Shai, of LWUIT (Java UI) fame has a post on how people want to access the mobile Internet now and not when browsers have matured.

There is currently lots of talk about widgets, Javascript and web functionality that might rely on functionality deeper in the phone. However, for now, only a small percentage of the mass market can access any of this on their current phones (or even the new phones they are buying now).

I have already come across several companies working with Java ME just because they see this as a technology that can be used now rather than a future indeterminate time (some might say if ever?). Shai builds on this thinking in that the pent up demand for accessible mobile information makes LWUIT very suitable for a mobile front end to your Web 2.0 property.

I tend to agree, but only if you are sensible with your choice of device support and feature support. See my previous post, again commenting of Shai’s thoughts on this.

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