FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - Bluetooth
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4.1 How do you present the Bluetooth functionality to the programmer?
4.2 When can I get a Bluetooth enabled J2ME Hardware?
4.3 Can I test my Bluetooth applications using the Whiteboard and/or Blueboard?
4.4 Did you actually implement the Bluetooth stack in Java?
4.5 Why did you pick Bluetooth over other wireless access protocols?
4.1 How do you present the Bluetooth functionality to the programmer?
We will conform to the CLDC specs for networking and communication which provides a clean API to the developer. In addition, we provide a Bluetooth neighbourhood which brings API’s specific to Bluetooth to the Java developer.
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4.2 When can I get a Bluetooth enabled J2ME Hardware?
We are up and running and will demo at upcoming shows or by appointment in your office or ours.
We will ship as soon as Sun officially releases KVM. The lastest estimate is April 2000.
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4.3 Can I test my Bluetooth applications using the Whiteboard and/or Blueboard?
Yes, and you are very much encouraged to do so. Whiteboard and Blueboard can be used with commercially available RS232 cards. As a first step, Whiteboard gives you the most visibility into your system while Blueboard can be used as a reference implementation for ARM platforms.
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4.4 Did you actually implement the Bluetooth stack in Java?
All our protocols stacks are in designed and coded using Java as part of our in-house prototyping of the model we present to customers. This also allows us to validate and troubleshoot our real-time and memory fragmentation solutions. Currently, we support the host controller interface, Point to Point.
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4.5 Why did you pick Bluetooth over other wireless access protocols?
First, Bluetooth incorporates several features to limit power consumption. As a matter of fact, the function of the lower layers of the protocol is to synchronize devices whose transceivers are almost always off and wake them up at the exact same time to communicate with each other.
Second, while originally developed as a cable replacement, Bluetooth is an ideal transport technology for personal area networks (PANs) of devices which have no prior knowledge of each other. The Bluetooth inquiry and discovery procedures make an ideal base for the soon to be ubiquitous wireless PANs of Jini enabled devices.
Bluetooth is a first, not a last. You can expect us to support more wireless access technology.
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