You may not be able to get your hands on Android just yet, but if you could, it would be possible to run a web server on your mobile phone using iJetty. The Java application can run as either a standalone server or in combination with an HTTP server like Apache (which might be a good idea considering wireless data and processing limitations). It will even allow users to remotely access data on their handset via their laptop or desktop—which is pretty damn cool. So, if you just can’t wait for Android to be released, a stable release of iJetty is already available for download. [ijetty via Linux Devices via PhoneMag via intomobile]
Dean
March 18, 2008 at 1:13 PM
Nokia has this! It’s called Mobile Web Server and runs on Symbian.
Report PermalinkMike Wilson
March 19, 2008 at 12:05 PM
I wrote this and got it running a couple of months ago. Jetty is very heavy weight still just to run web pages. To note this will probably only work on wifi as the Telco would likely block external access to the service on the device.
Report PermalinkJukka
May 31, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Like Dean mentioned, Nokia Web Server (Apache codebase and not any kind of stripped down version) has been available for almost a year now here: http://mymobilesite.net.
@Mike: Nokia’s solution bypasses likely telco firewalls, just take a look at it.
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