Feature Phones Make Java ME, Not Android, the #2 Mobile Internet OS

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 3, 2012 @03:12AM from the feature-creature dept.

bonch writes "According to a report from NetApplications, which has measured browser usage data since 2004, Oracle's Java Mobile Edition has surpassed Android as the #2 mobile OS on the internet at 26.80%, with iOS at 46.57% and Android at 13.44%. And the trend appears to be growing. Java ME powers hundreds of millions of low-end 'feature phones' for budget buyers. In 2011, feature phones made up 60% of the install base in the U.S." Looking at the linked chart, it looks Java ME's been ahead of Android for all of 2011, too, except for the month of October.

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Re:Just another... by jedidiah · 2012-01-03 05:45 · Score: 1, Flamebait

It should not be any surprise to anyone that a lot of people want their phone to be a phone. That's generally why people buy phones. The other stuff is interesting and sometimes useful but ultimately not the point.
I dumped my iPhone because it failed at being a phone. "Being a pocket computer" is something that should not rank 1st but 3rd or perhaps 4th.
Get the most important stuff right first.

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