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BREW News - June 2001

Welcome to the first issue of BREW News, the newsletter keeping the BREW® developer community educated about the latest technical and business developments surrounding Qualcomms Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless® platform. BREW News has been delivered to your desktop because you indicated an interest in receiving technical or marketing information related to BREW. This is just one of the ways Qualcomm will provide you with critical information about developing applications and services for BREW-enabled wireless devices. Of course, we want this newsletter to be a useful resource for you; therefore we encourage your comments and questions.

BREW 2001: A Milestone Event for Developers

Qualcomms inaugural BREW 2001: Developer & 3G Technology Conference, held May 8-10 in San Diego, was a milestone event for developers. The conference not only marked the first commercial release of the BREW Software Development Kit™, but also was the first gathering of a new developer community filled with unbelievable potential. The conference was designed to give developers information about the business and technical aspects of the BREW technology and the market its creating for wireless applications.

Kicking off the conference with his keynote discussion, "A Powerful New Platform for Wireless Data Applications," Qualcomm Executive Vice President Paul Jacobs delivered an important message to developers. "Applications are going to drive the wireless industry from now on," said Jacobs. "Wireless data is going to drive the industry forward and the key to wireless data is applications and that market depends on developers. Developers now need to start building this huge, dynamic market for applications. BREW has opened up a whole new industry for developers to participate in."

If you missed this landmark event and want to hear more from Paul Jacobs and other key players in the wireless industry, or if you want to refresh your memory with the wealth of information delivered, the audio rebroadcast and presentation slides of selected presentations from the 2001 BREW Developer Conference are now available.

BREW SDK Now Available Online

The BREW Software Development Kit is now available for download online. The SDK was distributed to BREW 2001 attendees, and became available on the BREW website May 14. Since its availability online, nearly 1,000 developers have downloaded the SDK.

The BREW SDK contains:

Desktop tools, including the BREW Device Emulator, Skin Configurator (a configurable virtual device) and BREW Resource Editor
Developer documentation: BREW User Guide, BREW API Reference Guide and BREW Skin Configurator
Sample BREW applications in both binary and source code form
Sample test scripts and a sample application test plan
The BREW API, implemented with dynamic link libraries (DLLs) and associated header files

Get the SDK now at https://brewx.qualcomm.com/developer/sdk/download.jsp

Becoming a BREW Developer

Do you know what it takes to become a BREW developer?

Learn more about the steps involved in becoming a BREW developer. Take a look at the BREW Developer QUICK START OVERVIEW now by visiting http://brew.qualcomm.com/brew/en/developer/getting_started/alliance.html

BREW Developer Alliance Program Launching in July

The BREW Developer Alliance Program is a multi-tiered membership program that provides technical and marketing assistance to BREW developers as they seek to build and market their BREW wireless applications to carriers and consumers.

Stay tuned for more details about the program in the next issue of BREW News.

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