Turn Your iPhone Into a Web Server 158
miller60 writes "A Japanese company called Freebit has released ServersMan, an app that turns the iPhone into a web server. It debuted in Japan in February, has now been launched in the US, and is being touted as a 'Personal Data Center.' Freebit also has a video with additional information on server-enabling your iPhone. 'Once the app is installed, PCs on the internet can access the iPhone to upload or download files through a browser or they can use the webDAV protocol. If the PC and the iPhone are on the same network, the PC can connect directly. If they are on separate networks, then FreeBit's VPN software will engage the connection.'"
Hah, you wish (Score:4, Insightful)
How long until... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:apache? (Score:3, Insightful)
Well...
Once the app is installed, PCs on the internet can access the iPhone to upload or download files through a browser or they can use the webDAV protocol. If the PC and the iPhone are on the same network, the PC can connect directly. If they are on separate networks, then FreeBit's VPN software will engage the connection
From the summary... That is something apache does not do out of the box.
Re:How long until... (Score:3, Insightful)
Exactly. I'm surprised Apple are letting this fly as it is. They don't even want you running Flash on your iPhone, let alone using it as a web server.
just because you can (Score:1, Insightful)
doesn't mean you should.
Re:How long until... (Score:5, Insightful)
Yeah, I don't see why they are referring to this as a "server", it's bad PR. No ISP technically lets you run a server, so why would a provider let you run one through their cell towers?
Instead, they should call it a personal data syncing app or something.
iPhone App Saturation... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:How long until... (Score:1, Insightful)
No price gouging, monopolist, cheapskate, massively overselling, American or eastern Canadian, residential ISP technically lets you run a server
FTFY.
Re:How long until... (Score:1, Insightful)
Why do (task)? Why not just do (alternative)?
Just because you don't see the utility in this doesn't mean there isn't any.
Re:How long until... (Score:2, Insightful)
"I can easily imagine AT&T jumping for joy over anything that will produce more billable traffic"
I think the iPhone only comes with "unlimited" data, so I don't know that ATT will be that thrilled...
Re:Hah, you wish (Score:5, Insightful)
if it does contain some limits, like they say unlimited* phone calls and sms (* max 3000 mins per month).
That just seems so deceptive it's terrible that it's allowed to go on. Basically: "Unlimited* internet and phone service! (*Not really, we lied.)"
I can understand that they don't REALLY want to sell unlimited, but in that case it should instead be listed as:
3000 Minutes per month and 10,000 SMS messages per month - $45
Or whatever, rather than stating it as unlimited and then "defining" unlimited as something clearly NOT unlimited. It's like telling your buddy that you just "hung out" with his girlfriend last weekend and nothing more, but then trying to hide somewhere you're redefining "hung out" to really mean "banged like bunnies". In all other walks of life that's just called a lie.
No, it's called Mobile Web Server (Score:3, Insightful)
It's been done before and it's $0.
My mobile webserver [nokia.com]
My mobile site [mymobilesite.net]
Go ahead and turn your iPhone into a web server (Score:2, Insightful)
Just because it can be done does not mean it should be done.
Dang, and we'd finally gotten companies to isolate web servers from sensitive data systems and now this stupid idea.
You're accurately describing next month's happenin (Score:3, Insightful)
Indeed. VoIP by Apple.
Why do you think they are reworking the iPod touch?
Apple has the way to relay from one market to another like noone else.
While all others still are working to duplicate iTune store they already switched to micro-application sales (iApps); similarly, they are preparing for a world where internet connections via GSM phones (call it 3G or what) will be more complex than via Wifi.
You can bet they'll be running their supersimple, proprietary VoIP solution for months when the others just begin to understand.
And at the beginning people will just tell, well, what you just told...