The BREW stuff is Qualcomm's proprietary method for doing this stuff and IMHO not going to be around for the long haul, once Sun gets the multimedia stuff worked out.
I couldn't agree more. You can't pull off propertiary stunts like that, unless you have an ungodly market share. Now considering the fact that nokia too has jumped on the J2ME bandwagon, i don't think BREW will be remembered a couple of years from now.
The lesson companies should learn from WAP, is that people will not go out of their way (or pay) for any "value added" crap. If i got games on my phone i'll play them (maybe). If not, i'm sure as hell not going to change my phone and pay monthly for something that makes GBA games look like doom 3.
While i don't see java as being attractive to consumers initially, it has a lot of things going for it: backing from sun, siemens and nokia, a broader scope, an established name in the programming community and will be possible to write non-professional software as far as i understand.
So, what happens if satan sues blizzard for using his name? We can assume that he has (C)ed (R)ed and (TM)ed it (as anybody will tell you copyright and trademark restrictions are pure evil.) And because most lawyers go to hell, he probably has a hell:-) of a legal department. It would be a hot day for blizzard!
The best of both worlds: print view.
(1)In most cases has all the parts of an article
(2)Less pics=>loads faster
(3)If you`re lucky, it`s ad-free
(4)It`s easier on your eyes
(5)It prints better too:-)
Granted, not all sites got it, but if youn do see it in a multi-part story you`re interested in, you`re in luck.
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The BREW stuff is Qualcomm's proprietary method for doing this stuff and IMHO not going to be around for the long haul, once Sun gets the multimedia stuff worked out.
I couldn't agree more. You can't pull off propertiary stunts like that, unless you have an ungodly market share. Now considering the fact that nokia too has jumped on the J2ME bandwagon, i don't think BREW will be remembered a couple of years from now.
The lesson companies should learn from WAP, is that people will not go out of their way (or pay) for any "value added" crap. If i got games on my phone i'll play them (maybe). If not, i'm sure as hell not going to change my phone and pay monthly for something that makes GBA games look like doom 3.
While i don't see java as being attractive to consumers initially, it has a lot of things going for it: backing from sun, siemens and nokia, a broader scope, an established name in the programming community and will be possible to write non-professional software as far as i understand.
(sony)ericsson have had solitaire on phones since the t28, which came out more than two years ago.
That would mean that native americans had invented nanotubes ?
More RAM is better, bigger HDs are better, bigger monitors/screens are better, faster modems are better...why don't CPU's follow the same rule?
They do. Faster CPU's are better.
So, what happens if satan sues blizzard for using his name? We can assume that he has (C)ed (R)ed and (TM)ed it (as anybody will tell you copyright and trademark restrictions are pure evil.) And because most lawyers go to hell, he probably has a hell :-) of a legal department. It would be a hot day for blizzard!
The best of both worlds: print view. :-)
(1)In most cases has all the parts of an article
(2)Less pics=>loads faster
(3)If you`re lucky, it`s ad-free
(4)It`s easier on your eyes
(5)It prints better too
Granted, not all sites got it, but if youn do see it in a multi-part story you`re interested in, you`re in luck.