RxRead
RxRead

Reputation: 3650

Serial communication with Windows Phone 8

Does windows phone 8 support serial communication?
I am working on my graduation project now. I plan to use a phone to communicate with a RFID device via a serial port.

I get three solution.

  1. Use Windows Mobile 6
  2. Use Windows Phone 7 or 8
  3. Use Android

Personally, I prefer 2. But I am not sure whether Windows Phone support serial communication or not. If not, is there any solution?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 2076

Answers (2)

Milos Cuculovic
Milos Cuculovic

Reputation: 20223

With Android, you can use serial communication over USB cable. It depends on your requirements but setting up a USB connection is sometimes easier than managing a bluetooth connection.

It is up to you.

Upvotes: 1

sadify
sadify

Reputation: 122

You can't do this with windows phone 7, but with windows phone 8 you have access to the Bluetooth API so you could try serial over Bluetooth.

Upvotes: 1

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