Yet Another BlueGPS Update

I’ve been pretty swamped lately and want to apologize to those who are waiting for the J2ME version of BlueGPS. I’ve been sitting on it and want to release it ASAP. I’ve decided to allow data to only be uploaded to my server for now and will extend this functionality later. The main dilemma I’m dealing with is uniquely identifying the device.

In the Symbian version of BlueGPS I require the user to enter their IMEI number when they create an account. You can retrieve this on your Symbian device by entering *#06#. When BlueGPS uploads data it sends the IMEI along with the request and that’s how I link your location data with your device.

It’s frustrating that J2ME does not give the developer access to this information so I’m working on another approach. This is crazy because even Flash Lite gives us access through a simple call: FSCommand2(”GetDeviceID”, “id”);. This is the method I use in the daylite app that I wrote a while back. At any rate, I’ll get this issue resolved and promise to release the BlueGPS beta shortly.

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