{"id":2172,"date":"2009-02-06T00:05:04","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T15:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=2172"},"modified":"2009-02-06T00:05:04","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T15:05:04","slug":"isp-platform-provider-releases-iphone-app-to-server-ize-your-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/isp-platform-provider-releases-iphone-app-to-server-ize-your-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"ISP Platform Provider Releases iPhone App To &#8220;Server-ize&#8221; Your iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2174\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/freebit_logo.jpg\" alt=\"FreeBit\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2176\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/serversman_logo-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"serversman_logo\" width=\"153\" height=\"153\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freebit.com\/\">FreeBit Co., Ltd[J]<\/a>, a Tokyo-based venture company famous for providing its network platform to many VNO\/ISPs (virtual network operator\/Internet service providers), presented its business plans to investors Wednesday. On the same day, company CEO <a href=\"http:\/\/atsuki.net\/\">Atsuki Ishida<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/atsuki.net\/\">[J]<\/a> unveiled the company&#8217;s brand new iPhone app in the <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=302133974&amp;mt=8\">AppStore<\/a> (clicking on the link will launch iTunes).<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2177\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/img_0009-266x400.png\" alt=\"Serverman@iPhone\" width=\"176\" height=\"265\" \/><br \/>\nThe app is called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/serversman.com\/\">ServersMan@iPhone[J]<\/a>&#8220;, and allows your iPhone or iPod touch to be used as a web server and file server.\u00a0\u00a0 You can upload\/download any file via a web browser or webDAV client.<br \/>\nThe service&#8217;s name derives from Sony&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walkman\">WalkMan<\/a>&#8220;, a tiny pocket-sized device which enables users to listen to songs without a huge stereo set.\u00a0\u00a0 FreeBit has invited Sony&#8217;s former CEO <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobuyuki_Idei\">Nobuyuki Idei<\/a> to be a business advisor for the company. The brand new app&#8217;s name seems to be inspired by Sony&#8217;s production concepts.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2178\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/serversman_screencapture-400x288.jpg\" alt=\"Serverman's Web-UI Screen\" width=\"400\" height=\"288\" \/><br \/>\nIf the PC that you&#8217;re transferring the file to\/from is located in the same network segment as the iPhone\/iPod touch, both devices are connected directly.\u00a0\u00a0 Otherwise, they are connected via the company&#8217;s own Internet-VPN technology called &#8220;emotion link&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe app is only available in the Japanese AppStore, but the company intends to make it available in the U.S. AppStore as well by the end of this March.\u00a0\u00a0 The company&#8217;s CEO, Ishida, also revealed that a ServersMan Windows Mobile Edition is under development and is heading for an upcoming service release in mainland China.<br \/>\nProofread by: Sean O&#8217;Hagan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FreeBit Co., Ltd[J], a Tokyo-based venture company famous for providing its network platform to many VNO\/ISPs (virtual network operator\/Internet service providers), presented its business plans to investors Wednesday. On the same day, company CEO Atsuki Ishida[J] unveiled the company&#8217;s brand new iPhone app in the AppStore (clicking on the link will launch iTunes). The app&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/isp-platform-provider-releases-iphone-app-to-server-ize-your-iphone\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ISP Platform Provider Releases iPhone App To &#8220;Server-ize&#8221; Your iPhone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,23],"tags":[1255,1732,3282],"class_list":["post-2172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan","category-new-service","tag-freebit","tag-iphone","tag-serverman","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}