On Thursday, Sun Microsystems announced that some cell phone manufacturers have began the implementation of the company’s new platform, Java FX.

Cell phone giant LG Electronics stated in a press release that it would be the first company to fit their products with the new platform, which promises to bring improved functionality to users and ease in programming to developers.

Sony Ericcson, the 4th biggest company in the cell phone market, has also announced that it would offer the new Java FX platform to many of its handsets. Further details about the implementation of Java FX are expected to be given at the Mobile World Congress exhibition in Barcelona, starting February 16.

Eric Klein, vice president for marketing of Java, explained that Java FX is not a different platform. Instead, Java FX is a “layer” over the basic Java programming language, through which developers will be able to create more complex applications that will have far more features.

Java has been the most popular development platform for the mobile device market, as there were numerous applications available for mobile operating systems, such as Windows Mobile and Symbian. However, some developers refrained from developing Java-based applications, since the platform didn’t support more difficult tasks, such as complex animations.

Klein pointed out that the new platform, while fully compatible with Java, would only work on more powerful smartphones. But then again, Java’s biggest market in the mobile device industry has always been Nokia’s smartphones, so many of the company’s products will most likely support the new platform.

However, as other mobile environments, such as Apple iPhone OS and Google Android, have become more and more popular, Sun will have a tough job in regaining developers’ interest in the revamped Java platform.