Symbian Application: Mobile Web Server Extensions   Windows Widgets

Overview
Nokia Mobile Web Server Extensions are applications that utilize Nokia Mobile Web Server technology.My Mobile Site Widgets
My Mobile Site Widgets is a set of widgets visible on your PC (Windows or Mac). With these widgets you can view the contents of your mobile phone and initiate certain operations like SMS sending or call initiation over a secure HTTPS channel. The widgets run on the Yahoo! Widgets engine installed on your PC and the Python scripts which run under Nokia Mobile Web Server provide the functionality on the mobile device. The widgets poll the phone regularly to update information. Users can set the update interval by accessing the widgets preferences window, which is available from the right click menu.List of available widgets

Battery widget:
Mobile battery status indicator.

Signal widget:
Signal strength indicator.

SMS widget:
SMS widget allows you to read and answer your messages from your desktop. The widget updates also the contact list regularly. If your eyes are tired then try out the text to speech feature (works only for SMS messages in English).

Phone Picture Frame widget:
See the Image Gallery of your phone on your desktop.

Call widget:
Instruct phone to call a number by Drag & drop any phone number on the Call widget. The contact book of the mobile is also uploaded to the widget or you can type in any phone number you like. Note that during a call the data connection between phone and PC is on hold except in case of 3G connection.

Known issues
Only the phone number (no other info) is shown in the list of Messaging Sent items when SMS messages are sent by the SMS widget.

Compatibility and system requirements

Tested with: Nokia N80, N93, N95.

Should work with: S60 3rd Edition devices.

Mobile Web Server 1.2 beta needs to be installed.

System requirements: Windows XP SP2, 2000 SP4, Microsoft Windows Vista, or Mac OSX 10.3.9 and up.

Yahoo! recommends:

  • Internet connection
  • 512 megabytes of RAM
  • Yahoo! Widgets 4.5 includes Adobe® Flash® 9
Installation instructions Setup of widgets:For each widget, type your Nokia Mobile Web Server account name and password into the Login window and click on the Login button. For the My Mobile Site Phone Picture Frame widget, enter the Server address and account information in the preferences dialog box. Each widget starts uploading the information from the phone at startup. It is also possible to start the upload manually by selecting the “Refresh” command in the right-click menu.Download Instructions:

Phone:

1. Download the Mobile Web Server software and sign up for a domain name for your mobile here

2. Download My Mobile Site Widgets (.SIS, 46 KB) and install it to the same location (Phone or Memory Card) as Mobile Web Server

3. Ensure that you have started your mobile web server (Options | Start server)

4. We recommend setting the Access Point to fixed value in the Mobile Web Server Settings

PC:

1. Download and install Yahoo! Widget Engine from here

2. Download My Mobile Site Widgets zip file and extract the actual widgets to My Widgets folder or any folder you like. (If Consolidate Widgets is set in Yahoo! Widget Engine preferences, then the engine automatically moves the widget files to My Widgets folder during the first start.)

3. Double click any .widget file to start the application

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