Suggestions for a project

Hi,


My name is Burim and I am student majoring in cs in the US.


I am looking for some ideas on a project for me


to do over the summer. I do not have any preferences as


to what technology to use.


My networks profesor has no suggestions for me as


he is not very familiar with the technology.


I was planning on implementing VNC capabilities for s60


but someone has already ported VNC on symbian, I was also


thinking of implementing WI-FI adhoc connectivity but it seems


that that is available as well.=20


At this point I am desperate and would greatly appreciate any suggestions o=
n some 2-3 month project.


I am open to any ideas at this point, something as a follow-up


to the 2 projects I mentioned or something completely different,


but it must be more of a "infrastructure" like project than just


an application like say a game so I can get it approved by=20


my professor.



Again I am very open to any suggestions,


and I thank you in advance.

Hi Burim,

Unfortunately for you, Symbian OS offer a wide range of protocol, from wifi=
to bluetooth, from Irda to usb, etc...

As a result, many "infrastructure" project like yours have already been imp=
lemented for commercial use and are sometimes available with the phone itse=
lf.

I think that it shouldn't matter, as your advisor should evaluate your skil=
ls, not the project result. Therefore, you could reinvent the wheels for le=
arning purposes.

By "infrastructure", do you mean anything link to a network? Or do you mean=
something "professional"?
Because the game industry generate more wealth than the movie industry, you=
know, I wouldn't be ashamed to code a game.

Have a look here:
http://www.embisys.com/?page_id=3D10

The possibility are endless

Do something you like and that you will be proud off.

Regards,
Jean-Noël

Thanks man, that is the kind of info I am looking for.

Again, enyone out there can you plesae post some suggestions
I am realy deperate.


Thanks,
Burim

You are welcome,

Can you post the requirement for your project?
How tuff does it needs to be?

PS, you also wrote a post in PIPS (Pips IS Posix in Symbian).
Do you need to write your code "UNIX style"?

Regards,
Jean-Noël

Sorry for the double post, I am new to forums and didn't know under
which topic to post the question.

Anyway, my project needs to be about 3 months of work. But it is also possi=
ble
for me to continue working on it during the fall semester if its something =
much bigger.

Orginally, i was planing on porting or implementing VNC or similar function=
ality,
but it seems that this is already implemented.=20
My profesor, wants to try to connect a phone to a network server to somehow
make the phone a thin client and have everything work on the server as a lo=
ng term goal,
but he doen't exactly know what he wants to do nor is he familliar with the=
technolgy.

Another idea that I had was to implement ad hock WI-FI functionality as thi=
s was on the
app wish list in s60.com but that is also implemented.

So I guess, I could possibly do some king of follow-up project on the abov=
e two and
extend their functionality somehow. Or mabye i could do some distributed c=
omputing
kind of application.

So to better answer your question, I can choose to do anything as long as I=
can
convince my prof that it is enaugh to keep me bussy for 2-3 month and the
application has at least some "infrastructure" flavor to it.

Again thanks,
Burim

Hi [~burim],

Did you take into account what Jo had to say in another posting? I thought =
she had a very good idea. If you've still not decided, I can suggest the fo=
llowing:

1. A [RDP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol|Remote Deskt=
op Protocol] client. There is at least one commercial implementation on Sym=
bian OS, but nothing in the open source domain
2. Implement [CIFS|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block|Server=
Message Block] on Symbian OS. Won'tit be cool to browse the network neighb=
ourhood from your mobile and vice versa?

Cheers.

Hi Max,

Your two ideas looks great, but it should be a two month student work...
However, it's definitely more "infrastructure" than mine

Jean-Noël

Hi Max,
and thanks for joining the discussion.=20
I appreciate you guys taking the time to deal with a newbe like me.

Can you tell me more specifically what you had in mind?
Browsing the network neighborhood seems like such a common feature in PC's =
that
I am surprised=20
that it is not implemented already. From reading the wiki article it seems =
that the SMB protocol
could do a lot of other stuff as well, did you have anything else in mind t=
hats not available in phones as well.
Also do you have an idea as to what API's are available out there that I co=
uld
work with on this project that
you are suggesting?

..

Cheers,=20
Burim


p.s

Like I mentioned to Jo in a previous post the project should be 2-3 moths o=
f work,
but if its something interesting I could continue working on it during the =
Fall semester as well.
So don't let time be a limiting factor.