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Friday, July 30, 2004
Application platforms
For much too long at least Europe has talked technologies, while the only thing that matters is what can be done with them.
BREW is a good example of the latter. BREW is like Java a platform for applications, but with the difference that the infrastructure is fully in place (including an elaborate certification process and a clear revenue model) and applications run as native code on the phone. BREW has become very successful in Korea and increasingly so in USA. It will not be established in Europe any time soon, even though QUALCOMM tries with a dedicated European office.
Java is still considered more open and "free" (even though that is changing), but has the drawback that it requires more CPU power for the same application user experience as BREW.
Sun Java Micro Edition: http://java.sun.com/j2me/index.jsp
QUALCOMM BREW: http://brew.qualcomm.com/brew/en/about/about_brew.html
BREW is a good example of the latter. BREW is like Java a platform for applications, but with the difference that the infrastructure is fully in place (including an elaborate certification process and a clear revenue model) and applications run as native code on the phone. BREW has become very successful in Korea and increasingly so in USA. It will not be established in Europe any time soon, even though QUALCOMM tries with a dedicated European office.
Java is still considered more open and "free" (even though that is changing), but has the drawback that it requires more CPU power for the same application user experience as BREW.
Sun Java Micro Edition: http://java.sun.com/j2me/index.jsp
QUALCOMM BREW: http://brew.qualcomm.com/brew/en/about/about_brew.html
