Nokia's Mobile Web Server previewed

Nokia's "Raccoon" project to bring Apache down to size and shoehorn it into an S60 footprint is starting to come into its own, spawning the company's "Mobile Web Server" beta that's open to the public. If you still think serving web pages from a data- and power-sensitive device in your pocket sounds just as crazy now as it did last year, have a peek at All About Symbian's quick take -- you might be surprised. Though MWS' current functionality is rudimentary at best, it is kinda cool; you can remotely send SMS and instant messages, view the device's calendar, photo gallery, and current image from the camera, and publish an ultra-simple blog. As the reviewer points out, though, MWS is really just a proof of concept -- its real power lies in what wild things developers craft out of it down the road. You know, like a massively distributed host for Engadget Mobile, for example.

[Thanks, Ruth]

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[(Unverified) Posted Jun 27th 2007 6:44AM]

I tested that on my Nokia e61i but the problem in Europe is that we have very poor data plans.

And for the moment the use of this app is pretty limitated

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 27th 2007 9:40AM]

This is exactly the type of thing that the US carriers don't want. It (potentially,) makes heavy use of the available bandwidth and they can't charge you for it other than through data fees.

Regardless, this is very cool. and I could see plenty of potential uses for this. Network file sharing being one, or checking/updating a Calendar w/o the device being near a PC. I hope that this ultimately becomes a usable product. if it does, then my next device will likely be a S60 Nokia.

Very cool Guys!

[kalleboo Posted Jun 27th 2007 9:50AM]

I don't understand this program, it doesn't seem to be a real web server, as in, I can't browse to my phone's IP and see HTML files hosted off of it.

What's the point if you're going through some server in the middle, why not just use some SyncML service and spare the battery life?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 27th 2007 10:19AM]

Friggin' awesome! A potentially giant productivity booster for "in the field" operations like construction, etc. On site project organizer carriers the "server" phone and all the disbursed workers' phones get served document updates, text messages, voice communications. Nice.