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Serversman@iPhone – Official app turns iPhone into file-sharing web server

By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 at 12:22 PM

serversmanWhile jailbroken iPhones and iPhone 3Gs have been playing dress-up as legitimate web servers thanks to unofficial jailbreak applications that port Apache and PHP to the iPhone, the officially locked-down iPhone scene has been left wanting an official iPhone web server application. Until now.

A new iPhone app has launched in Japan’s iPhone App Store, and is ready to turn your iPhone into a file-sharing web server. The Serversman@iPhone iPhone application was developed by Japanese developer Freebit, and allows iPhone users to move files between the iPhone and other web-connected devices with ease.

Serversman@iPhone allows for uploading and downloading of files between the iPhone and a remote computer via a web browser. If webDAV is more your style, Serversman@iPhone allows you to synchronize files between the iPhone and your computer. Freebit’s VPN software negotiates the connection between the remote systems, making remote file transfers a no-brainer. Even better, Serversman@iPhone supports a direct connection for file-sharing when the iPhone and the computer are on the same local network.

Serversman@iPhone is expected to become available in the US through the iPhone App Store in March.

[Via: ReadWriteWeb]

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Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...