian OS or whatever. Hence, if you want to select a mobile application platform with the broadest reach that complements your online service then Java ME is a safe bet, and increasingly so. I just wish there was less differences between the implementations, causing less headache for the developers.
JavaOne: A Look Back, and Predictions For This Year @ SYS-CON ITALIA: "J2ME"
