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 20050602 Thursday June 02, 2005

I'm rubber, you're glu. J2ME tech bounces off me and sticks to you.

Let me get this straight: Sorrent buys Macrospace (a European cell phone tech company) smooshes it together with their own content delivery department and rebrands that mash-up as Glu Mobile, which will deliver entertainment apps like games, ringtones, wallpaper, and news/info to your J2ME technology-enabled cell phone.

See:

Glu Mobile: A Mash-Up of Companies to deliver Java Games to Cell Phones

I'd think they were sipping on the Jonestown Kool-Aid if it weren't for the fact that they have tie-ins to Atari, Cartoon Network, FOX Sports and Nickelodeon. So, maybe it is a smart move.

Quote from the article:

  Industry analysts estimate that the mobile 
  content market will create revenue of up to 
  $59 billion by 2009, compared with $17.6 
  billion in 2005.  Games account for about a 
  third of that total, according to Juniper 
  Research.
Games, James. It's got to be the games...

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