BREW and Java will compete on a common execution platform, as well as through billing methods that charge for value-added services and applications at rates above and beyond simple airtime minutes.

Qualcomm's BREW was supposed to have a big advantage over Java in the market for advanced cell phone software, but a confident Sun Microsystems claims Java will eventually win out.

The Chinese company plans to start selling downloads powered by Java technology, ending its exclusive use of rival BREW software and potentially influencing other wireless carriers.

Unlike Java, there is no direct path to migrate Brew applications to desktop PCs or PDAs, but Qualcomm engineers, and third-party developers, maintain that developing for mobile handsets is such a ...

To Create Mobile Handset And PDA Applications, Developers Need To Know The Pros And Cons Of J2ME, BREW, And .Net Software designers have to make tough decisions when they select development ...