AT&T Makes Renewed Commitment to Apps for Other Platforms
BREW?
Does this mean they are dumping the industry standard JAVA for the proprietary BREW? Hmmmm.
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I thought BREW us mostly for Verizon phones??? That stupid proprietary softward so that all phones have the same menues.
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BREW is a programming code, similiar to, but, a competitor to JAVA. It provides the environment for programmers to make applications for that can be downloaded or installed onto different applications (in wireless whether they were Nokia, LG, Samsung, Motorola, etc.) Up until now, Verizon was basically the only wireless proprietor to choose BREW over JAVA (Sprint may have, but, I am not certain.) BREW is developed by Qualcomm, which originally created CDMA which is the network that Verizon and Sprint use, which may be why Verizon went with it, but, GSM carriers have not.
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What else I noticed that cought me by surprise was the mention of the Nokia Ovi Store, historically AT&T has been too stupid to carry Nokia's best NSeries handsets. So I don't know why the Ovi Store was mentioned.
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And there's lots of folks (such as you & me Jayshmay 😁 ) who use or have used unlocked Nokias on AT&T.
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I really don't have any faith that ATT is ever going to carry a high end NSeries phone. And I'm not in the position to lay down $500+ for an unlocked NSeries smartphone.
I'm seriously giving it thought to giving Android a chance. Maybe the handset from HTC that ATT is going to carry.
You know me Japhy, I'm very picky and demanding. So I'll have to see how well specced a device HTC puts together.
I'm seriously giving it thought to giving Android a chance. Maybe the handset from HTC that ATT is going to carry.
You know me Japhy, I'm very picky and demanding. So I'll have to see how well specced a device HTC puts together.
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As mentioned, BREW is a Qualcomm proprietary platform, and there's no reason for anyone who doesn't already have a commitment to Qualcomm to go with that. AT&T's phone offerings are easily the most diverse, so it'd be a foolish move to try to unify them, especially with something like BREW.
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