JAVA 3/25 Homework

3. Hit the Internet and do a search. Based on the results you find, write a Cellular Phone Java Game market report on your own blog.

Java becomes a universal platform for mobile games. It’s the fifth major platform for games after PCs, consoles, handheld computers and the Internet. But the java games are not so popular in Taiwan. I think we need to consider some of the bottleneck.

1. Software is ready, but hardware is not.

Cell phones still do not have enough memory and powerful processor to carry high quality games. Java language is easy to access and learn and games can easily build by anyone who is interested.

2. Where is the standard?

Cell phones are build by different company, each of them owns their specifications. Java games should be able to run by any of the mobile phone. We need to check every handset can launch and control the games normally. It takes money and time to develop java game.

3. Price is the point!

Internet makes the game more addicting! Mobile phones take the advantage to surf on internet without wires. The carriers in Taiwan can’t lower down the price. The connection fee is higher than average people can afford. Java game has the good performance on internet (we can take a look of the website MLB), but the carriers block its way to dance on the stage.