What is BREW?
BREW is an acronym for Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless. It was originally introduced in January of 2001 as an application development platform and was originally used for wireless phones. Qualcomm was the company to set up this standard and it should be noted that although it was used for CDMA cellular phones, today it can be used for GSM, GPRS and UMTS. Essentially BREW allows consumers to download and use applications on their mobile phones. These applications can include chat programs, email, location positioning, games, etc…