>You mean Bluetooth type stuff? I think that's _kinda_ >what my prof has in mind - he just bought a Kyocera >QCP6035, so maybe he's not looking at Bluetoothy stuff >quite as much as he is for mobile devices - I wonder >if he'd consider doing SmartPhone programming as a >course topic... then I could finally get a cell >phone... :-) >
I assume the previous poster meant the general wireless capabilities of Palms - ie pointing them at a (cell) phone and getting internet access, then writing some form of client / server app. However... I think Bluetooth might be more practical for classroom use. Doing access over a phone via IR is a pain, plus you'd need to reimburse people for the cost of the phone call. Oh... and of course as you're in the states... you'd actually have to supply most people with a phone! :-P With BT you could do some fun stuff with inter-device comms, without using the internet. A very simply thing would be to do a naughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe) game. 2 devices each with the same app on them would play against each other using BT. If you want something more advanced or for a group project you could just choose a more complicated game. Top Trumps as a multi-player game. Monopoly. Pong. Texas Hold'Em Poker. Especially the poker one. I want a BT poker game! (oh... and it's 4.30pm here in the UK... so I'm half an hour away from heading down the pub to start the weekend!) -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
