Apple Files Patent Which Could Allow You to Control Your Computer Remotely Using iPhone
Apple Files Patent Which Could Allow You to Control Your Computer Remotely Using iPhone
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is not new on the iPhone. There are several popular apps like WebEx PCNow, Jaadu VNC and Mocha VNC that let iPhone users access their desktop computers remotely with their iPhones. But now, it looks like Apple wants to make VNC a core component of future...
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nice, hope it comes free, as I use "logmein" and it cost $30 buck in the iPhone, and i didnt wanna pay that :P, really good feature if it comes to reality.
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I have been using Jadduu VNC for the last 18 months on my iphone, tied in with Tight VNC on my PC's.
This allows me to access any of my files wherever I happen to be via WiFi or 3G.
TightVNC is soo easy to setup and use and free to use.
it'll be nice to see it as an included app -
One reason I don't like VNC is because you can't start up your computer if you are away from it. At least I don't think so. It would be cool if Apple was working on a way to do this through their app version although I'm sure they would limit it to Macs only.
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u can do a remote login, but a remote startup? keep dreaming, thats some for start treck or some, not realistic, this is all software, to start a computer u need a hardware touch
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Just a thought, what if you put your computer/mac to sleep/hibernate, set the wake on activity for the network connection (might possibly have to set a static ip), then when trying to connect via vnc it would essentially be a startup. Just need to think outside of the button :P :)
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Sony Ericsson phones have had bluetooth remotes for years on their phones. My old one from 05 had 3 different apps on it - one for general navigation, one for media plays, and one for presentations. Apple is way behind. With the iPhone's tech, they could have the prog show the computer screen on the iphone, like a remote desktop. that would be cool.
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Why else would they file a patent? VNC already exists. I smell another law suit.
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what about WAKE ON LAN?
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Remote startup = inet or iwol on the app store
via
Magic packet wake on lan
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obviously you haven't heard of WAKE ON LAN feature... please google it
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exactly they totally left out the best VNC app out of the list... Logmein.
