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Could this be used as a method of communicating with an iOS device as if it were a server (e.g. sending updates from a real server to the iOS client (which now behaves like a server))? Somewhat of a replacement for notifications, perhaps?

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I used Mongoose [1] to do exactly that for devices that share a local network (auto-discovery and everything). So yes, it's definitely possible :)

[1] http://code.google.com/p/mongoose/

I doubt it, most mobile connections are behind NAT and/or firewalls, preventing one from connecting to devices.

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