Dowloadable Mobile Applications...

I have written before about the problems of building and growing mobile apps in the US, specially because of the way carriers handle data plans and downloads.

Here's a very interesting account:

So, you want to deploy a J2ME app in the US?

Ofier Leitner has done a great job of documenting, in detail, what issues he has run into whilte trying to streamline the download of his J2ME application to mobile phones in US, and how each carrier has its own issues. I feel for him - it's really an uphill battle.