Path: csiph.com!eeepc.pasdenom.info!news.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!74.125.46.80.MISMATCH!postnews.google.com!f21g2000vbg.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: The Frog Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Java?s Future Lies In Mobile? Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:24:05 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <4d520e1c$0$23758$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4d533afe$0$23751$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.149.151.242 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1297333445 10559 127.0.0.1 (10 Feb 2011 10:24:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:24:05 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: f21g2000vbg.googlegroups.com; posting-host=80.149.151.242; posting-account=WhVykwoAAAAM-y4CxjCNdYx2PXVTZ-PM User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 vdnpxy1.vdn.eu.mars:8080 (squid/2.6.STABLE5) X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; SDSXP; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; SDSXP; SDSXP),gzip(gfe) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25719 Whoever believes that Java isnt a platform for Android is just plain nuts. The Java developers that I know and work with have all been easily able to port their skillsets across to Android and have enjoyed the new platform to play with. App Inventor is a great way to get people started in developing apps, especially kids. Could you build a 'real' app with it? Probably, but it would most likely be easier to just write the Java. Maybe in the years to come App Inventor will make more complex app building easily possible, but not today. Java ME is an important platform, especially for embedded hardware. Android IMO will far surpass this in terms of importance. The next gen of hardware that I am seeing some engineers building is going to be Android based whereas in the past we would use all sorts of things. I wouldnt be surprised to see far more hardware being Android based in the years to come. The ARM based CPU's are quite powerful these days as well as cost effective and well supported. Motorolla's iMX535 SOC is a great example. You could build a laptop with that thing if you were so inclined. The primary areas where Java is being used may change, and probably will, and IMO I expect Android to be an enormous part of that change. My 2 cents The Frog