Along with Koysta's explanation of what I was saying, what if both phones are connected to internet using .a router, then both can communicate without using a data plan. I don't know if this is how most people use their phones, but without a data plan (which seems almost unheard of these days) this is how I would use a phone.
Note that I *never* mentioned using ad hoc mode, where did you get that? Otherwise then, yes, but have you tried using Bluetooth for these types of applications? The instability of it between different types of phones, plus the requirement that it seems to be only supported well on more recent phones just seems a bit shady. And I think that having to pair phones seems like a fairly high barrier to using an app, can you imagine that that would be at least a little annoying? Kris On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 6:08 AM, Marcin Orlowski <[email protected]>wrote: > On 12 March 2011 01:53, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Not true if you're using local wifi. > > There's no "local wifi". You got either "infrastructure" or "ad-hoc" > mode. First one is supported by android but needs access point to be > available and second one alows direct comunication but is not > supported by android. Of course you can have it working but it > requires a) root b) modified wpa_suplicant, but it may mean that your > average joe user is beyond reach. BT still may be a better choice for > some featuresd > > -- > Regards, > Marcin Orlowski > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
