1、- 1 - 外文原文 Introducing the QUALCOMM BREW Platform The QUALCOMM Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) platform is an exciting step forward in mobile application development. Within the QUALCOMM BREW platform theres a powerful set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that you use with
2、 C to build your application for wireless handsets. Once you complete your application, you can submit it to QUALCOMM for external validation and from there to wireless carriers around the world for your customers to purchase and enjoy. This chapter gives you a quick overview of the QUALCOMM BREW pl
3、atform, including what it can and cant do and why carriers, handset manufacturers, and developers have been keen to adopt the platform. After examining the platform from a marketing perspective, the chapter sketches the architecture of the QUALCOMM BREW application, as well as gives you a thumbnail
4、view of how to organize a QUALCOMM BREW application. Finally, the chapter closes with your first sample application written for QUALCOMM BREWthe now-famous Hello World program. Seeing the QUALCOMM BREW Platform for the First Time. If youve never used a QUALCOMM BREWenabled handset, the first thing you should do is go get one and play with it. Books such as this one cant fully capture the experience of using a QUALCOMM BREWenabled handset, but itll try Most QUALCOMM BREWenabled handsets
