HTTP server on PDA

[SergioZ]

Hello all! I've never head any PDA in my life just because I thought I dont need it. But now I want to buy me one. As I'm a web programmer I'd like to be able to use it like some kind of development platform. As its running Windows I had a crazy idea: is it possible to install on PDA with processor of 203 MHz an Apache server? I have a small 5MB distribution of apache made by me (all not-needed stuf is stripped off) and I'd like to try it to use with PDA. Is it possible? Does PDA has the possibility to listen on port 80 en to run such server on its Windows platform? Or maybe exists some other server based on Java as far as Java is embedded?

Thanks.

[AnswerDude]

vxWeb
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[mocketpc]

203 mhz, guess that is an older model ?

you could create your own WinCE Web Server with your "apache 5mb clone" by download/compile with some cross platform dev kit like

MS Mobile App Dev toolkit and VC++ 4.2

or go native compile with

pocketGCC 1.50
pocketPCsharp

if you looking for java i have tried some different java jvms for wince 4.2 {super waba , kvm, mysaifu} other people have recommended IBM J9 as the JVM of choice as it implements the latest J2ME (? CDC ?) version and lots have spoke favorably about J9. I found these JVM to work maybe a little slow or clumsy but they seem to work

PocketPC JVMs (http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/fittond/ppcjava.html) is an old link to java for older devices

[SergioZ]

Ok, guys. Thank you very much for help!

Sorry maybe I must to post a new tread about but I thought here it will be more logical.

2 mocketpc: 203 MHz..Yes this is old and cheap model:)

2 ALL:As we're talking about this and you have much more experience than I am... Can you suggest some models or maybe about which things I should be aware when I'll buy me a PDA for using with Web server? Or just "bigger is better"?

Thanks in advance!

[AnswerDude]

Good model to look at is iPAQ hx2750 running WM2003SE. It's still is one of the fastest model around with 128MB of RAM. It's not a current model, so you may be able to find it less expensive than WM 5.0 models.