Want to learn a new programming language for mobile development

I know C# and PHP pretty well, and I have a start on Java, but it seems like a lot of the more intense and powerful applications use either C or C++. What are your recommendations? Im interested in b开发者_运维技巧eing able to target the widest variety of mobile OS's.

Java will give you the widest range of devices (BlackBerry, Android, J2ME Based Handsets).

Widest distribution would probably be C/C++/Obj-C (iPhone and upcoming Palm Pre PDK).

If you're keen on developing for the iPhone / iTouch / iPad, but aren't keen on having to learn Objective C, this may be an option (prices start from $399, but note you'll also need a Mac):

http://monotouch.net/

C++ is very useful to know.

Once you know C++ then Objective-C is an extremely easy language to pick up.