Mobile Phone Games

[Conor026]

Hello,

I`m devepoling a mobile phone game for a college project.

I want to develop a website, list the game on the website and send
the game to mobile phone from the website.

Does anyone know how to do this?
Does it go through the phone operator?
Any help, at all?

 

[bunker]

Not sure about other cell providers, but I use alltel and all apps have to be downloaded through their Axcess service.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Conor026
Hello,

I`m devepoling a mobile phone game for a college project.

I want to develop a website, list the game on the website and send
the game to mobile phone from the website.

Does anyone know how to do this?
Does it go through the phone operator?
Any help, at all?

You could do it through email...

[Edit] Oops, your class is probably done by now 🙂

 

[phillydog]

You would either have to download through the service provider (i.e. AT&T has mMode), or if you phone can be hooked to a PC using something like USB, then ringtones, games, pics, etc.... can simply be transfered over.

 

[AT]

If you are developing J2ME or Symbian then you can simply drop the files (JAR/JAD or SIS) on a web-server and download the files over WAP by typing the address. This assuming that your operator allows you to access Internet with your mobile phone. Unfortunately some don't. Also make sure that your web server is set up to handle J2ME or SIS (MIME types text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor jad, application/java-archive jar, application/vnd.symbian.install)

In deployment scenarios you usually don't send the actual game to the phone. You simply send a WAP push message with link to the file that the phone will then download. To send WAP push messages you need have the capability to send specially formatted SMSs that the phone interprets as WAP push message.

Depending on your phone, many manufacturers provide software that allow you to install software via infrared, cable or Bluetooth. Have a look at their support sites. While there also look for SDKs that provide an emulator where you can run and debug your application.

On many better phones you can simply send the file over Bluetooth to the phone and the phone will install it automatically. For instance Nokia Series 60 phones have this feature.