A surprising (and very welcomed) app is available in the app store from Wyse named PocketCloud. How is that for an opening line? Does it grab your attention? No? Not interested? No, this app isn’t very sexy, and quite frankly, it has zero mass appeal. You will not see this app on an iPhone Commercial, no Diggs, no attention from the media. This app has no place in pop culture. In the commercial, the PC guy will be using this, not the trendy and cool mac guy.I can tell you that, from an IT Professional’s perspective, I would purchase an iPhone just for this app. This app is my new best friend; and just in time for a well earned vacation next week. To sum it up, this app does remote desktop better than any other app available today; throw in VMware support, and you have an extraordinary tool for network support staff that can easily jusify the cost of an iPhone and data plan for yourself and your staff. $29.99 is stiff, even for a tech-savvy person that wants to control his home or office PC, but not for an IT Pro that is working 24 hours a day already. What this app means to me, is that I can quickly (as in as little as 90 seconds with good 3G) login to my Cisco IPSec VPN (that post is coming in two weeks) and access my Windows Servers and VMs. The client connects flawlessly (and stays connected!), the screen scales effortlessly using the iphone multi-touch; it has the typical pop-up keyboard, and finite mouse control utility (easy right-clicks). Scrolling is fast and smooth. Mouse selection using your finger takes some practice, but that is understandable. You can only connect to one session at a time. WiFi is better of course, but access over 3G is damn good. Considering the name, and the obvious investment from VMware, I expect more to come in later releases, although it is highly recommended at version 1.0 (repeat that to yourself a few times, you will not hear it often). Actual usage is fast and reliable. You can solve problems, get things done, and get back to what little life your job permits. Can a geek make a higher endorsement?
If you don’t know who Wyse is, you’re wasting your time and do not need this app. These apps will do nicely for you.
PocketCloud supports SSL and has limited support for RSA 2-factor authentication. PocketCloud fits into an established VMware View host environment and does not require any special setup or software installed. The app will run on the Touch and the iPhone, and supports MS Server 2003 and later sever versions, as well as XP and later desktop operating systems (home versions are not supported). Although I’ll primarily use this remotely, this is a tool that will prove to be indispensable to on-site support staff that roam about an office building or a factory (especially at $229 for a touch).
PocketCloud integrates with an available Windows (32-bit only) host-based agent that provides advanced capabilities such as Thin-Browser: an enhanced, server-side browser capability, enabling full access to websites for rich and interactive content such as Flash, Silverlight, and Java, and ActiveX content. The Thin-Browser is available from the options screen when connected to a Windows host running the agent and provides a web browsing experience that is much more complete and robust than Safari; but despite the Wyse claim, is not noticeably faster. Regardless, when you need to access Flash or ActiveX content, you can. And that is definitely a pickup.
The PocketCloud App is available for $29.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. PocketCloud Windows agent can be downloaded for free from www.wyse.com/iphone.
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Now that the rumors have surfaced about iTunes 9’s features, anything less will leave many disappointed. One of the most anticipated functions that will have me updating immediately will be the ability to organize my app layout via iTunes. As of now, I feel like I’m playing chess because of all the futuristic outcomes I have to think about when I decide to move an app. I can’t wait until the day the pain is gone. But for some, that day has arrived.
All you Mac users can now start experimenting with Movement. This simple app is what iTunes users have been wishing for since day one.
Here is how it works:
Simply connect your device and click “Read Apps” to display your current order. Now you can rearrange your apps however you choose and click “Write Apps.” You will then have to disconnect and respring/reboot.
Requirements:
- Your device must be Jailbroken.
- Is only compatable with Macs (10.5 and above).
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The time it takes to sync my iPhone keeps getting longer and longer. All I want to do is update a few apps and add a few songs to my phone. Why must it do a full backup every single time? It’s taking a ridiculous 5 to 10 minutes to do this.
Sure I can hit the ‘X’ button in the iTunes sync window to cancel the backup and continue with the sync process. However, this corrupts the previous completed backup, so if your iPhone does tank out, you won’t be able to restore it to any previous states.
If there were only a way to temporarily disable and enable the iTunes backup process.
First, a little background info: With the very first release of the iPhone software (v1.0.0), the backup used to copy over just the SMS, bookmarks, and small amounts of data from here and there. It was an incremental backup and usually didn’t take more than a few seconds. With the 2.0 software update, however, if there is any change in any application or service, iTunes will make a full image of the iPhone file system (excluding music and other media). This amounts to around 250MB for the iPhone file system plus whatever other applications you might have installed. Why this not an incremental backup, I don’t know.
So my research for the solution lead me to disabling iTunes backup completely. It involves a Terminal hack, where you need to quit iTunes, launch a Terminal session, paste the following code below into the Terminal window, and hit return:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true
The backup process should now be completely disabled and you won’t be troubled anymore. If you need to backup again, use that same string of text with the value set to ‘false’ instead of ‘true’.
An easy process that 95% of you will be able to do right?
Thankfully, a crafty developer over at MicroSECONDS has wrapped that little bit of Terminal trickery into a GUI application called iPhone Backup Switch.
iPhone Backup Switch allows you to easily disable and enable the iPhone backup process in iTunes. Simply click the button to Disable iPhone Backup or click the button to Enable iPhone Backup. It’s that easy.
iPhone Backup Switch is provided FREE of charge. It has been tested with Windows XP and Vista and compatible with iTunes 8.0. You can get iPhone Backup Switch here.
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All of you that used the InstallerApp before the 3.0 upgrade can now go back to your old habbits. Ripdev has updated their desktop app, InstallerApp 1.1, for Windows and Mac versions. You will be able to find the downloads here or if you have it already installed, auto update should run once you launch the app.[via Ripdev]
“We have just released a free update to our package installer tool, InstallerApp, for both Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. Among other things, we have ensured it works on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, removed support for Installer repositories (that are no longer supported anyway), and stripped off the Pusher technology in favor of the existing jailbreak solutions such as PwnageTool and redsn0w. To install stuff onto the iPhone, simply install package named InstallerApp Support from Cydia or Icy on the device (from our repository apt.ripdev.com) and there you go! “
For all of you curious what the InstallerApp purpose is, it’s basically a way to download Cydia applications onto your computer and then transfer them on to your connected iPhone. Basically, an iTunes manageable program for Cydia. However, you do need to pay a fee of $7 to for this well-worth-it desktop app. Other requirements you need to follow:
- You must Jailbreak your device.
- Add the Ripdev source: http://apt.ripdev.com/
- Install “InstallerApp Support”
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Have you ever wanted to view the contents of your iPhone or iPod Touch as if it were a removable drive attached to your computer? Want no more. Now you can with i-FunBox, a powerful file manager that enables you to browse and manage the contents of your Apple device. And did I mention it’s Free.Connect your iPhone or iPod Touch to your PC and launch the program. That’s it. No installation required. i-FunBox will load, search for your device, read the contents and display them in a double-pane interface, with the folder structure on the left side and the date stored in the selected folder on the right side.
ownload Apple iTunes managed audio and video in iPhone or iPod to PC as a backup copy. Upload songs and movies to iPhone or iPod from PC. Supports also the iPhone 3G and lastest firmware 2.2.1.Features of i-FunBox File Browser
Total Control of iPhone File System - Manage files on your iPhone in a way just like Windows Explorer but more robust and friendly.
Hi-Speed General Purpose Storage - Use your iPhone as an USB Portable Disk for general files. Exploit the large flash memory on iPhone with transmission speed beyond 5MB/s.
Managing Music and Movie on iPhone/iPod - Download Apple iTunes managed audio and video in iPhone or iPod to PC as a backup copy. Upload songs and movies to iPhone or iPod from PC.
Flexible Batch Wallpaper Uploader - Automatically convert and upload images to iPhone as wallpaper. Any image sizes are supported including photos from professional cameras.
i-FunBox is Windows XP, Vista and Win7 compatible. There is no need for jailbreaking; However additional functionality will be available for Jailbroken devices.
You can dowload the latest version of i-FunBox here: iFunBox v0.8.250.160 [Eng]
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Easily turn your favorite music into your new ringtone with iRinger.
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]]>Wow. It sure would be nice to see this concept become reality.
[via MacWorld]
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