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LoL I got 4 Votes! :shock:
Well, let me start by saying Java on the DS would be a really good thing, especially when you consider the existing software library you could take advantage of if it were possible.
There are, however, some limitations with using java on the DS, primarily storage, like program ram and any available scratch disk. This has been the same limitation which has hampered Java on PDA's and consoles when tapped as a net appliance. Requiring such a tiny footprint to work within the means of such small appliances, features are dropped, and the end result is a java that only works halfway, or up to a point depending on the applet you're trying to run.
Currently, PocketJava for the pocketpc hovers around 2 megs of install files, which isn't much. It runs about 70% of what I throw at it, but that doesn't neccessarily mean it' runs it correctly. I don't mean to say it's not possible or this is all it will ever be limited to, I'm just using what else is out there as an example of how far along java has gotten in other portable markets.
Although I don't see an official Java port, one which comes with a browser like Netscape or the like ever being released for the DS, I do expect homebrew versions. Maybe not so much as full java support, but perhaps the Links browser with lite jscript support at the most. Links has been ported to the xbox, so it's pheasible it could be ported to the DS if someone were to take up the challenge once the homebrew community gets wings.
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