discs cd 39 s digital video discs dvd 39 s and computer instruction signals embodied in a transmission medium with or without a carrier wave upon which the signals are modulated for example the transmission medium may include a communications network such as the internet reference is now made to fig1 which is a block diagram that schematically illustrates a system 20 for parallel testing of multiple mobile information devices 24 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention the system 20 is built around a test server 22 which is described in greater detail hereinbelow the devices 24 are client devices and are typically low end devices with limited computing power and memory for example cellular telephones or personal digital assistants pda 39 s in the description that follows the devices 24 are assumed to comply with midp but the principles of the present invention are equally applicable to other types of low end computing devices operating in accordance with other standards and specifications the server 22 typically comprises a programmable processor and has suitable communication interfaces such as wireless or wired interfaces for communicating with multiple devices 24 simultaneously each of the devices 24 receives a unique identifier for communicating with the server 22 typically the unique identifier may comprise a unique internet protocol ip address that is assigned to each of the devices 24 for communicating with the server 22 alternatively the server.