Hello Everyone,
Im developing a application that needs to exchange data with a server every 15 second. (about 2-3 kb)

I have thought of two approaches, but im not sure of either.

method one,
use libcURL to make post and request data to a php or django server

method two,
have a socket connection going between the cellphone and the server.

Is there anything out there that may be similar to what I am doing ?

any suggestions welcome.

-Maze