While walking the floor at CTIA09, we spotted the RealVNC logo and wandered over to see what they had to offer for Android. Turns out a lot. RealVNC was showing off their new cross-platform desktop to mobile control scheme. Using your desktop, you can wirelessly connect to and control a mobile device complete with touch input and hard key access.
The potential uses here are many. A company could use RealVNC control at an enterprise level to assist with technical issues on their employee’s phone or provide support for a confused user. The entire screen of the mobile device is shown in real time on the desktop, giving the help desk or service tech instant insight into the device without needing to be anywhere near it. Check out the video below for a quick preview of the service.
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8 Comments
that’s pretty good
i guess
i want it the other way around… control a desktop from the android device
do they have that yet
http://www.cyrket.com/package/android.androidVNC
haha wow thats like a haunted phone!
I could see that coming in handy, but I could really see the usefulness the other way around (controlling a desktop from a phone)
but ive used VNC before, and have a desktop crammed into a tiny phone screen wouldnt likely be very doable
to the commenter above there’s plenty of vnc/rdp android apps already to control your pc just search the market
yea there are many rdp apps out there. the best one is remote rdp. check out http://www.androidtapp.com/remote-rdp/
its expensive, but it works like a bomb. really smooth! i had windows 7 on my G1…well, sorta
Hmmm….. last I looked at this, the Android API did not give you access to the event queue so that you can inject keystrokes and/or touch events – at least outside your own app – undoubtedly Google considered this a security risk. I suspect this was a rooted phone. Can anyone confirm or reject that?
the phone is in root mode…
I’m pretty new to the Android platform and I’m surprised there hasn’t been a solution to this before now. There’s been a tool that’s been around for years on the WM platform that I’ve used. Never thought too much about security actually though.
This tool is essential if you have to manually enter in allot of data (eg. password apps).