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BREW News - Volume 3, Number 3

> BREW Finds Favor with Leading Wireless Operators
> BREW 2003 Developers Conference
> BREW 2003 PrizeFest
> Two New BREW-enabled Handsets Coming Soon
> BREW Browser Sample Source Kit 2.0.0 Coming Soon

From Sydney to Sao Paulo, Qualcomm's BREW Solution Finds Favor with Leading Wireless Operators

It was back in November of 2001 when KTF, a leading South Korean wireless operator, became the first to commercially launch BREW-enabled services to its subscribers. It's been only 16 months since that milestone, but 16 months have made a world of difference. Literally.

Since that initial launch BREW's global reach has grown rapidly.

In March, Vivo, the joint venture between Telefónica Móviles and Portugal Telecom, brought the first commercially available BREW-enabled services to wireless subscribers in Brazil. Vivo is the largest operator in Latin America and, via BREW, is bringing the most advanced wireless data application service, branded 'Download' to Brazil's sophisticated wireless consumers.

Next, we stay south of the equator and turn to Telstra, which became the first wireless network operator in Australia to launch 3G and BREW-based services. Telstra coupled the BREW offering, dubbed 'Mobile Loop,' with its upgrade to a CDMA2000 1X network and immediately began offering downloadable wireless applications to users in Australia's largest metro areas including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the capital city of Canberra.

Telstra and Vivo became the sixth and seventh operators to make BREW services commercially available.

In Good Company

Telstra and Vivo are following in some successful footsteps.

Verizon Wireless is the largest wireless operator on in the United States and BREW is the key ingredient for its 'Get It Now^sm' service.

Another North American operator, ALLTEL, has teamed with Qualcomm to bring the company's BREW-based 'Axcess' service to the market.

Wireless subscribers in Asia have also experienced the best that the BREW solution has to offer. Both China Unicom, with its 'U-Magic' service, and KDDI, which is using BREW as its service brand, are offering robust data services based on BREW.

Future Developing Quite Nicely

BREW operators all recognize a primary key to gaining and retaining data customers remains the ability to offer new and exciting wireless applications. BREW's success in the global wireless marketplace ensures viable business and revenue generating opportunities will grow for BREW application developers.

Don't Miss the Action at the BREW 2003 Developers Conference

Register today and join wireless operators, handset manufacturers, industry leaders and top publishers and developers. Qualcomm's chief executive officer and wireless visionary, Dr. Irwin Jacobs, will kick off this year's event with a special keynote. BREW 2003 will feature in-depth business and technical conference sessions, and the most valuable networking opportunities of the year for the entire BREW community. ESPN and Activision invite you to the mind-blowing BREW 2003 Welcome Reception packed with a real rush of adrenaline and state-of-the-art surprises. And don't forget to attend BREWfest - a free 'celebration' for all BREW 2003 attendees featuring an exclusive performance by Grammy award-winning, ultimate funk and soul group Kool & the Gang!

BREW 2003 PrizeFest

Attend informative BREW 2003 sessions, learn from industry leaders in the wireless space - and win! Enter the BREW 2003 PrizeFest sweepstakes for a chance to win one of more than 40 cool prizes that will earn you the envy of all your peers. All you need to do is complete an evaluation form for any session you attend and you will automatically be entered in a random drawing. Prize drawings will be conducted no later than 5/15/03, and all winners will be notified no later than 5/22/03. The more sessions you attend and evaluate, the better chance you have of winning.

You may be the lucky winner of one or more of the following prizes:

One Grand Prize - Courtesy of ESPN

An all-expense paid trip with VIP passes for two (2) people to the Summer X-Games in Los Angeles

Two First Prizes - Courtesy of Walt Disney Internet Group

Admission for two (2) people to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. including deluxe hotel accommodations

Five Second Place Prizes

One (1) keyboard autographed by Kool & the Gang
Two (2) PlayStation® 2 video game units combined with a Tony Hawk's Pro Skater™ 4 game, courtesy of Activision, Inc.
Two (2) Xbox™ video game units combined with a Tony Hawk Pro Skater™ 4 game, courtesy of Activision, Inc.

31 Third Place Prizes

Fifteen (15) autographed CDs from Kool & the Gang
Eight (8) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater™ 4 games for PlayStation® 2, courtesy of Activision, Inc.
Eight (8) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater™ 4 games for Xbox™, courtesy of Activision, Inc.

Two New BREW-enabled Handsets Coming Soon

Sony Ericsson became the latest handset manufacturer to announce plans for BREW-based devices. Sony Ericsson's T606 and the Samsung SCH-A530 will soon be the latest BREW phones offered to wireless subscribers.

The Sony Ericsson T606 boasts a convenient user interface optimized for fun game play, with a five-way navigational joystick and the capability to perform simultaneous key press functions while playing games to allow for a more robust experience (e.g. moving and shooting at the same time).

The Samsung SCH-A530 features support for polyphonic ringtones, screensaver and picture ID.

Visit the BREW Developer Extranet and learn even more about these highly anticipated phones that are sure to be a hit with wireless subscribers!

BREW Browser Sample Source Kit 2.0.0 Coming Soon

Authenticated BREW developers who create BREW applications that leverage the IHtmlViewer and IWeb APIs will soon be able to use a BREW browser as a reference. The BREW Browser Sample Source Kit (BBSSK) 2.0.0 is a sample application that shows how best to use and extend those BREW APIs for developing browser-related applications. It also highlights the power of BREW resource facilities and gives lots of examples of how HTML can be employed to provide a full-featured application UI.

The reference-design browser is a traditional web browser - it displays HTML pages with inline images or forms and allows the user to select links and submit forms that retrieve information from other pages. For information retrieval, the browser uses established Internet protocols, such as HTTP, SSL, and DNS.

Although it is a traditional and extensively featured standalone web microbrowser, the BREW browser can be further extended or, alternatively, portions of the BREW browser can be taken and utilized in non-traditional browser applications.

As a reference-design browser for BREW, the app. extensively leverages the capabilities of the BREW platform. Component software support in BREW allows components to be enhanced and extended independently of the browser. As a result, the proper references for certain characteristics of the browser, such as HTML support, are documented specific to specific BREW releases, not the BREW browser itself.

In addition, the browser is fully internationalized and the structure of the "res" and "mif" directories are designed for ease of localization. Each language has its own directory, into which language-specific versions of any resource are placed.

The BREW Browser Sample Source Kit (BBSSK) 2.0.0 will be accessible on the Developer Extranet under Developer Tools.