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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Just another... by RyuuzakiTetsuya · 2012-01-03 03:15 · Score: 1, Troll

Six months now.
With these statistics, it's just damn clear that the average Android user isn't using their phones for anything but "dumb phone with nice screen+keyboard" activities.

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Yay! by assertation · 2012-01-03 03:25 · Score: 1, Troll

Unashamed Java fanboy here. Yes!
This must really burn up the haters.