bonch writes “According to a report from NetApplications, which has measured browser usage data since 2004, Oracle’s Java Mobile Edition has surpassed Android 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 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.” 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.
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I’m really trying to avoid getting any phone that requires a data package, however, all the feature phones available do not seem to satisfy me. Hope they get some new ones soon!