This has become a yearly tradition, see The Frustrations of Java ME…
Russell wrote:
According to a Greg Ballard of mobile games maker, Glu, in a recent interview in Mobile Entertainment, their Transformers game needed no less than 25,000 SKUs (or variants). 25,000! This has reached the point of absurdity.
I bet there is misinformation here…
Barbara responded:
For that, the number was 20,000 and included “Transformers content SKUs” including ring tones, wallpapers, games, and so forth for 150 operators in 65 countries. I couldn’t deduce how much of that was a result of Java ME fragmentation issues.
Mobility is complex, yes, all of it: messaging, context, user interfaces, latency, fragmentation, proximity, graphics, multimedia, and whatnot regardless of local, texting, voice or web… No apologies needed, it is the way it is. Embrace it! Find solutions, deliver applications, make it happen, today! Use whatever method makes sense for your product or is requested by your customer. But deliver something…
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