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  1. Bluetooth Data Transfer APIs

    Please provide developer platform support for bluetooth data transfer via SSP (Serial Port Profile). There are many bluetooth devices (e.g., medical devices, automotive, etc.) that we need to connect to.

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      196 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      started  ·  Cliff SimpkinsAdminCliff Simpkins (Sr Product Manager, Windows Phone Developer) responded

      With Windows Phone 8.0 developer platform, apps that utilize SPP (Serial Port Profile) can now be implemented on Windows Phone 8, although it requires use of RFCOMM.

      Using RFCOMM, a developer should be able to get a socket via peerfinder and build an SPP implementation on top of that. This was done for a couple demos (e.g., Tim Laverty built an SPP implementation in his Build 2012 networking talk).

      Moving forward, (a) the WP team is planning on providing some deeper sample code, and (b) there are a couple community projects that are implementing SPP on top of the platform and publishing it.

      So while there isn’t a native SPP API set on the developer platform, WP8 makes it possible for a developer to implement take advantage of Serial Port Profiles on WP. As such, I’m marking this as ‘Started’ with WP8, and we’ll revisit the status with…

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