Mobile Ministry Magazine

With most folks and websites taking the last bits of reflection towards 2008, I just want to encourage folks to continue on the paths of following the Lord and His heart for others as the year turns.

Here at MMM, I honestly have no clue of what 2009 will expect. Personally, I don't live on the calendar year-to-year kind of goals. My goals go from May of one year to May/June of the next (13months). This past May the goal has been to have a life that "walks off the pages." To that end, its been more than just observing and writing, but making sure that I walk out those things that are sound and profitable to the Body.

Where that leads with MMM in 2009 I don't know. We will be at BibleTech 2009, there will most probably a lot more mobile devices and services talked about, and there will (finally) be the addition of a consistent 2^nd writer. I really cannot say what else will happen. Nor do I want to. The future is God's to open as the present to us when we get there.

So I'll just point you to the bottom right side of all of the pages to the Archives for all that was posted last year. From the MMM Mobile Experiment, to the iPhone and BlackBerry posts, to just the intentional posting on spiritually-relevant ethical items such as stewardship, we will just keep rolling a life that walks off the pages when our use of mobile technology intersects with faith. What that looks like to you might be a different device or service, but as long as it begins and ends with Christ being on the throne, let's continue to innovate where others haven't.

Labels: commentary, community, devotion, innovation

Now this is what I call cool, Go Bible is a Bible reader that works with non-smartphones, think Moto RAZR like phones.

A free and Java-based application, Go Bible 2.2.6 Features:

• Christ's Words in red
• SMS scriptures
• Bookmarks
• History
• Coloured themes
• Fast search

The best thing about Go Bible is that its just simple and straight to the point. Can't beat that. And with some recent support by the Crosswire folks, you can bet that Go Bible will do more than just make a dent on phones. Looking forward to seeing that mobile ministry.

For more information and to download, visit the Go Bible website.

Please do keep this ministry in your prayers. Go Bible has a reach that can make it hard for developers and ministries to support the effort. If you have the ability, just drop the developer and Go Bible team a note of encouragement, or just lift them in your prayer today. Thanks folks.

Labels: Bible, Go Bible, phone, software

CrossComm, Inc. has released Bible Touch for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Bible Touch is basically a single edition Bible application in which the ability to read the Scriptures is not limited to needing an online connection.

Bible Touch is available in four editions: Bible Touch NASB, Bible Touch ESV, and Bible Touch LBLA and Bible Touch NBLH offer the La Biblia de las Américas, and Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy Spanish text translations.

Bible Touch is available as a download from the iTunes App Store for $9.99 USD per edition. For more information and to download, visit the Bible Touch website.

Labels: Apple, Bible Touch, iPhone, iPod Touch, software, wireless application

To those of you who were able to attain new mobile devices, applications, etc. for the seasonal gift exchange, what are some of the ways that you plan to use those items? And if you didn't receive something new, but are looking to reload your usage of it - bring back an older device that you let sit for a while - what are some of those reasons you are resurrecting that old device?

Labels: devices, gifts

Olive Tree brings name recognition and a reputation for reliability to the game. One of the things I first looked for when I initially considered the jump from Palm to BlackBerry was the presence of Bible programs.

The fact that Olive Tree had a BlackBerry port helped make the decision easy.

Olive Tree BibleReader for BlackBerry Version 4.0 is an impressive Bible study program that provides access to an entire suite of inspirational resources.

What makes this software compelling is the ability to store bible translations and related material on the user's expansion card. This removes the natural fear BB users have when it comes to device memory. Now, with this software, the only restriction on how much resources one can carry is based on device OS and memory card size.

Genius.

I am finicky. OTBR accommodated- me. Option-wise, I had numerous options: the ability to adjust font size, font color, background colors and more. The search function was snappy; I found it to be very responsive, even to multiple words.

Of particular interest to potential users will be the Bookmarking feature. It does just that: it keeps the selected verse in memory. This is great for when you are at service or such and have a list of scriptural references, you can save them in the program before-hand. I found it very useful.

Olive Tree has a library of dozens of bible translations and related reference resources that can be stored on card. Of these, a few are free (like ASV and BBE); the rest are for sale at the Olive Tree site. The reader itself is free.

My biggest issue with OTBR is admittedly somewhat unfair; it is based on the fact that I was such a huge fan of the features on the Palm port. To be specific, I was dismayed with the inability to add notes directly into the program while studying the bible. As said early, I loved this feature on my Palm. At the risk of sounding overly whimsical, I missed the ability to "split" screens with different versions. Again, that feature enhanced bible study a great deal

Simply put, this is an excellent program. It is well-made, feature-rich and has the potential to be a valuable tool in the lives of the familiars and the curious. If anything, try out the free translations. Support is quick, updates are frequently put out, and the developer clearly aims to please.

This software is rated for devices running OS 4.2 and up.

It is also available for Palm, iPhone, Symbian, and Windows Mobile.

This software was tested (and its review written) on an 8320 running OS 4.5 on T-Mobile.

Labels: BibleTech, BlackBerry, Olivetree, review

As many of you celebrate the holiday season, in good or favorable standing, I'd like to put in your minds and hearts that being on either side of the gift is a good thing, but on both sides - giving and receiving - that we have to first be on the side of showing love to one another.

One of those aspects of perspective that we don't want to forget in this highly digital age is that these tools are just a means to display and execute God's love to those around us. Whether it is something that allows us to connect to family and friends, or something that enables someone to get out of the jobless funk, we have a responsibility with all of the gifts at our disposal to present the side of Christ that is comforter (John 14:26-27).

I don't say this to mean that we are not to be truthful either. These tools allow us to also confront and be confronted with our sinfulness in ways that sometimes we don't want to be reminded of. We have a responsibility to present this whole Gospel to all people.

These gifts are very much temporary. To look at them in any other way would be idolatry. Let us be sure that whether we were just able to give people a word or a wrapping, that we give them the love that has been shed for us by Jesus himself. And then with this love, let us use our gifts to elevate God the Father, making His light show to generations now and in the future.

Labels: devotion, gifts

"Christ-must-come" is how I at one time termed this day. Whether we are giving gifts or receiving them, Christ must come before, during, and after all the trimmings.

Labels: Christmas

..with this:

For example, if you're going to use the Spiderman theme for a sermon series, then make the full connection between this comic-book superhero and the super-power of God; not a tangential spin that looks at the web that Spidey casts as a metaphor for a web of lies. That tie-in is marginal and could easily have avoided the Spiderman theme, but that wouldn't look as cool on a post card or movie-theatre advertisement.

And so a bait-and-switch (we offer one thing that will get you in the door, but will largely ignore the thing that got your attention so that we can force-feed you our propaganda) leaves the attendee feeling ripped off - nay, LIED TO.

Our communities don't expect us to photo-copy our culture - they expect us to be different. We should leverage technologies, themes, concepts and practices that help us achieve our goal of communicating truth without the bait-and-switch actions that turn off the unchurched.

Read the entire post at Anthony Coppedge's website, Church Technology Evangelist.

So what are you going to do about it?

During section of posts called the MMM Smartphone Guide, we touched on evaluating the cost of a mobile device and the types of plans that might be beneficial towards using. Pre-Pay is something that has a negative light here in the US, but can really go a long ways towards being a cost saver. Check out the post on the subject at GigaOM and think about this in respect to that stewardship word we many times talk about.

Labels: mobility, stewardship

Those might have moved from an iPhone to a BlackBerry might be delighted in this news. YouVersion has released the initial version (1.0) of their BlackBerry Bible Application.

From the YouVersion Blog:

Biggest [user interface] change is an upgrade to a more elegant design, while also integrating sleek carousel navigation in the interface. Other features include the ability to email verse to a friend, view contributions from YouVersion users and compatibility with a wider range of Blackberry handsets. Models included in this update are: 9000, 87xx, 88xx, 83xx, 8220, 7130, 81xx...

According to the post, there will be a version of the Blackberry Bible Application for the newly released Storm/Thunder (touchscreen Blackberry) as well.

Seems pretty slick of an application, especially for something free. Download it and let MMM know what you think about it.

Labels: Bible, BlackBerry, software, YouVersion

One of the more difficult conversations to have with people about MMM follows along the tagline:

To educate and edify at the intersection of faith and technology

Within addressing that tag line, I'll get questions from people from several walks of life about how to best integrate mobile technology into ministry and life. And while I don't sit in the areas that many of these people sit in, there are some general aspects towards integrating this technology that can be shared in all areas:

• Christ has to be the center of your use: not meaning that you have to have a Bible trinket or cross on it, but that you are modeling your use after Christ in the same way you would your car, business, or lifestyle.
• The technology has to meet a need, not an itch: easier said that done with the focus of marketing being so pointed at purchasing this or that; but this is another area where once you make a purchase, seek to be content and get the most value out of that piece of hardware/software or service.
• Do not be afraid to challenge yourself: you will be surprised at what you are able to do with many devices and services that might be directly stated in the marketing materials and user manual; refine your basic usage, and then see where aspects of using mobile tech might be a benefit to other areas of your life.
• Finally, be honest about your limitations: if your need says something other than your budget does, walk with your needs; if your use says only 10% of what that device or service does, step down with the device or service to something more fitting. Be aware that many times, 3rd party software, or competing services might offer something simpler and at a better targeted need, even if they aren't what you just read about in a major publication.

The key at integrating anything into one's life is to understand contentment. Sure, its hard to know when to want and when to step back, but this is what we as believers are encouraged to do (Phil 4:11-13). It is by this example that we show that even with the changing technological and economic landscape, that Christ is Lord over this. Then, as in at all intersections, having seeing all the traffic coming and going around us, we can move forward and take others with us.

Labels: contentment, devotion, education, mobile, mobility

I've had this post from Church Relevance sitting in my Google Reader starred items list for a while. About the best part of the post is stated here:

Tech Novelty is: Being blinded by the novelty of an exciting new technology and consequently misusing the technology for novelty's sake. Misuse of technology may be caused by lack of training and/or from the inability to focus on anything except the novelty.

The post goes on to say,

When used correctly, I think modern worship environments can spark wonder and awe in the beauty of God's creation much like the architecture of Gothic and Renaissance cathedrals did. Or when used correctly, worship environments can help, often through simplicity, guide worshipers' attention to what truly matters - God. When used improperly, worship environments distract worshippers from God and even at times focus their "worship" on the worship leader, another church "celebrity," or even technology itself.

We talked some many posts ago about how technology can be a distraction even in the setting where we are using it to grow theologically. This post at Church Relevance just drives home this point all the more, no matter what areas of tech and worship we are addressing with the rest of the Body.

Labels: church, misuse, tech, worship

In the rise of mobile devices as capable Bible reading and studying devices, the ability to support multiple languages and character sets nearly rivals the need to support multiple Bible versions.

The website owner over at This Lamp has been playing with a beta version of Olive Tree's Bible Reader on the iPhone, and in a recent post/screenshot shows a Hebrew search as something that's coming.

This is pretty cool, and reminds me of when Palm Bible+ got a similar feature. Makes it fun to study the text in terms of seeing the direct Hebrew (if you speak it), or to learn it (side by side with the English).

Labels: ancient languages, beta, Bible, Hebrew, Olivetree, software

In Part 1 of Parents and Mobile Kids, we talked about how parents and kids have a view of mobile technology that is sometimes contrary to one another. We gave a few positives though that both groups can take from these opposing viewpoints, along with some suggestions towards how to bridge the gaps. Here in part two, we'll talk about the negatives and how the changing views of mobile and Internet technology has to meet at Christ no matter what the output.

Concerning the pace of technology, there are some notable negatives towards the perspectives of parents and their children that might not be clearly seen: the pace of mobile technology adoption and development, the openness about the lack of privacy*, and the ease at which one can be addicted to aspects of mobile and Internet technology.

Unfortunately, the research on some of these negatives is still being researched, and conclusions are somewhat hard to come by. However, there are some things of note that can be stated here.

Mobile technology is a phase of media, communications, and technology that will continue to evolve. Its more personal than PCs, more interactive than radio and TV, and just as immersive as writing on paper. Because it crosses those other media areas so easily, the lessons from all of those apply and don't apply at the same time.

In terms of privacy, there has never been privacy in any communication-based media; however, there has never been the amount of blatant openness about what about you would be used against you with communication-based media as it is now in mobile/Internet technologies. Teach your children about how they should present themselves (Romans 12:1), how they should speak and behave (Titus 2:1-10), and how the Internet is not different than the offline world in these respects. In their lives, more than anytime before, the intersection of faith and technology will cause them to have to respond in maturity and wisdom.

In addition, there are laws about privacy that many youth are not aware of. Please, please, please make sure that you understand what is lawful, and then teach it responsibly. Kids need to know that this is very serious (See the report of a recent case on kids passing undressed/nude pictures and the sentence given to them by a judge, via Cellular News).

Mobile and Internet addiction is a touchy subject. Its a very real psychological item, at the same time it is not understood. Teach appropriate times and boundaries for using mobile and Internet devices (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8), but allow time for exploration and discovery. Be open to what they want to learn, but also seek to make sure that a Christ-aware framework is present as a means to direct those energies and talents.

And most of all, understand that like you, they will not agree with everything that their parents have said. They will want to push and push, pull and pull. You might not have the time as a parent to learn everything about each mobile device, Internet website, or associated technology, but you do have their mouth (as they have your ear). If they want to use it, have them teach it to you so that you have some awareness about the technology that is being asked to be brought into your homes. After all, we are told that we are to govern our own houses, and hearts, and minds, all in Christ Jesus.

*Privacy will be an increasingly important issue, and something that as a community MMM will try to guide and direct where possible. However, due to the amount of laws that govern cities, states, and regions, there is no way that we can cover everything. The responsibility to understand the privacy laws of your region does lie on you. But from that learning of policies and use at a high level, one can be a point of wisdom and instruction for youth and other parents. Please make sure that whatever you get into (mobile, Internet, otherwise), that you understand the scope of the privacy laws that apply to you and that usage. Only then can you teach your communities appropriately about mature and wise use of this technology.

Labels: addiction, children, Internet, mobility, Parents and Mobile Kids, privacy, teaching, teens, youth

I'm late on this news (taking a week off from posting will do that to you), but wanted to post about some new books and an update for Laridian PocketBible4 (Windows Mobile devices). Here's a snippet of that PPC post:

• New books: MacArthur Study Bible Notes, MacArthur Topical Bible, Find It Fast in the Bible, Where to Find it in the Bible. Women's Study Bible, and the On This Day
  The NIV Study Bible (2008 update)
• Updates for PocketBible 4 for both the PPC and Smartphone versions.

PocketBible 4 is compatible with Windows Mobile 5, 6, touchscreened and non-touchscreened models. You can also purchase bundles that add several Bibles and commentaries to the mix with the application purchase. For more information and to download, visit the Laridian PocketBible 4 website.

Labels: Bible, Laridian, PocketBible, software

Outside of game systems and High School Musical, it seems that mobiles have arisen to being near the top of the list for many kids. They see the ability to text, game, personalize, and connect online as being fruitful elements to how they enjoy childhood. Their parents might even see mobiles as an extended safety net, a means to teach sound financial principles, or an area that their kids need to show maturity before being given a rope.

No matter how parents and their kids are seeing mobility, both groups understand that its not a question of "if" kids will get their mobile life rolling, but "when" and "how" will it effect parents and themselves

So lets talk some about the benefits: applicable communication and technical skills building, grace versus allowance, and sound financial discipline.

The biggest benefit of a child getting involved with mobile communications today has to do with the immediate future value. Sorry parents, the way you communicate is a lot slower and more antiquated than how your kids will. Engaging them towards using mobile devices and services now prepares them for that soon to come paradigm shift when they are leading things. Besides just learning the technology, they are learning it as it relates to how they communicate with others, and this is a decisive advantage over any other media and lessons that they could be learning right now.

Another benefit has to do with the idea of setting boundaries, or what I like to call "grace versus allowance." As we learn as adults, there are many things that God has given us the grace to be able to do and achieve. At the same time, there are many roads we have wandered due to our ignorance that God has allowed us to travel, and may later have proved to be valuable lessons to share with others later. Mobile devices and technology can become a speaking point for you (parent) and a learning point for them (children) towards these areas of grace and allowances that lead them into a better understanding of how to fit within the world around them.

The last lesson is probably the most important, the issue of financial discipline. Mobile devices can be used as a jumping board for teaching sound financial discipline. For example, if a youth wants a mobile device, you ask them to research it. Having done that, you then ask them if they can afford it? If not, you ask them how they can go about purchasing this with what skills they are able to do (chores, outside work, etc.). You then get into teaching how to give and save, with the mobile device as the backdrop to this lesson. If there is a mobile phone involved, you can use the idea of putting money on a pre-paid mobile plan (I never would recommend a youth do a post-paid mobile, its pain for the parent). Using the model of pre-pay, you can teach them the difference between credit and debit budgeting, giving them a heads-up when they get into college and are bombarded with credit-only marketing.

This is a lengthy topic and so please stay tuned to part two (Wednesday) where we will talk about the negatives and an appropriate view of this technology with our changing times.

Labels: children, discipliship, education, Internet, mobility, parenting, Parents and Mobile Kids

Still here. Busy week in hand.

Great deal going over at Expansys (both the UK and USA shops. The BenQ E72 Windows Mobile smartphone is being sold at a ridiculously low price. For US folks its $127.99. That's the price without a contract. Frankly speaking, its a steal.

Will be back in a few days, until then, thanks for the prayers and engaging conversations.

Labels: Expansys, purchasing, smartphone

I am the type of phone user that likes to have it easy. There's nothing really complex about it; no insane formula that governs it. I simply like to have as much as I can on the least number of devices. Convergence is key.

It's the reason that I, the most loyal of Palm guys, migrated to BlackBerry. I am a ministry guy, and everything on my device needs to assist me in that pursuit.

The biggest drawback for me as a new BB user was the relative dearth of the third party applications that made life with Palm a breeze. In recent years, the gap is closing; one application that helps shrink this gap significantly is HanDBase Professional for BlackBerry by DDH Software.

I originally had this on my Palm OS device, and it was my most used non-scriptual application. Simply put, it is an all-round database solution with an amazing penchant for flexibility.

There is almost no limit to the possibilities. This application bridges the gap that exists between convergence device and handheld laptop replacement.

The program comes in two parts for the BlackBerry. It has the handheld portion and a desktop companion. The two components are syncable both ways. The idea is that the user makes a database on the desktop that is accessible on the user's device.

To explain further, think of a relational database that could be useful (like a check register) HanDBase allows the user to create a custom check register to fit the user's needs. The interface easily helps you along, and you can create tables and columns that are dependent on each other. In other words, you can integrate data and basically create simple mini-programs that fulfill business and personal needs.

It gets better. Checkable tasks lists, fitness logs, bible studies, business ledgers, contact databases, and more can all be created and then carried on your device.

DDH also offers the ability to create custom databases for individual and enterprise users. It is easy to see why this item is so highly regarded in the Palm world.

To nitpick, I wish that one could create databases on the go on the actual device.

All in all, I enjoyed using this software. Look here for a comparison of features of the BB stable.

Try out HanDBase at the demo download site.

As an added boon, DDH is offering a special code, good for 20% off HanDBase Professional for BlackBerry. Just use the code Dec08TL20 during checkout at the DDH website. The code is good till January 15, 2009.

Labels: BlackBerry

Some days ago, I was reading this article about 2D bar code scanning and mobile devices over at ReadWriteWeb and it struck me that this might be a neat way to make it easier for people to add information about church locations, events, etc. right to their mobile phone.

As with most things, this would require that the mobile have the ability to read the bar code (Inigma, Kaywa, etc. provide this solution, Sprint is starting to include it as an optional download for their devices too). But then it would be just a matter of making sure that something was printed on the flyer, business card, etc. that would indicate that the information could be scanned with a phone camera.

Something like "scan this code to add this event to your phone's calendar." This could even work in some of those assemblies where people display information via a projector - make the announcement, show the slide/screen of the QR-code, and give a minute for everyone who can to scan it. Sure, it would make for a lot of clicking, but it would make it easier for people to grab and keep attention to needed information.

What are your thoughts? Is this something, in a small or large capacity, that would have a way of working. Especially in light of printing costs not getting any cheaper, and the attention rate for flyers and announcements being low.

To read the QR Code shown, download the Kaywa QR Code reader (or use another) to your mobile, then take the picture using the software.

Labels: church, communication, community, paperless, QR Code

Palm Addict recently posted about PearBible. Here's a bit about Pear Bible from their website:

PearBible (BBE & KJV) is a pretty electronic version of the Bible that lets you enjoy the truths of God`s Word anywhere you go. You don’t need to carry heavy books with you any more, now everything you need is in your PDA! It also includes a few religion holidays. You can export these holidays into the DateBook, when you want to set reminders on them. If you prefer reading in Memo you can export texts of the Bible and descriptions of holidays there as well. PearBible (BBE & KJV) includes both Bible in Basic English and King James Version.

For more information and to download for Palm OS devices, visit the PearBible website

Labels: Palm OS, PearBible, software

I'm writing this about 4hrs before Nokia's big announcement; which I think at this point will be a lot bigger than the rumors that have abounded this Monday.

To spark some thought, and to get us thinking about a bit more than just 'mobile,' I want to touch on a subject based on the title of this article: Is Mobile Computing the Next Step for Churches?

No. Mobile isn't the next step. Its the current step. The next step is making sure that context will be utilized to the needs of the individual, the community, and the overall the world.

Mobile devices are tools used to enrich actions that used to be more tedious. We are seeing more people pick up on this as devices like the iPhone become popular. But they are not picking up on mobile, they are picking up on a need and running from there.

My pastor's discovery of mobile through his iPod Touch pretty much sets in tune this. Its not about mobile in the sense that a device has to do this or that. It has to do with mobile meaning that devices and services have to be responsive to the needs and goals of pushing the Body forward. Understand these elements, and then presenting Christ becomes easier. Understanding this and living Christ-centered lives becomes more noticeable.

Labels: church, commentary, community, mobility

In contrast to yesterday's post, here a bit about a church using a moblie service to encourage the soul (from Trendhunter via Textually):

An Anglican Parish Church has joined with voice-to-text company SpinVox to change the way they reach their community: by delivering sermons directly to parishioners' email inboxes, live.

The world's first voice-to-text Sunday service will take place Sunday November, 30th the first Advent. It will be given by the Reverend John Kronenberg, Vicar of Hinchley Wood, Esher, Surrey, at St Christopher’s Church.

As he delivers his sermon to the congregation seated in the Church, his words will be automatically converted by SpinVox and sent directly to subscribers' inboxes, in a matter of moments. 100 members of St Christopher's church will receive the sermon this Sunday...

Read the rest of this post at Trendhunter.

A bit of a side note about this post. This Sunday, my pastor showed me that he recently purchased an iPod Touch 8GB. He showed me his amazement about how he could do so much from that little screen; from podcasts, to browsing, to checking email. Being that we are a church that uses web services to do a lot of admin work, this is nearly a perfect solution for him. I mentioned to him that it would be a perfect delivery mechanism for his sermons. He looked at me as if I went a bit too far. Just a note to me that not everything can be done at once. But change is comin' ;)

Labels: email, mobility, podcast, speech, SpinVox, voice

You will have to forgive the lack of commentary on this from my end. There are a lof of directions that I can take this, but none of them speak anything more than a slanted opinion that does not help anyone.

From Cellular News via Phone Report 2.0:

The Vatican has warned that mobile phones are bad for your soul. The Pope's spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi warned in a weekly address that modern life is not leaving time for people to cultivate their spiritual dimension. Without a spiritual life "you will lose your soul" he said on the weekly Vatican TV programme, Octavia Dies.

Father Lombardi, who is the director of the Vatican press office added that "today this is a very grave threat, and it is the most irreparable misfortune."

"There is an interior and spiritual dimension of life that must be guarded and nourished. If it is not, it can become barren to the point of drying up and, indeed, dying" the Jesuit priest said.

The only response that I'll say to this is that if the Body doesn't adjust and teach people how to cultivate healthy spiritual lives, then statements like this really will live as truth.

Labels: Internet, mobility, Vatican

One of my bros asked me why I'm not running MMM on the Mobile Web Server, and I told him it was because its still beta, and that's something of a large decision (I currently run the an MWS site as my personal website, and dig keeping content separate). Nevertheless, it did remind me that I did not post about the recent update of the MWS to version 1.5. Here are some of the new features to be found in this version:

• A new Access Rights web page highlights some of the site administration updates. This new page makes it easier to see and control access to MWS pages.
• RSS has been addressed with a new configurable RSS feed. Instead of just taking all the content, RSS feeds can now be separated into several feeds for the different aspects of the MWS.
• Finally, developers now have the ability to add their own Python web applications. By using the MWS SDK and framework, developers can create external applications which, when added to the MWS, will show up in navigation similar to the built-in applications.

This new version of the Mobile Web Server has also been tweaked to take advantage of the Destinations feature in Symbian devices using the latest 3.2 (Feature Pack 2) operating system.

Nokia's Mobile Web Server is compatible with Symbian S60 devices and can be downloaded for free from the Mobile Web Server website. As a note of advice, it would be smart to have an unlimited data plan with this. Its not bandwidth heavy, but you would want to keep the site up :)

For those who are still wondering about MMM and the Mobile Web Server, you can read the MMM Mobile Web Server Experiment Report (PDF, April 2008) to see some of our findings. Maybe we'll revisit it with a newer device and near-final software to demonstrate and push the envelope a good bit more ;)

Labels: mobile, Mobile Web Server, mobility, software