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[Bird]

I think this is an exciting new space for developers of all types of wireless applications to move into. I understand the Brew business model allows for a fee to be charged for a download of a new application into a user's phone. However, what if a developer wants to sell a service, like proprietory information (allowing the application to be free). The user pays a monthly fee to use the application, or a fee for each piece of data taken through the application. Does the Brew model allow for this?

[rkatcher]

Although it sounds like this is not exactly what you are looking for, your best bet would be to sell the app using the "number of uses" price basis. Under this scenario, the user would buy a number of uses up front for a set fee. You programmatically define what constitutes a "use". So in your case, it would be an access of your proprietary information. Once the the uses are "used up", the user would need to repurchase the application. To my knowledge, there is no other way to charge on a per use basis.

Hope that helps.