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From a developer's standpoint, I haven't see any reason to go the Java route on a Pocket PC, especially with the .NET CF available. You have to get a JVM (which usually isn't free and takes up space) versus .NET CF which is either free to download or included in ROM with the device. Then there's the whole confusing JAVA world of Personal Java, Micro Java, CLDC, MIDP, MIDLETs, yadda yadda yadda. There's a pretty big learning curve just to get the development environment figured out. Until recently, Sun's web site was close to impossible to figure out from a newbie standpoint. IBM has put out a lot of stuff for Pocket PC but it's still hard to figure out just what you need.
I think Sun and IBM are moving to clear a lot of this up, but the whole lack of standard JVM for Pocket PC is still problematic. Sun doesn't seem to want to invest in the Pocket PC platform at all, and IBM is mainly interested in the desktop. Maybe if one or the other would acknowledge the platform and write some starter material for developers we'd see more interest.
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