I'll bet all kinds of people are learning Java, just to make mods for Minecraft.

heh-heh. that was cool

It's nice when a bloatware provider removes their own crap!

Furthermore, current users would still be able to run pirated copies on current hardware."

So if they revise the hardware, the only way for an honest gamer to play games would be to become a pirate. LOL

I spent a week in Tokyo back in November. When I was there, I saw 2 iPhones in the wild. Both were owned by the Americans I was traveling with. That is also 2 more than the number of Blackberries I noticed (besides the one I have).

Everyone there has these flip phones with these really tall screens that rotate 90 degrees to "landscape" mode (they also watch TV on them).

So yeah, US style "smartphones" are not really used. They use these mutant flip phones instead.