I give up, seems like everyone equates popularity with potential marked share regardless of how many actually USES their Symbian phone for anything but calls and messages (I have yet to meet one). I think it's naïve to care only for such a marketing metric, but if that's your definition of popularity then so be it. :)
/Casper On 1 Jul., 17:51, Joshua Marinacci <jos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Pointing out that Google also targets J2SE doesn't prove much, given > > that they are also more than willing to make Obj-C clients for the > > iPhone and other non-J2ME devices. Google is just like that, they go > > after the marked and tries to win the hart of users regardless of > > underlying technology. > > Yes, that is exactly my point. Google is pragmatic. JavaME may not be > hot or exciting, but it has the numbers, so Google ships apps for it, > and the probably will for a long time. I don't disagree that > platforms other than JavaME are growing and more exciting, especially > as smartphones grow to be a major portion of the market, but I want to > dispel the myth that Android (or iPhone, or Palm, etc) have more > marketshare than JavaME. They don't. Smartphones collectively still > have less than 5% of the market. If you want volume today, it's JavaME. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
