The search for developers
One of the key challenges that J2ME faces is the limited availability of applications.
Tackling this issue, several companies in Asia have come together to encourage developer communities. For instance, the Asian Java Mobile Challenge is organized by SingTel and Sun, and supported by Motorola, Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson.
But an industry insider revealed that J2ME content development in Asia was plodding along slowly, with a vicious circle possibly in place: developers are looking for consumers to show interest in Java applications, while end users are waiting for the right app to come along first.
If there is a killer application, what would it be? In a view that reverberates across the industry, Siemens Information and Communication Mobile senior vice president Georges Boulloy said last year that on a global level, gaming will be important for application downloads.
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