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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: slacker711 who wrote (17151)	12/6/2001 11:34:56 AM
From: Caxton Rhodes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196568

i doubt if brew will generate much revenue other than covering costs for qcom. the real purpose is to sell phones and data applications which drive demand. I doubt if BREW is going to be a profit center for q. Caxton

To: slacker711 who wrote (17151)	12/6/2001 5:42:52 PM
From: techreports	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196568

They will be for Verizon....but PCS is following J2ME. Anyone have any thoughts on the $4 a month....high or low? If this becomes popular for Verizon, Qualcomm would make a ton of money off of the profit share on BREW. I think this feature should be free. 4 bucks a month for ring tones? Lets be logical. Do you think people will pay 48 dollars a year for ring tones? If qualcomm is really interested in just selling more asics and phones, then they should make BREW totally free till BREW becomes the standard platform. For that to happen, BREW will need to be used on GSM systems. It'll be interesting to see what happens. Can't wait till Verizon is offering 1x phones loaded with BREW. Those Korean phones with color screens look pretty cool.