What does it to make a multi-player game on smartphones?

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Published on 2010-03-08T13:34:11Z Indexed on 2010/05/30 12:32 UTC
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What precisely do I need to make a multi-player game on smartphones like Blackberry and Android? I know that I have to implement a server by using sockets in Java. How? Can anyone guide me on that?

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