News.com is reporting that Nokia announced a system they say will compete with Qualcomm's BREW system. I wasn't at CTIA today (i will be there later in the week) so i didn't hear all the details, but it will be interesing to see how Nokia thinks they can sell an equivalent system to operators, and which operators they will be targeting such a system at.
Will they require the same level of QA that BREW does, except on the J2ME platform? I assume they will have to put the same kind of vending machine solution onto the phones themselves and allow subscription models for ringtones and applications.
I guess most Nokia phones now have a "Download" menu item that isn't hooked up to anything I have ever seen - but most of all, how does Nokia sell such a system being a non-neutral party? How do they get Sony Ericsson and Motorola to support their system?
I'll report back more when I learn more...
Posted by Steve at October 24, 2004 10:25 PM | TrackBack