Jobsian remote access app comes to Android LogMeIn has released an Android version of its popular remote PC-access tool, LogMeIn Ignition. Ignition was originally built for the iPhone, providing remote access to your PC or Mac from the holy Jobsian handset. And naturally, it's now available for the iPad as well. Like the iPhone/iPad incarnation, the Android version …
I'm still surprised who many Windows types have no idea what is out there and don't even bother to look. If it's not in a magazine they get or some other Windows type shown them, it does not exist.
I also know of a company which uses VNC but when I mentioned using open source software, I was told they were a Microsoft shop. OMG these people do exist.
Why bother?
Because my parents, my brother and various friends wouldn't have the first idea how to install and set up the advanced tools you list. Logmein can be installed by all of the people I mention and has proved invaluable in sorting out their PC problems remotely. It's always worth remembering that relatively few people are IT literate to your level.
...for the life of me, I couldn't figure out *WHY* I would want to log into my home PC.
I can see it for those using VNC or SSH - they've got servers running that may need tending to. But for the normal home user, why on earth would you want to use your phone to log into your PC? To download a video and cremate your monthly data cap? Even then, there are plenty of cheaper (free) options to share a drive as a secure web site.
Can someone explain this to me? I'm obviously missing something big here.
See post "Engage brain..."
I've used it for all sorts of support. The big thing is you can get the user to install the client by talking to them on the phone, when they wouldn't know what a router or firewall was if you told them.
For hard code stuff, yeah, the others are good, prob better, alternatives.
I have been waiting for this app as we use it ALOT with our work. But bugger that!!!
"Ignition was originally built for the iPhone"
No it wasnt it was built to allow easy connection for there website accounts from desktops etc. It came first to iPhone in the mobile market would be more appropriate.
We dont want apple claiming to have invented even more. They all ready have claims to have created the universe before god and the badger.
"It came first to iPhone in the mobile market would be more appropriate."
Poppy cock. Logmein was available for Windows CE and Windows 5.0/6.1 for years. https://secure.logmein.com/pda/
It requires IE and the standard windows keyboard, so you couldn't use Opera mini and say, the HTC keyboards. Granted, the iPhone app is more polished, but this is nothing new.
See also UltraVNC SingleClick.
Is it hilarious or is it embarrassing listening to these paytards (sic) saying things like "The big thing is you can get the user to install the client by talking to them on the phone, when they wouldn't know what a router or firewall was if you told them." when UltaVNC SingleClick has done that (on Windows PCs, admittedly) for years, and costs nowt.
http://www.uvnc.com/addons/singleclick.html
If $30 seems a bit much just to try out your proof of concept, try http://remotedesktoprdp.com/ instead. Provides control of a PC or Mac from iPod Touch or iPhone. I use it as a remote control when the lappy is connected to the TV. Allows control from another computer also, but Free limits you to 2 controlled computers.
Hint: Reboot the PC to be controlled after installing the app on it.
LogMeIn as a casual support tool is okay... but Windows has this built in nowadays with Remote Assistance. Sure, doesn't work on an iPhone or Android, but do you really want to do a lot of work in a poxy little screen when a PC is better suited to the task...
for $30 I'd expect it to come with a Latte maker.
VNC and RDP/RDC are not good at firewall busting.... Windows Live Mesh, SharedView, Sync, Remote Assistance all help with that negotiotion though... and are free
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