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Real-time PC access on your PDA

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-isn't-that-nice dept.

Brooks P. writes "As seen in this story on The Register, Sproqit Technologies creates software that allows you to access your desktop apps in real time over the Internet. No more synchronization. This is accomplished with a Desktop Agent that runs on your (Windows for now) PC, and a 200k Companion running on the PDA. The Desktop Agent uses plug-ins to connect to the apps running on the PC, and the SDK used to develop plug-ins is free. Oh, and the whole thing uses 128-bit SSL for security and works over any connection method: 802.11, modem, cell phone, etc."

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  1. There's VNC for the Palm, too by jdray · · Score: 5, Informative

    As referenced above, there's VNC clients (and servers) for a wide variety of platforms. Here's one for the Palm OS.

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  2. Re:Citrix/TS/X/SSH. What's new about this? by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Informative

    "And this is different from Citrix or Terminal Services or a remote X session or good ole SSH how? "

    You get an interface designed to use with your PDA, instead of trying to cram a 1280 by 1024 image on a 240 by 320 screen. RTFA.

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  3. This is not VNC/Remote Desktop/Blah by barnaclebarnes · · Score: 4, Informative

    Did anyone who actually commented that this was 'just like VNC, et' actually look at the website?

    This is not a remote desktop solution in the traditional sense. Applications have to be Sproqit enabled and the conent is repurposed for the mobile device. It is not simply a view of your desktop PC.

    In saying this they are pretty wrong when it comes to a couple of things.

    1. Syncronisation: I can spend an hour a day underground (The Tube) with no network coverage and I bet it does not cahche all the data I might want to look at. You need syncronisation as our networks are a) not good enough and b) super expensive for consitently grabbing data from your PC. They would have been better to integrate their data transfer technology and perform a really good background sync (no sync company does this yet).

    2. The Enterprise: They will not take this on as it means every users PC has to be on to take advantage of this. They need a server based solution that runs on back office equipment that takes away the need for indivdual PC's to be always on.

    A couple of the concepts are nice but for your core PIM applications this is not the way to go. /b

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