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Turn Your iPhone Into a Web Server

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-you-can dept.

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.'"

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  1. What, no link? by raddan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Seriously, if they think this stuff is any good, they should send it to all us good-natured Slashdot people to try it out. Wimps.

  2. yawnnnn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    yawnnnnnn...

    been running a webserver for long time now on my freaking phone... you know there are other phones in the market other than the shiny ass of Jesus.

  3. The iPhone is such a scam... by alexandre · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They've got this great hardware, fine, but the whole setup is just a scam!

    Next week in the news: Yeah! Some random 2.0 named company has found a way to run a copy of "sshd" ! They'll soon package it with their inovative mc frontend to the yet to be announced ftpd!

    Come on, why can't it run apt-get like any decent platform? :P

    Yeah sue me!

  4. Re:How long until... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Running like a retard at the special olympics.