research.nokia.com— Nokia is testing the possibilities of running web server technology on mobile phones. This could change the way we think about the web.
Jan 23, 2006View in Crawl 4
There is already a working version of a web server for symbian UIQ phones. Its called Prosit,and i've been using it for quite some time now...Of course,the performance level isnt that high,but hey..its on a phone.No diggs..
> I'm sure the creative minds here on Digg.com can come up with some interesting ideas...Sadly that isn't the case."What, I can't play 64 player Half-Life 2 on my cell-phone? No digg."
"This could change the way we think about the web."Really? How narrow is your view of the web?I really don't see the difference between this and a pocketPC or other computer with a mobile internet connection.Also this is going to be very very limited in functionality and performance. Funkytaco had it right when he said "Welcome to 1994."Again I ask, where is the 'un-digg' option to vote against articles that have made it to the front page. There are no checks and balances!
Actually i could see a use for this something similar to say free net <a class="user" href="http://freenet.sourceforge.net/">http://freenet.sourceforge.net/</a> where each phone would hold a piece of the data this way they could lease out your phone CPU cycles (free of charge for you of course) and they make a profit i mean with the phones they way they are now they could use them as a pretty impressive cluster.
The rumours of Slashdot's demise to Digg are patently over exagerated. I see no comments dealing with bitrate, python, and only one mention of Apache. This and the "what's the point" posts imply the real geeks are still in their mother's basements over at /.
I think this will happen. Remember that the world wide web itself is now rapidly changing. Go to the Netcraft and look at the webserver statistics - the trend and the numbers, compare that with the activity on the existing web 2.0 -type services front, the number of blogs and bloggers, Flickr-contributors etc. I am sorry to say this software-geeks but the web is not yours anymore. Completely new type of citizens are flowing in and they just happen to like those features that this will enable. Go and check the existing servers that are already on-line! There is nothing new as such but still, there is something different.
daemonxJan 24, 2006
There is already a working version of a web server for symbian UIQ phones. Its called Prosit,and i've been using it for quite some time now...Of course,the performance level isnt that high,but hey..its on a phone.No diggs..
dhoeflerJan 24, 2006
Everyone saying, "why would you do that?" are truly not geeks.
dgathJan 24, 2006
> I'm sure the creative minds here on Digg.com can come up with some interesting ideas...Sadly that isn't the case."What, I can't play 64 player Half-Life 2 on my cell-phone? No digg."
bigredergibJan 24, 2006
"This could change the way we think about the web."Really? How narrow is your view of the web?I really don't see the difference between this and a pocketPC or other computer with a mobile internet connection.Also this is going to be very very limited in functionality and performance. Funkytaco had it right when he said "Welcome to 1994."Again I ask, where is the 'un-digg' option to vote against articles that have made it to the front page. There are no checks and balances!
cryptoknightJan 24, 2006
Actually i could see a use for this something similar to say free net <a class="user" href="http://freenet.sourceforge.net/">http://freenet.sourceforge.net/</a> where each phone would hold a piece of the data this way they could lease out your phone CPU cycles (free of charge for you of course) and they make a profit i mean with the phones they way they are now they could use them as a pretty impressive cluster.
handleJan 24, 2006
The rumours of Slashdot's demise to Digg are patently over exagerated. I see no comments dealing with bitrate, python, and only one mention of Apache. This and the "what's the point" posts imply the real geeks are still in their mother's basements over at /.
unsavoryJan 24, 2006
This is quite possibly the worst idea I have ever heard.
kar1107Mar 3, 2006
After I posted something about this on my blog, I saw this discussion thru' google.<a class="user" href="http://kar1107.blogspot.com/2006/03/running-servers-on-cell-phones.html">http://kar1107.blogspot.com/2006/03/running-servers-on-cell-phones.html</a>Running web server is cool. The basic idea is bringing in server capabilities to a cell phone. All applications today are phone initiated; that is the phone can only do client job. Without periodic pushing out of data, server capabilities become essential for future phones which can generate/hold gigabytes of data.Karthik
joukosalonenApr 30, 2006
I think this will happen. Remember that the world wide web itself is now rapidly changing. Go to the Netcraft and look at the webserver statistics - the trend and the numbers, compare that with the activity on the existing web 2.0 -type services front, the number of blogs and bloggers, Flickr-contributors etc. I am sorry to say this software-geeks but the web is not yours anymore. Completely new type of citizens are flowing in and they just happen to like those features that this will enable. Go and check the existing servers that are already on-line! There is nothing new as such but still, there is something different.