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J2ME Leads Mobile Game Industry

We all know that the game technology of today is advanced and very hot among young kids and young adults. Who would have thought that Pong, a game which came out in the 80`s, would have lead to a multi-billion dollar gaming industry? In every PC, PDA, and cell phone available, the demand of the speed and graphics of these games must be met.

Wireless or mobile gaming is the future and the future is now. 2004 saw an explosion in mobile gaming technology which redefined the mobile phone as a gaming device. Handsets capable of displaying graphics equal in quality to the GameStations and GameCubes of the 1990`s were available everywhere, and game developers like Synergetix and It`s Alive! were on everyone`s radar screen.

J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) is a derivative of Sun Microcomputers JAVA development platform. J2ME is specifically designed to build applications that run on portable and wireless devices including cell phones and PDAs. Its also finding wide acceptance among companies that develop applications for TV boxes and many of the new embedded devices which are flooding both the consumer and industrial markets.