"If so what do I need to read up on to get up to speed with bluetooth/networking?"

Since one of your target OSs will be iOS (BSD) you may want to check out FreeBSD and some of the great books that have been written for it as well as the documentation:

Just to add a little to what others have said, keep in mind that both Android and iOS support HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript as a way to create a universal language. You can do some of what others have suggested on the back end along with those markup/scripting languages rather than having to learn ObjectiveC and Java. Just another option to think about. Good luck!


"...the adversities born of well-placed thoughts should be considered mercies rather than misfortunes." — Don Quixote

In reply to Re: Perl, the right tool for the job? by luis.roca
in thread Perl, the right tool for the job? by Anonymous Monk

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