Java phone stats

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According to John Jackson, senior telecommunications analyst of the
Yankee Group, 60% of all handsets sold worldwide in 2005 will support
Java, and the installed base of handsets exceeds 500 million devices.

Excerpt:

“Java is the most ubiquitous development platform for mobile
applications,” says John Jackson, senior telecommunications analyst of
the Yankee Group in Boston. “Sixty percent of all handsets sold
worldwide in 2005 will support Java, and the installed base of
handsets exceeds 500 million devices.”

ADT Magazine: April 25, 2005
A Little Action on Java-ready Phones
http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=11017


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According to Sun Microsystems president and COO Jonathan Schwartz in
an article published February 26 2005, there are now over 500 million
Java-enabled phones in the world, and more than 60 percent of all new
phones will ship Java-enabled.

Excerpt:

“Sun Microsystems president and COO Jonathan Schwartz has been busy
evangelizing mobile data and, specifically, mobile Java since 3GSM
last week. He recently argued that the majority of the world has yet
to experience the Web, and that most of these people will first
experience the Internet not through a desktop but through a mobile
phone. Ten times as many people bought cell phones last year as PCs.
All of this, according to him, adds up to good news for Sun and its
mobile version of Java -- J2ME. Schwartz noted that there are now over
500 million Java-enabled phones in the world, and more than 60 percent
of all new phones will ship Java-enabled. Schwartz argues that this
will be a boom for Sun and J2ME.”

Trend: Mobile Java marches on
Sunday February 27, 2005
http://eyeonit.itmanagersjournal.com/article.pl?sid=05/02/27/0432223


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Mark Herring, Director, Java, Web Services & Tools Business Sun
Microsystems stated in a recent article dated July 18, 2006:

“If you look at embedded Java today Java is in about 2.5 billion
devices, about 708 million Java-enabled devices are currently shipping
and 1.5 billion cell phones.”

Sap Info: July 18, 2005
http://www.sapinfo.net/index.php4?ACTION=noframe&url=http://www.sapinfo.net/public/en/article.php4/Article-2532842d264d5d4011/en


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On April 4, 2005, The Financial Express published some numbers on Java
and how it stands today after 10 years of growth.

- 579 million Java enabled phones

Quoting from the article:

“Globally, over 4.5 million software developers work on Java.
Java is a $100 billion dollar per year industry.
$2.2 billion is invested yearly in Java application servers and $110
billion in related IT.
There are 100 carrier deployments and 579 million Java enabled phones.
Seven out of 10 wireless applications currently under constructions
will use Java technology runtime environment.
The Java mobile game market is estimated at around $3 billion.
Around 750 million Java cards have been deployed globally”

Financial Express: April 4, 2005
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=86910


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According to John Loicano, Sun executive vice president for software,
there are 708 million Java-enabled phones worldwide.

Excerpt:

“Loicano cheered the troops with stats showing the growth of Java: 2.5
billion Java devices worldwide; 708 million Java-enabled phones; and
4.5 million Java developers. "Java is growing at an accelerated rate,"
Loicano said.”

Server Watch News: June 28, 2005
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3516111


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May 2005
With over 600 million Java enabled phones in use throughout the planet.
http://www.gameplasma.com/e3/article_010.php


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“Zelos Group predicts that between 80 to 90 percent of all handsets
shipped in 2007 will be installed with BREW or J2ME, the lightweight
version of Java installed on mobile handsets.”

“ According to the ARC Group, Java will reinvigorate lackluster
handset sales around the world in the medium term and will ultimately
prove to be an important step along the road to 3G. The group also
predicts that such rapid growth will make Java ubiquitous in 2006,
with over 1 billion handsets incorporating the technology around the
world.”

Action Engine : Technical Whitepaper
http://www.actionengine.com/News/PressKit/JavaTechnicalBrief.pdf


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I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7


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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 22 Sep 2005 20:52 PDT
There are over 120 million Java-enabled phones in the U.S.

"MSpot Music Radio will stream 17 commercial-free channels of original
audio content. The service, which is compatible with all Java-enabled
phones (over 120 million in the U.S., according to MSpot), is
currently available to Sprint PCS subscribers."

Marketing Y Medios: August 9, 2005
http://www.marketingymedios.com/marketingymedios/search/article_display.jsp?schema=&vnu_content_id=1001011789


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Request for Answer Clarification by ecarter-ga on 23 Sep 2005 22:05 PDT
Can you find the total number of mobile phones in the U.S.? Then we
could figure what percentage the 120 million java-enabled phones are
out of the total.


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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 23 Sep 2005 22:26 PDT
Thank you for your clarification. I´ll do some more research and get
back to you as soon as possible.


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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 23 Sep 2005 22:46 PDT
Hello again Ecarter,

I found the following information:


"90 percent of the nearly 200 million cell phones in the United States
have text message capability."

Tech News: July 28, 2005
http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1037501.php/Text_messaging_soars_in_U.S.


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"There are more than 153 million cell phone users in the U.S., and
because phones have a relatively short life — averaging 18 months to
two years — there are many retired phones not being put to good use,
said Travis Larson, spokesman for the Cellular Telecommunications &
Internet Association"

Fox News: January 09, 2004
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,107794,00.html


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According to research and industry studies:

" By 2005, roughly 200 million cell phones will be in use in the U.S.,
and approximately 130 million phones will be retired each year.

A total of 500 million used cell phones weighing more than 250,000
tons are estimated to be currently stockpiled, awaiting disposal.

Cell phones contain hazardous substances, which can pollute the air
when burned in incinerators and leach into soil and drinking water
when buried in landfills.

The average American cell phone user has a total of three or more cell
phones in their possession.

More than 56% of the American population still stores their old cell
phones and over 70% are not aware that cell phones can be recycled."

EarthEasy: December 21, 2004
http://eartheasy.com/article_cellphone_recycle0105.htm

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Here is a graph of estimated subscribers from 1985-2004
http://files.ctia.org/img/survey/2004_endyear/slides/EstSubscribers_4.jpg