on kddi pricing, my understanding is that for brew the split is kddi =
takes 20% whereas for java contents they take 9% (excluding bad debt - =
unlike docomo).
however, QCOM are in this equation taking part of the extra slice, not =
all kddi.
the basic motivation for kddi is that all the cdma phones basically use =
qcom chipsets, which seem to be specced lower than the configurations =
coming out for other networks here. hence java, side by side, looks much =
worse on kddi phones. brew being native cuts through this and looks =
better. You pay for it in dev cost and certification headaches.
however, i don't quite understand technically why kyocera or panasonic =
can't come up with a hardware configuration that includes the qc =
baseband part but similar capabilities to their docomo devices, eg app =
co-processor. QC announced recently they will provide the co-processor =
configuration but are cdma parts so much more complex to design a device =
around than PDC that the makers could not do it themselves?
/dc
// > Is Kddi's take higher with BREW, is that their motivation for=20
// not having a
// > jvm on top of brew?
// =20
// I can't say for sure, but it seems that the model won't follow=20
// the US one. For=20
// a starter, most probably no fee to receive the QUALCOMM stamp=20
// (the BREW app=20
// review by Q. people).
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// And I have heard nothing of a different pricing from various=20
// meeting with KDDI=20
// people. So I'm not too worried about that. It's more the added=20
// dev cost !
// =20
// > Any one use J2BRIDGE that lets Java developers run and test J2ME
// > applications on BREW enabled platforms. It makes the=20
// generation of MOD and
// > MIF files seamless to Java developers and allows them to use the =
BREW
// > Emulator and AppLoader to run and download Java applications to =
BREW
// > devices????
// No, but we will look into that. Thanks for the pointer.
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// Let's unite ! :|
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// Mathieu
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Received on Sun Jul 6 18:34:19 2003