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Not sure about android, but MidpSSH works wonders on my Blackberry, they probably have an android version. Used it just last night in a bind!

Heh, all the way back since the late 90's I've been logging in to my VNC sessions via the built-in java client (just go to http://vnchost:5801/ instead of vnchost:1 ). I guess that means that HTML5 + JIT compiled Javascript is the new Java?

If you like Guacamole, you'll probably also like AJAXterm, which can give you a webpage-based shell. It works well with GNU screen. It's nice for workplaces that block SSH but have an HTTPS proxy. Can't find a definitive webpage for it, but it's not too hard to set up from the debian repository. But it does seem to work a bit better than Mindterm (the Java ssh client from the 90's).

For mobile phone use, I've been fairly content with the java MIDPSSH. Unless your smartphone has a native ssh client, of course.

I bought a Curve for myself, as a personal phone (out of work baby!). I can tell you at least 3 reasons I bought it none of which involve c-level thinking: 1) it's not tied to either Verizon or AT&T (I cause enough bullshit in my own life without the help of these service providers) 2) it looks/feels nice to use and carry 3) decent media player (although I use flipside mostly as my media player) 4) lots of useful application (two of my favorites are midpssh and logicmail).

To make the bb phone even more usable try operamini. Oh, and I've just installed google voice which looks like fun.

Naturally I'll be moving to an android when 1) they look/work a little more iphone/blackberry slick (am I the only one who hates HTC phones?) 2) I can actually afford one.

I demand a free SSH client now

Alright, here you go: http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/

Oh, it's open source too (GPL). Here's the code: http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/v1.7.3/midpssh.zip

Oh, it's J2ME too, so it can run on any phone that has java.

I demand a free SSH client now

Alright, here you go: http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/

Oh, it's open source too (GPL). Here's the code: http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/v1.7.3/midpssh.zip

Oh, it's J2ME too, so it can run on any phone that has java.

Try again. Two of my favorites are LogicMail (POP/IMAP from anywhere) and MidpSSH (in a pinch, server management) but you can also find more at places like Sourceforge.

This will no doubt help Apple, but there has been an ICA client for Blackberry phones for awhile now. I've used it and while screensize is a PITA, its more or less functional and great in a pinch. As for us terminal geeks, MidpSSH is an order of magnitude more awesome. It proxies through the BES server eliminating the need for a VPN client, and allows me to access any Cisco or Unix server on my network, regardless of location.

Its seriously the coolest thing ever, and best of all free.

http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/

I have an (admittedly older) Blackberry for work, and still find myself doing all the interesting things on my aging PalmTX.

The only things I use the Blackberry for, in order:

* Google Maps : Verizon disabled my built-in GPS, but I can highly recommend the i-Blue 820 bluetooth receiver / datalogger.

* E-mail : the only reason Blackberry is popular in the first place

* G-mail / Yahoo : limited and slow, but functional interfaces to your email accounts as well as some light news and flickr

* Opera Mini : For accessing heavy websites that the internal browser chokes on.

* MidpSSH as you mention. It really is a decent client as in it's not too impossible to display decent ansi using screen, and send all the weird keystrokes you might need.
http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/

* Tethering (use the Blackberry as a wireless modem for your laptop) : I think they've really tried to stop people from using this, though. I think I have one of the last models / plans that allow this, and it works awesome.

Aside from those basic and indispensable functions, I really kinda hate my blackberry, and use my Palm TX for all of my personal work and entertainment.

My essential Palm TX apps:

* Plucker : I use Sunrise to pull a compressed copy of all my favorite websites that I frequent or e-books so I can read them on the subway or wherever. It's much, much faster than using a browser and supports pictures and everything.

* TCPMP : plays mp3s, ogg, and fullscreen videos in various with minimal transcoding woes. I use a 4GB SD card for my library. By no means an iPod replacement in terms of quality or UI, but it gets the job done well enough for me with minimal hassle.

* PIM : syncs with JPilot on Linux, haven't really seen anything else that I can use with my Linux box. I use goosync to publish stuff to my google calendar as well.

* Keyring / CryptoPad : for encrypted info

* Office Documents, PalmPDF : actually allows me to do light office file editing and relatively featureful spreadsheets, my blackberry only lets me view email attachments and it does a piss-poor job formatting that makes it next to useless.

* tejpWriter : with a portable keyboard, you can get some serious typing done with this text editor.

* Progect / HandyShopper / HappyDays / etc. : great little productivity tools that are extremely well designed and I haven't even found usable equivalents for on full-blown desktop systems.

* OperaMini : Also for accessing heavy websites the internal browser chokes on.

* pssh / PalmVNC : Quite usable. Haven't had much luck controlling VNC through my Blackberry.

* Games : Popcap has a lot of very interesting games ported. Also lots of great freeware / OSS diversions.

Anyway, too bad Palm seems to have really flubbed the future of their platform. Right now if I had to replace my TX, I'd probably get a Nokia N810 which seems to have a good PalmOS emulation layer:
http://www.access-company.com/products/gvm/

Other than for Google Maps, my Blackberry has strictly been relegated to a device that tethers me to work in a limited fashion.

for IRC on your blackberry
jmirc
http://jmirc.sourceforge.net/

I think this works ok for my limited use.

for telnet / ssh client on your blackberry midpssh
http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/

Works well, lets you have some macros for commands.
Hope someone new finds these and enjoys them.

Mark

I've used MidpSSH. Works like a dream. http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/

I am not sure if Android supports MIDP Java applications, but I can run a GPL Java SSH client on my low budget phone without problems

Blackberry Curve with midpssh.

Midpssh is pretty nice. It lets you enter a command at a time, or enter "type" mode where keystrokes are sent in real-time. You can pull up a CTRL dialog to send CRTL commands, a menu for inputting special symbols not on the blackberry keyboard (like pipe).

I've had no problems editing files with nano, and it doesn't drop my connection when a phone call comes in, unlike "terminal" on my old sidekick 2.

I'll second that.. MidpSSH runs on just about everything (java).

http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/download.php

I have the Blackberry 8830 and use MidpSSH. With the full keyboard on the blackberry and wide screen (relatively speaking) it works great for terminal access.

Hrm-- I don't remember paying that much. Maybe they've raised the price? It used to be called Idokorro SSH.

Looks like there's a free SSH client here, but I've never used it myself, so I can't tell you if it's any good. I've wondered how hard it would be to port an existing SSH implementation to the Blackberry-- unfortunately for me, I am not a Java developer (Blackberry SDK is Java). Now if there were only C bindings...

As far as the device being locked down-- it depends on who runs it for you. Mine is tied to a corporate BES server, which normally would mean bad things, except that I am the BES administrator for my company. But I think if you have a standalone device, you can do pretty much whatever you want with it.

The blackberry is almost exclusively java, and while the apps aren't flashy, they get the job done and cover everything I do every day. All the google apps are Java, as others have mentioned; the blackberry has others including a Google Talk client (blackberry exclusive), BBMaps, etc. Plus there's MidpSSH, which, while laggy over EDGE (what do you expect), works and is very portable.

Is Java great? No: Personally, I hate it. Is it still a good thing to have because everyone under the sun uses it and there are good apps? Yes. Is it open? Also yes.

http://s2putty.sourceforge.net/installs60v3.html

I will never buy a phone which cannot run http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/ or Putty.

i use MidpSSH on my BB7100 and it works fine
http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/

which are most, if not all the phones in market nowadays here. No need for an expensive gadget that doesn't even have a keyboard.

There has been a free SSH client available for the Blackberry for some time, it's just been hard to find:

http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/

Took me a while to find it. A little sluggish & quirky, but it works!

But you are correct, RIM has some serious catching up to do.

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"Those nice Blackberry folks charge $95 for ssh"

Nooooo, those nice idokorro folks charge $95 for ssh, but those nice midpssh folks have a free version which works great for everything i've used it for so far.

Fiddler for Windows - http://www.fiddlertool.com/ - and Charles for Mac OSX - http://www.xk72.com/charles/ - are debugging proxies. Very easy to use, and both allow you to throttle bandwidth to something lower than what you are using. Charles has a native way to do it, but I think you either have to program or download a new "rule" for Fiddler in order to throttle. Anyway, both are extremely valuable for solving a multitude of problems, not just throttling bandwidth.

MidpSSH combined with just about any one of these?

It's not as exciting as something with John Carmack's name on it, but it does have the advantage of having been around long enough to get many of the kinks worked out of the system.

Or, in some cases, long enough to have the kinks worked into the system. Whichever.

So it's not a native PocketPC application but midpssh is GNU-free and has lots of ssh options including public key authentication. The only down side is the less-than-native-looking interface that you get from running J2ME, but the terminal is top notch. Definitely the best ssh application that I've found for the platform.

http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/

MidpSSH is an integrated telnet/SSH client with lots of display options, a phonebook (!!) and seems to be very stable. I'm only having one problem though - I can telnet fine, I can SSH to my Smoothwall firewall but I can't SSH to my OSX box... Granted it's only been 10 minutes of fiddling so far so I may be overlooking something.

Only problem with it so far is that the vibrator in my phone goes off when I move the direction pad.. very odd to say the least.

PS: http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/

Amen. But what about MIDPSSH http://xk72.com/midpssh/. Why pay for SSH on your Blackberry when you can get it for free? Third party software, especially of this simplicity should not cost money. Granted Ikodorro is reliable, MIDPSSH has caught up, and since it's open source anyone can modify it and improve it..

BEWARE M2ST: this app is a commercial 'rip off' of MIDPSSH and is otherwise the same app. Also they have not posted source code and might be violating the GPL.

http://www.netcreativemind.com/m2st/

Note: anyone reading this, MIDPSSH works on *MANY* phones, not just blackberries.. give it a shot..

For SSH implementation though, there is an open-source and cross-platform application called MIDPSSH at http://xk72.com/midpssh/ which works on any MIDP 1.x or 2.x (J2ME) compatible phone (there are dozens!)

You do not need to pay for ikodorro mobileSSH for the blackberry, but if you will need to use it every day for long periods of time, i reccomend the commercial solution.

Why a blackberry:

a) Reliable. The device is rock solid, in software and hardware. The hardware will take a beating (dropped, wet, ran over by a vehicle, etc) and keeps on ticking. If you have a problem, you can usually acquire a replacement in 24-48 hours..

b) Ease of use -- the querty keyboard on the Blackberry is the best i have ever used so far. I've tried the others and still nothing compares. The interface is also very well thought out and once you get used to the trackwheel, you'll love it.

c) Data consumption: the blackberry consumes far less data than other devices on the market, due to the proprietary system used to send messages over the network. This translates into much lower bill costs, provided you are being told to, or you pay your own bills.

speak for yourself; i for one am quite glad to be able to run midpSSH anywhere there's a tower within range!

Well, that capability has been out for at least a couple of years. I've been using ssh on my Nokia 3650 for a while now. The version I use is Putty for Symbian, but there is another SSH client written for the Java VM that comes on most cell phones.

I use SprintPCS, the Palmone treo600, and pssh. SprintPCS's network is CDMA so if you're not in the continental United States, and not in or near a metropolitian area, forget about it. For the rest of you I can tell you that it works splendidly, though latent. It'd be difficult to perform any complex task, though not impossible. On the treo the font-size will be tiny. One should consider the treo650 with it's high resolution screen as an alternative.

I should also mention PalmVNC. The bandwidth limitations of the sprintpcs network, and the resolution limitations of the treo600 render this application to little more than a novelty. Though again, in a pinch, it's a usefull app to keep around.

Perhaps you already have a phone that runs java midlets? If so you could try SSH & Telnet Floyd or MIDPSSH.

I use a Nokia 6820 with ATT Wireless/Cingular. It has a fold out keyboard which is quite nice. ATT/Cingular both have unlimited data plans for around $20/mo. ATT Wireless charges extra for data usage by a device hooked up to the phone (Bluetooth, data cable -> laptop) but Cingular does not.

When I need to use SSH and don't have my laptop, I use MIDP SSH, which is free and "good enough." Ideally I'd wish for a bigger screen only. (From your cellphone: http://www.xk72.com/wap)

I've found mobiledia.com's forums to be quite helpful also.

I use a Nokia 6820 with ATT Wireless/Cingular. It has a fold out keyboard which is quite nice. ATT/Cingular both have unlimited data plans for around $20/mo. ATT Wireless charges extra for data usage by a device hooked up to the phone (Bluetooth, data cable -> laptop) but Cingular does not.

When I need to use SSH and don't have my laptop, I use MIDP SSH, which is free and "good enough." Ideally I'd wish for a bigger screen only. (From your cellphone: http://www.xk72.com/wap)

I've found mobiledia.com's forums to be quite helpful also.

After initializing the card for the first time (using windows, it needs to update the firmware, etc.), the card works like a regular com-port/modem. Beware of wvdial though, i had to patch it to make it work reliably with the AirCard. Also see http://centerclick.org/aircard555/

I recently dumped the aircard and replaced it with a GSM phone Nokia 6820. Which not only has a fold-out QWERTY keyboard, both a commercial and a free ssh client, and bluetooth, but also an IR port which emulates a modem when put next to the IR port on a laptop. Then just dial *99# and you're in business, even when traveling abroad. (The AirCard doesn't support data calls outside of the US.)

I think it's a better deal than the dedicated wireless cards, unless you're planning on using it constantly. It appears that the speed on the 6820 (with AT&T / Cingular service) via IR is better than the AirCard too.