Kevin Trethewey

Software Developer, Technologist, Connoisseur of things that go 'bing'.

Mobile Phone to Control PCs

Published Wednesday, January 19, 2005 1:54 PM

[From TechTree.com] "Electronics major Toshiba has announced the world's first software supporting remote operation of a personal computer from a mobile phone.

Dubbed the 'Ubiquitous Viewer', the software provides access to any Windows OS-based home or office computer and allows users to open productivity software, such as the MS Office suite, and to read and modify files. Ubiquitous Viewer also supports access to PC-based e-mail, Internet browser and other PC applications, providing users with access to PC-based resources at any time, wh erever they are."

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by Kevin Trethewey

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# Stuart Gunter said on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:38 PM: I've recently toyed with this in my spare time. I'm a huge fan of being able to control my home remotely via my phone. I'm nowhere near to actually doing it yet, but I'm working on it piece by piece.

I started small with a remote control for WinAmp that runs on Windows Mobile. It basically hooks into WinAmp on the PC and allows you to control it fully (ie. play, stop, pause, see what song is playing, etc.). Quite useful if you're down at the pool or somewhere else in the house.

The next step is finishing my little electronics project, which is a small FM transmitter that plugs into the headphone jack and broadcasts music from your PC via radio waves. That way you can tune in your radio at the pool, and control what music you listen to!

Awesome! So I think Toshiba should come speak to me :-)

Kevin Trethewey

Mobile Phone to Control PCs

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