Path: csiph.com!eeepc.pasdenom.info!news.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!exi-transit.telstra.net!pit-in1.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Java?s Future Lies In Mobile? Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:53:19 +1300 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-93-33.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1297299200 24658 118.92.93.33 (10 Feb 2011 00:53:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:53:20 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25822 In message , Steve Sobol wrote: > ... however, the assertian that an Android developer isn't a Java > developer is mostly BS. I believe there are some Android games written in > C, but most of the apps out there are written in Java. Being an open platform, at least Android gives you a choice. I believe Google itself is working on something called App Inventor. Though things like the recent news that the Dalvik VM now works on Maemo (with Meego to come), and can run apps written for Android, helps encourage folks to at least use languages that compile to Dalvik code.