Idunno if this has been done before or discussed before.
This just kinda popped into my head a little bit ago.

I know we have ssh and VNC, but what about allowing maemo apps to run mini webservers on the tablet that allow me to access it from a local network pc?

Say, if I want to put together a shopping checklist from my full-size pc to take with me, I can enable 'web access' on my checklist app, it'll give me it's local address like http://192.168.1.x/checklist, a random password, and then I can log in from a browser, and add list entries without having to spend five minutes typing them into the thumbboard or swapping files.

This would be useful for accessing bookmarks, contacts, the email client, password managers, etc.

Just something I thought I'd throw out there.