No Java on the iPhone

Michael Gartenberg | January 17, 2007, 10:38 AM

Scoble wonders about Java on the iPhone after talking with Sun's CEO.

Nope. Not happening (although the browser supports JavaScript which may be causing some confusion.

Update - John Markoff of the NY Times asked the same question. Here's the answer her got.

Markoff: "What about all those plugins that live within Safari now, like Flash or like Java or like JavaScript?"

Jobs: "Well, JavaScript's built into the Phone. Sure."

Markoff: "And what are you thinking about Flash and Java?"

Jobs: "Java's not worth building in. Nobody uses Java anymore. It's this big heavyweight ball and chain."

I guess Mr. Schwartz's pitch to Mr. Jobs wasn't successful after all.