programming cell phones

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 18:46:27 +0100
To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: programming cell phones

The author writes about his experience getting "hello world" working on a
cell phone has some interesting things to say about vendors who use
Qualcomm's BREW---code for which requires Qualcomm's corporate
approval---versus the more open approach taken by vendors who use Sun's
J2ME.

Did you know, for example, a given phone model (e.g., Motorola T720, ... )
for a given carrier (e.g., AT&T, Verizon, ... ) executes a single type of
code (e.g., J2ME, BREW, ... )?

[say you get a contract with Verizon, and you choose the Motorola T720, the
phone executes BREW only. -or- on the other hand, if you get a contract with
AT&T, and you choose the Motorola T720, the phone executes J2ME only.]

Conclusion:

QUALCOMM BREW IS NOT GOOD FOR CONSUMERS AND DEVELOPERS
SUN's J2ME IS GREAT FOR CONSUMERS AND DEVELOPERS

It's a cool article:

http://www.colinfahey.com/2002dec14_j2me_cell_phone/j2me_phone_apps.htm

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