Posted by bobukcat on 01/15/08 11:44

"asj" <kalim1998@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> bobukcat wrote:
>
> > Are you sure about that, I believe that a large percentage of
> > advanced-function mobile phones run Symbian as their main OS? (RIM and
> > Windows Mobile being obvious exceptions)
>
> Symbian is an Operating System - Java is a programming platform , but
> can also be an OS (there are several java OS phones).
>
> Java ME runs on ALL Symbian phones (the vast majority of downloaded
> games are Java ME), all Blackberrys, all Linux phones, all Palms (with
> a download), and all newer Microsoft phones.
>
> Java ME (Java MicroEdition - formerly J2ME) is by far the most popular
> platform in cellphones - even browsers (like the Opera Mini) are in
> Java ME.
>
> Java ME also powers most of the SIM cards on cellphones, and most of
> the smartcards in the planet - including the national healthcards of
> several countries and the US army.
>
I know the difference between the OS and the programming language, I should
have been more clear that I meant that I wouldn't rule MS out of taking a
significant portion, if not the majority of the smart mobile phone market
for the OS. The new TREO is proving to be a big hit - particularly because
it will run mobile versions of the popular Office apps as well as working on
a Blackberry server.

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