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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
The end of MIDP 1.0 in sight
Mobilerated, a provider of free mobile games, publishes 30 Day Download Statistics on from where and to what their games are downloaded.
The spread over countries and brands is as it should be, but I noted two things:
The spread over countries and brands is as it should be, but I noted two things:
- The dominance of newer phones used for downloading the games
- The clear dominance of MIDP 2.0, which is in line with the above
If this is the same pattern at GetJar etc, then game and application developers could soon skip compatibility with MIDP 1.0.
