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Qualcomm's BREW Gets GCC Support

Posted by timothy on from the ring-ring dept.

bigjocker writes "Now you can use GCC to build BREW applications. Very good news for us BREW developers who use linux and have to install MS VC++ just for compiling the apps."

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  1. BREW costs bucks by klui · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's nice to be able to use gcc to build BREW applications, but you still need to fork over serious bucks (I hear around at least US$2K) in order to acquire the correct keys to sign and upload your apps to a BREW device. Currently, all cellphones that are BREW enabled like Motorola's T720, LG's VX4400 are all BREW 1.x and lacks a lot of the cool features of BREW 2.0, like the ability to run Java apps. To run Java apps, you'll need to use a PDA instead. Even though I have an BREW 1.x cellphone, I would much rather prefer Symbian-enabled devices. I would like to check out something like Tailgunner or Xevious, that's already out on Java. I can see why they want to tighten requirements for uploading these apps due to security, but there is only one way through which you can upload your apps--Qualcomm-sanctioned channels like Get It Now on Verizon's network.