Tuesday June 05, 2007 Blimey! Finally Java ME tech beating inane ringtones in the UK
It took 7 years, but finally Java ME is the number one revenue generator for mobile content (in UK as measured by total mobile content revenue). MIDP now has a firm foothold in the mobile market that took a while to achieve. This is another good lesson we learned in Java ME tech that applies to the future of both JavaFX Script and JavaFX Mobile. It takes many years for adoption of a new programming model in the consumer world. So, don't expect much more than a very narrow market niche for both JavaFX Script and JavaFX Mobile for the next 5-7 years or more. It will take as much time or more compared with the adoption rate of Java ME technology as we saw evidenced by the data. See: Java ME technology is finally king Here's a quote: "In the last year mobile gaming has really taken off and now leads the mobile content market in terms of the amount of money consumers are spending. Clearly, gamers are happy to pay to download, with half of all the games downloaded to a mobile phone..."With Java ME tech as the number one revenue generator on mobile phones, there will be a feedback-loop that will keep MIDP going as the preferred legacy programming model going forward. Vertically integrated phones, like the one that starts with the letter "i" ;-) will be left in the dust, not supporting MIDlet games. We'll see on June 29th when the iPhone ships... Maybe. ;-) |
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