06 October 2008

A Brief Introduction Into Mobile Web Server

To answer questions concerning innovative Nokia's Mobile Web Server concept, Jorma Hekkanen from Mobile Web Server Team made a video to explain the Nokia Web Server in deatils and to promte the new version of the Mobile Web Server, version 1.4 Beta.

For quite some time it has been possible to access the Internet using mobile phones, although the role of the phone has strictly been that of a client.

Considering that modern phones have processing power and memory on par with and even exceeding that of servers of the early web, there really is no reason anymore why webservers could not reside on mobile phones and why people could not create and maintain their own personal mobile websites.

Mobile Web Server is a concept developed by Nokia Research Center. The server available from mymobilesite.net is a next step towards an easy-to-use and easy-to-develop system.

The concept provides, for example, a Nokia gateway infrastructure for HTTP connectivity to devices; an easy registration of your own domain name; a Nokia signed MWS S60 software download; ready-made content that allows users to easily use, create content, and browse it immediately after setup; a web cache; an SSL connection security; and an authentication system for accessing the terminal content.

All features present in Mobile Web Server. You can do all this with a PC and a web browser.

• Guest and friend user accounts
• Calendar - manage your calendar, and share your availability for others too
• Messaging - SMS inbox/outbox and SMS sending
• Phone log - view missed calls
• Contacts - manage your contacts easily
• Blog - tell stories on your journeys
• Camera - share instant pictures
• Gallery - browse pictures taken with camera phone, and share them to others
• Guestbook - visitors can leave their comments
• Contact me - visitors can send instant messages to you
• Presence - share your status and device state
• Web chat - communicate with friends
• Start and stop your mobile site from the web (NEW)

1) Your carrier might charge you for data traffic caused by Mobile Web Server. Consult your carrier about data transfer fees. Mobile Web Server includes a data transfer counter to estimate your Mobile Web Server data traffic amount.

The mobile server is open for HTML content and application development with Apache technology and Python (PSP pages) programming environment.