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On 2007-11-28, Pegleg <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:17:23 +0000 (UTC), Steve Sobol
><sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:
>
>>Instead of being locked into purchasing BREW applications, you can buy a
>>Sprint phone and run Java Mobile Edition apps. BREW is heavily locked down
>>by Verizon. Sprint phones can download a J2ME app off a website, over the
>>air, and auto-install it.
>
> Does Java Mobile run over CDMA?

Java Mobile is an application development platform independent of the radio
technology used by the carrier. Sprint's CDMA phones, including the Samsung
handsets I had when I was on Sprint, run Java. Cingular's GSM phones run Java,
and all of my family's T-Mobile GSM phones run Java.

Alltel and Verizon run BREW, not because Java is incompatible with CDMA, but
because they made a business decision to use BREW instead.

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