(if this comes through twice, I apologize - campus internet's acting up) <snip> > 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. > Well, actually, it was more general than that - he told me 2 weeks ago that he wanted to get the class started the following week, then the next week he said he wanted to start it this past week, then this week he said next week, so... as long as I get my A, I don't care when it starts. :-) He was talking about just general apps for palm-powered cell phones and the like, I think - not necessarily web/PQA related.
> 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! > Hey, he could assign that to the class as their final for the unit they're doing... how hard do you think it would be to do in PocketC? :-) -C __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
