<img src="images/logo-palmsource.gif" align="right">NEW ORLEANS--Qualcomm and PalmSource are allying to deliver games, ring tones and programs designed for Palm handheld devices over a cell phone. The companies announced the joint effort Tuesday here at the CTIA Wireless 2003 spring convention. Under the partnership, Qualcomm will develop technology to let handsets based on the Palm operating system use its Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) software for downloads.
The effort would ultimately allow carriers such as Verizon Wireless to sell about 27,000 commercially released software programs meant for Palm devices, Qualcomm President Paul E. Jacobs said here Tuesday.
"This will give (people) access to the world's largest library of Palm OS applications," said David Nagel, president and chief executive officer of PalmSource, the software arm of handheld maker Palm.
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