When Cellphones Become Webservers

An anonymous reader writes "Nokia is experimenting with turning mobile phones into webservers, according to an interesting article on Linux Devices. Nokia has ported the Apache webserver and a few other software modules to the Symbian OS that runs its phones, but there shouldn't be any barrier to adapting the technique to Linux mobile phones, since it all appears to be released under Linux-friendly open source licenses. Just think of the possibilities of having a webserver in your pocket!"

Comments

not good enough

[yagu]

I won't be satisfied until Adobe ports Photoshop to cell phones. Now we're talking.

Popular amoung women;

[MrShaggy]

Vibrating cell-phones that vibrate based on hits to the server!

Re:Popular amoung women;

[cliath]

All they would need to do is turn on the camera phone and put it down their pants. Endless hits!

Yes, but...

[deltagreen]

Just imagine the battery life of your cellphone after a slashdotting! :-p

hmmmmmmmm

[LiquidCoooled]

Just think of the possibilities of having a webserver in your pocket!

Imagine the small fires which would result after a slashdotting.

Actually, more to the point I'm not sure I would like to even browse to a website whos physical location could be mere inches away from a pair of betty swallocks!

Has to be said

[dtldl]

Is that a web server in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

Re:Has to be said

[Kamineko]

Or even better:
Is that a bittorrent tracker in my pocket, or are you just happy to sue me?

this is a bad thing....

[xao gypsie]

Imagine what happens when your unsuspecting cell phone gets slashdotted. If you are a guy, you can kiss your chances of fathering children good buy.
a phone melted to you thigh does not sound like fun.....

Luckily

[LandownEyes]

At least now when the police raid your torrent server, everyone can call and tell them they're pissed.

Just think of the possibilities

[Anonymous Coward]

"Just think of the possibilities of having a webserver in your pocket!"

None!

I can see the headlines

[neuro.slug]

Swedish Police seize Pirate Bay server decoys, Real Server Escapes In Man's Pocket.

What has it got in its pocketses, my love? Tricksy little serverses, sneaking awayses from us!

Nerds Dead Everywhere!

[Anonymous Coward]

Imagine one of those phones being slashdotted, the sheer amount of radiation and electricity involved would cause the said nerd to spontainiously combust in an excellent display of nerdyness...somewhat like a moth to fire.

Re:Webserver's Everywhere

[cei]

So you're saying the simple solution is to implement a Commodore 64 emulator that runs on phones? ;)

Re:Webserver's Everywhere

[neoform]

Drive into a tunnel.. "hey, where'd the server go?"

Note to anti-Grammar Nazis

[MyLongNickName]

I feel it's nuts.

If you think grammar is unimportant, just think what the absence of an apostrophe would do to the above sentence.

Portable Filesharing

[Nom du Keyboard]

Just think of the possibilities of having a webserver in your pocket!

Yeah. Put my whole filesharing website in my pocket and let the RIAA just try and catch me.