RealVNC Widget

Joshie · 06-09-2007, 06:56 PM

Hopefully if they can, wouldn't it be cool for someone to make a REALVNC widget. So you could like view your pc screen from ur phone, zoom in with pinches and stuff, and use the touch screen as a mouse, when when you want to type ti shows the virtual keyboard? That would be like the best thing ever.

what do you think

robhon · 06-09-2007, 07:09 PM

My gut tells me not to expect this one too soon. But who knows?

Youngbinks · 06-09-2007, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by robhon

My gut tells me not to expect this one too soon. But who knows?

Yeah I would have to agree. Seems like something that would take a long while, if ever, to come into play.

ColsTiger · 06-10-2007, 12:13 AM

Well at least something to access your share files on your pc or mac would be nice.

jphawkins · 06-10-2007, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by ColsTiger

Well at least something to access your share files on your pc or mac would be nice.

If you have GoToMyPC, it should work just as it would on a computer.

ColsTiger · 06-10-2007, 12:25 AM

Well I've got something like that for my Motorola, but no mention of that ability has been made concerning the iPhone.

Bootlessjam · 06-11-2007, 06:01 AM

That GoToMyPC looks pretty good! I might end up using it one day.

wot_fan · 06-11-2007, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by Bootlessjam

That GoToMyPC looks pretty good! I might end up using it one day.

From what I can tell based on a quick look, it works just like logmein. I use logmein all the time and it works great. The best part is the have a "lite" version that is free. The main difference between the paid version and the free is that you cannot transfer files with the free service. I get around that by emailing myself any files I need off of the remote controlled machine.

Only downside I see with both services is that you cannot remote control a Mac. Anyone know of a way or a service to control a Mac over the internet?

joe · 06-12-2007, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by wot_fan

From what I can tell based on a quick look, it works just like logmein. I use logmein all the time and it works great. The best part is the have a "lite" version that is free. The main difference between the paid version and the free is that you cannot transfer files with the free service. I get around that by emailing myself any files I need off of the remote controlled machine.

Only downside I see with both services is that you cannot remote control a Mac. Anyone know of a way or a service to control a Mac over the internet?

Do you mean besides Apple Remote Desktop?

Spin This! · 06-12-2007, 12:11 PM

Anyone know of a way or a service to control a Mac over the internet?

Really depends on what you need the Mac to do. One of the cooler things I've seen Mail do is run AppleScripts based on the message contents, etc. You can always run a web server and feed it commands back to do various things as well. If you don't know want to script anything, Automator can do some of the heavy lifting for you.

I'd imagine even if VNC or remote desktop worked on the iPhone, you'd be scrolling around and double-tapping quite a bit just to control the Mac. It'd be tiresome pretty quick I think.