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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Dunno what I need; I haven't got into electronics yet, will do this summer.
Yesterday in a thread on /g/ someone said that they were using an FPGA to "emulate" (synthesize? I don't know what the proper terminology is) a CPU, on which then they ran Linux.