Mobile Computing
& Wireless Application Development
- BREW From Qualcomm -
Qualcomm announced a new
development platform for Wireless application development in February 2001.
It is called Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless, or BREW.
Features &
Functionality
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Main functionality is
downloads of wireless applications
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Designed specifically for
smartphones
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It includes telephony
features - somewhat better than J2ME but in CDMA. If you want to
use J2ME on Motorola's iDEN network, use Motorola development tools.
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Supports CDMA only networks that use
Qualcomm processors
Competing Products or
Development Environments
Resources & Vendor
Products
MobileInfo Advisory: It
is still too early to see if BREW will get a lot of traction. For CDMA
networks with stronger telephony features, developers should consider
this. It is not very open at this stage.
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