That Java would be a critical mobile platform is, of course, another development that could scarcely have been envisaged in 1995, but some of the most creative work in recent years has been done in the mobile arena, where Java is now taking a dominant role in three areas — as a content delivery platform for multimedia phone services; as a development environment that is helping to neutralize the handset operating system wars; and as a mobile enterprise platform.
The actions of Nokia, Ericsson, Vodafone and the others will accelerate the mobile Java roadmap and create a more unified platform that should attract more cellphone software developers. A decade on, mobility is promising Java’s greatest growth opportunity.
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