Java, lol

I was told by a game developer at this seminar that if I want to learn how to program games, a good way to start is with Java and making cellphone games. I plan on learning C++ before Java anyway but around how long would it take a newbie to learn Java or when would it be a good idea to learn Java if not at all?

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Oh calm down. /prog/ doesn't need more people that know English as badly as it needs more people that know C, or any programming language at all for that matter.