Does anyone have this app on their Prime yet?
I have it for my Droid X, with the small screen, and using it can be annoying as my desktop is set at 1920x1080.
I would hope that the screen size and resolution of the Prime would make this app much easier to use.
I've tried it on my Prime. It works well. I don't feel like it works any better than on my phone, it's just easier to see, haha.
doesn't the splashtop app that comes with the prime do the same thing? is logmein better?
jamesey10 said:
doesn't the splashtop app that comes with the prime do the same thing? is logmein better?
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LogMeIn allows you to remote into multiple PCs with just one or two clicks, not at the same time mind you.
However if you have more than one PC, you can set them all up on the same LogMeIn account and access them from any mobile device with the app or through any web browser on any internet connection.
I use it for technical support for my parents and friends.
Splashtop can do multiple PC connections too.
Tried nearly all of the remote desktop apps a while ago and purchased Splashtop because it seemed easily better than the others - in no small part because it is able to use external keyboard and mouse properly (including the Transformer dock). None of the others I tried at that time did, including Logmein.
I originally used Logmein, but switched to Splashtop remote desktop. Though i recently updated to the new version and i have to say I'm loving the new version of Logmein better. I can view multiple monitors at the same time on my Prime. Also changed the way the screen cursor works as well.
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mardukeme said:
I originally used Logmein, but switched to Splashtop remote desktop. Though i recently updated to the new version and i have to say I'm loving the new version of Logmein better. I can view multiple monitors at the same time on my Prime. Also changed the way the screen cursor works as well.
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Ooh, multiple monitors - that is nice! Does it finally play nicely with external keyboard and mouse inputs though?
I took a video showing Splashtop with the Prime and a Logitech Wireless USB (Unifying receiver) over HDMI to my HDTV FWIW:
(Navigation for the connectivity demo: bluetooth keyboard and mouse with the browser @ 1:00, USB adapter with wireless USB keyboard and mouse combo @ 2:55, N64oid with high res textures and the Logitech USB Games Controller @ 6:48, Shadowgun THD optimised for Tegra 3 with a PS3 Controller @ 9:07, 1080p MKV playback from a 500GB portable HDD with Dice Player to the HDTV @ 13:11, accomanying blog piece http://www.androidnz.net/2012/01/asus-transformer-prime-video-playback.html)
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Hi All,
My dream, one that I hope Android can help me fulfill is to hook my Galaxy S2 to a HDMI tv, fire up remote desktop and by using a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, effectively have a full desktop available.
I am yet to try hooking up my phone to a tv as I am waiting for the MHL cable, but issues I envisage are the following:
1) When the screen is mirrored on the TV, the RDP program will not use the TVs display show 'full screen'. I have installed some RDP applications and they allow you to select the resolution so perhaps this will resolve the issue
2) Are there any RDP applications that allow bluetooth keyboard and mouse entry?
This is the hold grail for me!! Many a time I have stayed in a hotel for work or holiday and not had my laptop with me and wished for such a solution. Combine this with Wake On Lan and it's perfect!
I hope someone can help!
I can't believe i'm the only one that wants something like this to work!
RDP programs should just take any inputs from your phone and pass them onto the remote machine so BT kb/m should work ok IMO. Not sure about the mirroring but if it is fullscreen on the phone then maybe the MHL cable will upscale for the TV.
rob_h said:
RDP programs should just take any inputs from your phone and pass them onto the remote machine so BT kb/m should work ok IMO. Not sure about the mirroring but if it is fullscreen on the phone then maybe the MHL cable will upscale for the TV.
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I'm waiting for the cable before I can try. In fact I would have had it by now but my girlfriend wants to buy some stuff for me for my bday and I believe she's already ordered it!
I should get mine tomorrow and I'll try it out.
Thanks! I'll check back on thread!
I've been doing some reading around and have found that BT keyboards and a mouse will work no problem.
I tried my MHL cable with the Android VNC viewer app and allows you to fit to screen but does not output at the tv's native res.
I have had similar experience with Remote RDP, it just mirrors the phone's native resolution. Hopefully this kind of thing will be supported soon, including internet browsing at 1080p.
Thanks guys, that sux!
I still haven't received my cable so I can't try for myself, but have you managed to make it work to a workable output on the TV?
would be interesting if we could port some parts from the atrix (webtop) over to this phone. I actually enjoyed that feature.
blunted09 said:
would be interesting if we could port some parts from the atrix (webtop) over to this phone. I actually enjoyed that feature.
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Perhaps, this kind of program may help to format the resolution?
Am I missing something? If you got a bt keyboard and bt mouse and the phone to tv hdmi, don't you have it all? Why would you need a remote desktop or vnc software?
Well, you'd have it all except for USB, which you might be able to live without.
ckinninger said:
Am I missing something? If you got a bt keyboard and bt mouse and the phone to tv hdmi, don't you have it all? Why would you need a remote desktop or vnc software?
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If it could pump out the full Remote Desktop resolution then you will effectively have a full desktop through your phone rather than just have the phone's software capability.
Fair enough you can surf the web and play a video but what if I want to use full excel or Word, and multi-task like on a desktop.
I've still not received my cable so I don't know whether the browsing the net with the phone's browser is legible on a big screen.
In my earlier post I complete missed off the applications name - LCD Density - haven't tried and I don't know if it's compatible with the SGSII, but sounds like it changes the native resolution of the phone.
Try Splashtop as your vnc app it is the only one to my knowledge that can stream audio almost perfect and video pretty good over vnc and works like a charm on the atrix.
Did you find a good BT keyboard that works well with the Evo? I'd prefer one with a built in trackpad, as my goal is to use this on the road (ie, airports, trains, etc), and would like to have an all-in-one keyboard/mouse.
The one thing that I haven't had time to tinker with have been HDMI goggles that can give a virtual display. Has anyone tried these w/ the Evo's mini-HDMI output?
Has anyone here tried splashtop HD for webOS? I want to play computer games via my xbox controller when I'm in the other room. The controller has the range, but I'm wondering if the framerate can keep up with the games.
Thanks for the input!
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I've used it for regular desktop apps - business type stuff. Don't know if it would be responsive enough for what you are talking about. Seemed a little awkward to control through the onscreen controls.
Splashtop is a POS, it only supports a max resolution of 1024x768 and will resize your computer desktop to that resolution, it also doesn't support sound if you computers sound card has more than 2 channels. I wish I hadn't paid money for it...
Thanks guys, you both saved me $10!
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I use Splashtop all the time and it is indispensable. I use it to watch Hulu, Netflix and my Slingbox, read my epub books on the Barnes and Noble app and use the entire MS Office suite. Basically it lets me do everything the touchpad can not. It is plenty fast enough for those tasks, maybe not for gaming. If it weren't for Splashtop I would have sold this thing already. Very much worth the investment for me.
I bought and used splashtop before there were any viable remote desktop apps available.
There are now.
Coupled with VPN for work, I use the RDP app now...and it's much cheaper.
The bad thing about Splashtop is this...if you leave a computer logged off but powered on, it will not connect. Not a big deal, but if you reboot/forget to leave it logged on (and locked) you won't be able to connect.
I got it when it was $5.00...and it was worth it then. Now, I have a 2.99 RDP app and it works just fine and works whether the PC/Server is logged on or not.
You also have to install the streamer app on any desktop you choose to connect to.
With the RDP client, it's the same as always...inside your network just type the IP, outside your network setup port forwarding as needed.
I've also never been able to get Splashtop to work on any port other than the default, while RDP works on any port specified...
Splashtop, however....with your google sign in is simple stupid once you install the app and the streamer on your computer, except for the reasons specified above...
I tried using splashtop to play Titan Quest a while ago (sort of a Diablo clone). It's mostly point and click gameplay, so I thought it might be ok, but I just never was able to get it comfortable. For one thing, getting the resolution ok seemed to be a hangup, and it wasn't terribly responsive. For anything more graphically intensive, or anything close to quick-paced, I don't think it's going to be worth it, frankly. It's no Onlive.
With the Prime being a multi media power house it's very conceivable many of us will hook the Prime up to various TVs to watch our media. Walking up to the tablet to control DicePlayer or whatever media player we use isn't very convenient.
Here's a free app I found that provides a solution to this scenario (and also works as a virtual gamepad) that I'd thought I'd bring to people's attention:
Tablet Remote:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tournesol.tabletremote
Visit the market link above for a more verbose description of how it works with screenshots. The gist is you download the app to both your phone and tablet and pair them up using Bluetooth. On the tablet it installs a software keyboard that you enable/activate. Once both devices are paired control commands are sent through the easy to use phone UI to the soft keyboard on the tablet via Bluetooth.
Thanks I will try this with my evo3d when my prime comes today.
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Bump because the app was just updated today to add connectivity between Android devices via WiFi.
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Bump because the app was just updated today to add connectivity between Android devices via WiFi.
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friggin awesome, this app has lots of potential..
Anyone find a good remote desktop software that works with ICS? so far pocketcloud is acting funny.
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The pre loaded splashtop HD works awesome.
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The pre loaded splashtop HD works awesome.
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I agree also
Splashtop is not showing in my list of apps but I see it in titanium backup. I can't even run it from TB. Anyone else see this? I'm running ICS now
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Under MyCloud>MyDesktop should be the slashtop app. So far it has worked pretty well on both my mac and PC.
I use Remote RDP by Yantao. There is a free version, which I used and it was great. I can't remember which version it was, but I think I shelled out for the enterprise version (~$20), mostly to show support. The ~$10 version and up have the best features (obviously). My favorite is the ability to attach the storage on my phone as storage devices on that computer through RDP, without any additional software or protocol. Great for when I need stuff from my document library at home.
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I use pocketcloud like everyday. Never had any problems with it.
+1 more for splashtop. Its fast enough to play games.
Another great free app for accessing your network is SHARESFINDER.
https://market.android.com/details?...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zY2FuLnBsYWNlcyJd
"SharesFinder is intended for scanning wireless local networks for shared resources (SMB, FTP, HTTP). You can explore SMB resources directly by SharesFinder, HTTP resources with Android browser and FTP resources with another tool supporting this protocol (FtpCafe recommended).
SharesFinder is a simple analog of Windows "My network places". Also, it can be used as SMB client."
This one works great on a tablet and supports RDP (Windows Remote Desktop) and VNC and is really cheap compared to other Remote Desktop apps (0,99€). You dont need an extra program on your PC, which is always nice!
Jump Desktop:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.p5sys.android.jump
no one has mentioned TeamViewer! It's great and free!
I use Teamviewer. It's free for personal use and works fantastically on my Prime.
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LogMeIn Ignition works well. But, it is $30.
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Best remote desktop app I've used to date.
Can any of these apps be used to control other tablets? Like could I control or play my Ipad apps/games through any of these methods?
Remote desktop by xtralogic works well.. paid app but works good ... figured i would add to the list
Also Using Teamviewer without any issues.
Use 2x Client.. it works great and it's free
ive been looking nd looking for one that works with right click and mouse middle button (external blutooth mouse) but no dice. Any recommendations?
Team viewer as well. love controlling my PC with my Razr, Prime or NetBook.
Hi All,
i am trying to find an app that will allow me to remote my PC from my Prime but that will also work with the docking keyboard mouse pad.
what happens till now in apps like logmein and team viewer is that i see my PC courser and my asus courser as well which means i have to touch the screen in order to move my PC courser around
is there any app you know that can work with the asus pad mouse?
Have you tried Unified Remote? You'll need the PC version also.<--- This one is for Media Center PC's and has several kinds of remotes for that, please see my edit below.
https://market.android.com/details?...251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5SZWxtdGVjaC5SZW1vdGUiXQ..
EDIT: I competely overlooked what you were trying to do LOL... Was late when I saw your post. X2 like posted below works pretty good, and a buddy of mine uses Remote Desktop Client and says it works very well for him. He has bought the pay version which costs $25 but there is a trial version to try out. He said X2 worked OK but RDC works better for him. There are several out there, you just have to play with them to see which one works best for you. Here is a link to Remote Desktop Client...
Free Trial: https://market.android.com/details?...HJhbG9naWMuYW5kcm9pZC5yZHBjbGllbnQudHJpYWwiXQ..
Pay version: https://market.android.com/details?...mNvbS54dHJhbG9naWMuYW5kcm9pZC5yZHBjbGllbnQiXQ..
X2 does what you want through the standard winsows remote desktop
MaorHassan said:
is there any app you know that can work with the asus pad mouse?
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Erhh, have you tried the application that comes with the Prime in MyCloud?
It's a version of Splashtop, though I must admit I use the newly released Splashtop THD now.
Regards,
Dave
Don't think I have used LogMeIn Ignition with the dock, but believe that left trackpad button along with trackpad is same as touching screen.
Use that to move cursor.