YEPP T-9+ PMP supports multiplayer Bluetooth gaming
June 16th, 2007 by Scott Janousek
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The Korean YEPP T-9+ Personal Media Player supports Bluetooth gaming with some of its preinstalled games.
Could these be Flash Lite bluetooth games?! I’m not exactly sure how they are implementing these at the lowest level (API? XmlSockets?), if this is the case … however, the US based T-9 does promote Flash Lite standalone games … so perhaps this is Flash Lite content with some hooks to tie in with bluetooth.
If these multiplayer games are indeed Flash Lite games … then this was something YEPP has apparently added custom to the device and is NOT part of typical Flash Lite runtimes at present time … without “3rd part assistance”, that is)!
However, there has been quite a lot of talk within the community about the possible addition of Bluetooth support within Flash Lite down the road. Adobe is quite aware of this specific feature request from the development community … but it doesn’t hurt to submit your feedback as well (especially in citing your specific use cases!).
| Note: Coincidentally … if you are interested in creating Bluetooth enabled (multiplayer) games for S60 handsets, you may want to check out Felipe’s Flyer project (S60 Python and Flash Lite intercommunication). |
Based on my experience with the Samung non-bluetooth version of the T-9 here in US, I found this series of device to be closed for 3rd party Flash Lite development (i.e. you can’t just copy a SWF over and run it like you can with the iRiver Clix, or similar PMP’s and handsets). Not sure if it’s the same with this newer version of the T-9+.
For those that weren’t aware, the T-9 does in fact support a Flash Lite User Interface (in addition to some standalone games) which is cool.
I’d be interested to hear what others think of this device … please leave a comment if you’ve been working with the T-9+.
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June 18th, 2007 at 1:09 am
Hi scott! I suppose it would be possible when it has Flash Lite 2.1 over XMLSockets
June 18th, 2007 at 1:56 am
Yes, or a more elegant custom API.
I can’t remember off the top of my head whether the Samsung T9 I had last year was Flash Lite 2.0 or 1.1 … I am pretty sure that the Samsung T9 was not a 2.1 implementation. However, yes, the Korean Yepp T9+ may in fact be 2.1 …
I’m sure if it ships stateside, Samsung will probably lock it down like they did with the original T9, meaning no developer access to content, etc.
Someone from Korea might comment here on whether the device shipping there is open for 3rd part content development.