Re: Anyone else doing PHP on Symbian?

Paul Scott wrote: > On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 13:29 -0500, Daniel Brown wrote: >> Still debating what >> device I'll get next, but I want to use it as a mobile server myself. >> I had been working on a bound-for-trash PDA doing the same a while >> back, but with what we'll refer to as "limited results." > > I think that the key here is > > 1. A decent ARM processor and a PHP build for ARM specifically (new > project??) > > 2. Enough RAM to be useful - at least figure out how to use a SD card or > something as a RAMDisk and use like a 2GB card? > > 3. Getting an entire LAMP stack on there as a package - no use messing > with things - otherwise people won't use it. > > Just think of the possibilities though... I do a lot in the eLearning > sphere in PHP, and this type of thing could be a mobile eLearning server > for rural schools in Africa that is actually affordable! Students could > connect to it via thin clients or mobile phones and get an education all > in one. > To be honest Paul, I think you'd find that an EeePC would be cheaper than a sufficiently well-specced PDA, especially given the time and effort required for the key points you describe. An EeePC already runs Linux, with a decent processor, reasonable "disk" space and good connectivity options, so a LAMP stack ought to be easy.