| Steve Sobol 2007-12-25, 3:33 pm |
| ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.cellular.]
On 2007-12-25, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:
> I apologize. If you can install programs YOURSELF, other than installing
> programs from the carrier's bootie of approved programs, that's great.
You really need to educate yourself.
Verizon and Alltel use Qualcomm's BREW, which is *designed* to be tightly
locked down.
Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and AT&T use Java Mobile Edition. I can't
speak for AT&T, but with T-Mo and Sprint I can create a Java M.E. app,
put it on my web server with a small text file describing the
application, point my phone's web browser at that text file (which
describes the app and what files to download), and the carrier will
download it over-the-air and install it.
I've done it many times over the Internet with Sprint, and only haven't done
it with T-Mo because I don't want to pay for T-Mo's slow GPRS Internet access.
I've done it with a data cable with T-Mo.
And there are plenty of free and low-cost Java Mobile Edition apps available
for download from lots of websites.
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