Feature Phones Make Java ME, Not Android, the #2 Mobile Internet OS

[wraggster]

According to a report from NetApplications, which has measured browser usage data since 2004, Oracle's Java Mobile Edition has surpassed Android (http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=9&qpcustomb=1) as the #2 mobile OS on the internet at 26.80%, with iOS at 46.57% and Android at 13.44%. And the trend appears to be growing. Java ME (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_ME) powers hundreds of millions of low-end 'feature phones' for budget buyers. In 2011, feature phones made up 60% of the install base in the U.S. (http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/40-percent-of-u-s-mobile-users-own-smartphones-40-percent-are-android/)"Looking at the linked chart, it looks Java ME's been ahead of Android for all of 2011, too, except for the month of October.

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1434211/feature-phones-make-java-me-not-android-the-2-mobile-internet-os