iPhone Cruncher

So if you’re trying to access your home office computer while waltzing around in some place where the lack of a physical computer is out of reach, it’s not that hard to find an app to do all your work. Whatever it is you do on your personal computer can be done using your iPhone or iPod touch, the very same actions life you were sitting in front of your machine.

Actions like, clicking, drag and drop, opening files and folder, edit files, copy and paste and so on can be done remarkably on your iPhone. There many options you can use in viewing your mini desktop in portrait or landscape modes. Tapping or pinching your iPhone makes the screen zoom in or out.

These are some other apps that make it easier for you to connect to your home computer and set up a remote access to your desktop. Once you gain control of your connection you can simply use your iPhone to do triggering actions: move the mouse to click on an object or use it to drag another window under stationery and click on it.

Many of the apps capable of doing remote access includes but not limited to Carter Harrison’s WinAdmin, LogMein’s LogMeIn Ignition, Jugaari’s Jaadu Remote Desktop and for users who are fond of using online backup service the KineticD Backup, KineticExtend.

Current version of Windows like Vista,XP, and Windows 7, include RDP by default settings. Configuring RDP connections isn’t that difficult but for those who are not familiar you can check a tutorial found at Microsoft’s Webiste.

GEAR4 launches UnityRemote™, the device that turns an iPhone, iPod touch or an iPad into a universal remote control

LONDON (virtualpressoffice) – GEAR4, the leading innovators in iPhone, iPod and iPad accessories, announces the launch of the UnityRemote™, a device that allows people to control all of their electronic devices from their iPhone iPod touch or iPad.

The universal UnityRemote™ from GEAR4 was designed to make controlling multi-media devices as simple as possible. Using the UnityRemote™, iPhone, iPod touch and iPad owners can control everything from TVs to Hi-Fis, Blu-Ray players to digital TV boxes – anything that has an infrared receiver, using one single device. This makes the UnityRemoteTM? a convenient alternative to a collection of several large remote controls and if the iPhone gets lost down the back of the sofa, users can simply call their phone.

UnityRemote™ consists of two parts. The first is an app, which is downloaded for free from the Apple App Store. The second part is a small and sleek device that receives and transmits infrared and Bluetooth® signals. The iPhone, iPod touch and iPad can not currently send infrared signals, so this clever device works by receiving a Bluetooth® signal from the Apple device and sending an infrared instruction via four infrared transmitters that flood the room, to the device to be controlled.

The UnityRemote™ is easy to set up. After launching the app, users simply select the device to be controlled from a long list of all the manufacturers you’ve ever heard of, and even those you haven’t. If, for some reason, the device to control is not listed, the UnityRemote™ can ‘learn’ how to control the device.

Users can also set up ‘actions’ for the UnityRemote™ to control multiple devices simultaneously. From one touch, users can turn on their TV, DVD player, digital TV box and their home cinema sound system. There’s nothing to plug in to the iPhone and nothing to search for. Simply enter the room and use the iPhone as a remote control.

• UnityRemote™ is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
• No power connection required (powered by three AA batteries)
• Easy to set up and use – uses Apple’s ‘gesture’ and ‘touch’ controls, which allow people to turn volumes up, or down, through simple finger movements on an iPhone screen
• Fully-customisable – the UnityRemote™ can be programmed to display only the buttons that are required at any one time. Plus, the screen can be set up to display buttons from multiple devices, so the ‘Play’ button for a Blu-Ray player can sit alongside the volume control for a home cinema system
• Recommended retail price: £99
• UnityRemote™ will be available exclusively at John Lewis from mid September 2010

Incoming search terms for the article:

• Gear4 utility remote
• iphone infra red receiver

Mobile phones including the iPhone can be used for other things other than calling and here is one which turns you Apple device into a virtual universal remote control. The i-Got-Control Universal Remote allows you to control various devices through the usual infrared interface.

Features:

• Turn your iPhone into a color touchscreen universal remote
• Simply download the free app and plug in the included IR adapter
• Codes for thousands of different devices built in
• Create your own codes by “teaching” them from your original remote
• Store all your favorite devices and switch between them easily
• No batteries required

The i-Got-Control iPhone Universal Remote can be yours for $69.99 over at Thinkgeek.

L5 Technology today introduced the L5 Remote, an accessory and free app that turn any iPhone or iPod touch into a universal remote control. Launching at ShowStoppers @ CES, the L5 Remote provides consumers with a powerful alternative for replacing multiple and often-confusing remote control devices.

The L5 Remote transforms the iPhone and iPod touch into a personal universal remote that controls televisions, DVDs, DVRs, cable boxes, audio equipment, and most other products that come with an infrared remote.

The L5 Remote is portable and does not require batteries, Wi-Fi or external power to work.

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