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Issues Related to Development of Wireless Peer-to-Peer Games in J2ME

This paper describes and discusses challenges related to development of peer-to-peer games in J2ME using the available Bluetooth API (JSR82). By using Bluetooth on wireless devices, new types of personal network peer-to-peer games can be developed. This paper presents a classification framework for wireless peer-to-peer games that divides types of...

Tags: J2ME, P2P, Peer-to-peer Game, Games, Peer To Peer (P2P), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Personal Technology, Internet

White papers 2005-11-30

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Blog posts 2008-10-15

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Blog posts 2008-10-15

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Discussion threads 2008-10-14

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Blog posts 2008-10-14

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Discussion threads 2008-10-14

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Discussion threads 2008-10-14

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Blog posts 2008-10-14

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Blog posts 2008-10-14

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Discussion threads 2008-10-14

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Discussion threads 2008-10-14

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Discussion threads 2008-10-13

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Discussion threads 2008-10-13

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