Is peer-to-peer communication over 3G/4G possible for smart phones?

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pseudosudo picture pseudosudo · Apr 13, 2011 · Viewed 8k times · Source

I'm trying to write an app that transfers data from one android device to another - but the devices are most likely located in different parts of the city, state, or country. (The straight forward way would be to have a central server (or any type of server), but i'm trying to avoid using one).

The data I'm trying to pass is text, pictures, or a combination of both.

The solution I've found so far is to communicate with specially formatted text or picture messages; but that seems far from optimal. Any better solutions?

Answer

gby picture gby · Apr 13, 2011

Use Amazon Simple Queue Service:

Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) offers a reliable, highly scalable, hosted queue for storing messages as they travel between computers. By using Amazon SQS, developers can simply move data between distributed components of their applications that perform different tasks, without losing messages or requiring each component to be always available

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