Thanks for the kind words, Steve, JP, efontana, Muthu. Steve, developing for J2ME and Blackberry, will not the old barriers still exist (of getting the carriers to allow your app in etc.), that made Android attractive?
On Jul 4, 11:34 pm, Steve Oldmeadow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anil, I was having a think about your situation and I think it would > really make sense to have a look at Java ME or Blackberry. With Java > ME even if you only concentrated on Nokia Series 60.3 and on you are > still talking about a market in the 10s of millions. It seems like > every second person I know owns a Nokia N95, not sure what it is like > in the States. > > Have a look atwww.handango.comandwww.getjar.comfor potential > marketplaces. > > If you are worried about Java ME being ugly or fragmented take a look > at the Lightweight UI toolkithttps://lwuit.dev.java.net/. Even > though it doesn't support all handsets the user base of the handsets > it does support would be in the numbers that iPhone and Android will > be dreaming about for quite some time. > > If you think nobody is making money in Java ME look at the story of > Mig 33. They are getting about 80K+ downloads a week on Getjar alone. > > However, I think Juwo would be a really good fit for the type of user > Blackberry attracts. I thought I read Blackberry are trying to > attract developers with some kind of developer fund. The new Bold and > Thunder handsets don't look too bad either. > > Finally, there is that Samsung Instinct developer contest. Even if > you don't win it would allow you to get your app. in front of people > at Sprint. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
