PhoneMyPC Android App Review
Version: 1.0.14
Price: 9.99
PhoneMyPC is an exciting new way to connect with up to three Window’s PC’s from your Android based phone. No network knowledge needed, no network configuration required, features work from anywhere in the world so long as you have an internet connection. PhoneMyPC has something for everybody. Flash isn’t yet support on Android phones, we were able to play flash on a PC and view that using this app.
What
Take a snapshot of what’s on your PC (check up on your teenager). Show your presentation on a big screen using your phone as a wireless mouse and keyboard. Provide remote support from anywhere. Work on your PC from your phone at the beach. All of this with a trivial setup. And these are the just the basic features.
How
I should say the setup was a breeze. It requires users to install a server app on their computer. Enter the same credentials for both the computer and the phone app and this is enough to make them start communicating with each other. This app and the Phone app can talk to each other either through the same Wi-Fi if they can be connected, or through a secure hosted server. Their website says that this communication will be SSL enabled soon. I will look forward to that.
Here is a list of all the features that this software provides.
Control Mouse+Keys
Take control of the mouse and keyboard of any PC. This feature works from anyplace, but is designed for situations when you can directly see the PC’s monitor. Perfect for business people to control their PC while giving presentations, even if the PC is secured behind a corporate firewall. Ideal for controlling your media PC at home from the comfort of your couch. When using Control Mouse+Keys, operations performed on your phone are also performed on your computer.
View SnapShot
Get a high-quality image of whatever is on the PC screen, anytime, from anyplace. Pan and zoom while viewing the image. Optionally save the image to your SD card. Perfect for parents monitoring their children’s computer usage, employers verifying employee activities, or business people needing a quick snapshot of a presentation from a remote location.
View Live
Passively watch the activity on your PC from anyplace.
Interact Live
View the PC screen on your phone and control the mouse and keyboard from your phone. Perfect for remote support, or to get work done while on the road.
Execute Actions
Configure any PC to execute a program when you tap a list item on your phone–from anywhere in the world! Perfect for remotely starting a presentation, pranking a friend, or just about anything else.
Control Processes
See a list of running programs, change execution priority, close or terminate any of them. Perfect for developers to kill out of control programs, or to help stop viruses and trojans, even if they have disabled your task manager.
Control Windows
See a list of applicaiton windows on any PC. Close any window, hide/show, minimize/maximize any window from anyplace. Great for parents wanting to hide/close browser windows, games and more.
Usefulness : If you need to access your computer remotely using your phone, this is your perfect solution. It is easy, simple and intuitive.
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I guess this the Droid version of Remote Desktop.
Any firewall issues to be addressed before accessing corporate PCs?
I like the part of working from the beach
Fulcrum, Yes, this is the Droid version of Remote Desktop.
We did not have any problems with firewalls, but then it might be based on how the firewall is set up and how the holes are poked and which ports are opened.
This is what their company has to say about firewalls.
Using PhoneMyPC, both your phone and your PC(s) connect to our secure hosted servers via industry leading Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. Communicating through the secure host allows the phone and the PC to communicate, even when both are protected by firewalls and other security technology. This makes PhoneMyPC ideal for corporate and other security conscious users.
This is not like Remote Desktop. This software will not create its own user session like Remote Desktop, and therefore anyone looking at the computer screen will see everything you do through your device offering no privacy what so ever. In that sense, it is more like VNC.
Very easy setup. Very pleased with product.