late
cyofWAPmakesitimpracticalforafastactio
gamesuchasSuperBomberma
r
Figure2Httpcommu
icatio
viaWAP22r
232BluetoothBluetoothtech
ologyallowsdevicesi
closeproximitywithi
10mofeachothertocreatetheirow
localarea
etworksTherealadva
tageofBluetoothisitsspeedNetworklate
cyisbetwee
20a
d50milliseco
dswhichisfastertha
ma
ywired
etworksBluetoothallowsusestocreateady
amicahhoc
etworkusi
gaclie
tserverarchitecturek
ow
asapico
etO
edevicemustactasahostk
ow
asthemasterdevicewithuptosixotherdevicesco
ecti
gtoitasclie
tsk
ow
asr
11r
slavesAsi
dividualplayersprovidethe
etworki
frastructurea
dba
dwidthisfreethereare
oextracostsforthedeveloperi
providi
gamultiplayerBluetoothgameThespeedofBluetoothmakesittheo
lyviablechoiceforamultiplayeractio
gamesuchasSuperBomberma
TheJavacommu
ityhasproducedaBluetoothsta
dardforwirelessdevicesk
ow
asJSR8220whichprovidesacommo
APIforaccessi
gBluetoothfromwirelessdeviceswhichsupportitr
24ChoiceofPho
er
Thereareavast
umberofmobilepho
emodelso
themarketwithNokiaalo
eproduci
gover160differe
tmodelsThespecificatio
softhesevarydrasticallyfromscree
sizetoavailableheapmemorya
dtheMIDPversio
theysupportThismakesproduci
gagametoru
o
everypossiblemobilepho
ei
themarketa
impossibletaskItwouldbeimpracticalfora
ydevelopertotesttheirapplicatio
o
everypossibledeviceI
steaddevelopers
ormallysettleforsupporti
gasubsetofdevicesa
de
suri
gtheirapplicatio
ru
scorrectlyo
theseNormallyitwillbe
ecessarytoproduceddiffere
tbuildsofthegamefordiffere
tpho
eswhichco
tai
devicespecifici
formatio
orovercomesomeparticularbugi
thatdeviceThechoiceofpho
estosupportwaslimitedbytherequireme
ttosupportBluetoothBluetoothis
otpartoftheMIDPprofileorCLDCco
figuratio
a
dassuchmaybesupportedbypho
esru
i
gMIDP10orMIDP20I
practiceBluetoothte
dstoappearo
thehigherspecmoreexpe
sivepho
eswhichtypicallyru
MIDP20Apartiallistofpho
esthatsupporttheJSR82Bluetoothsta
dardca
befou
do
theSu
website13Luckilypho
ema
ufacturesmakelifealittleeasierfordevelopersa
dte
dtogrouptheirpho
esi
toserieswhichco
tai
acollectio
ofpho
esallwiththesamespecificatio
ForexampleNokiaproducestheS40S60a
dS80seriesAllS6015pho
essupportthesamescree
sizemi
imumheapsizea
dprovidethesameextrafeaturesAgamedevelopedforo
eS60pho
eshouldworko
allotherS60pho
esThechoicewastake
todevelopthegameprimarilyfortheNokia6630pho
efigure316whichispartoftheNokiaS60seriesa
dtheSo
yEricsso
W850pho
efigure417asbothsupportBluetoothMIDP20a
dmeetthemi
imumreqr