Technology is amazing. As a kid I was always drawn to the prospect of the technology of the future, Star Trek, Star Wars etc… I could not get enough. As an adult, I live in it. I love it, as what used to be SciFi is now becoming more and more, SciFact. The iPhone is probably going to be claimed as one of the greatest inventions of the 21 century (If man kind survives long enough to reach the 22nd). Let me pose several questions to you:
- What if you could be in direct contact with your home/office/summer home/kids/whatever computer?
- What if you were (Theoretcially) able to have this connection anywhere in the world?
- What if you were able to have this connection to your system(s) over WiFi, 3G, or Edge?
- What if this ability was able to be done WITHOUT a monthly fee?
What if… With this connection, free of monthly service fees, filled with autonomy and versatility also allowed you to SEE your desktop and fully interact with it to every degree with finger swipes, taps and pokes?
Sounds like science fiction right? IT’S NOT! IT’S HERE! NOW, and oddly enough, has been for sometime (believe it or not). ”Jaadu VNC” & “Jaadu Remote Desktop” Is here. Now let me say this, and I will swear by it, to date this is THE MOST AWESOME app available on the iPhone. Many people are constantly looking for file sharing programs, or enabling your 8 or 16 Gig phones to share business/personal files of all types, sizes and purposes. With Jaadu you no longer need to try and share everything you have. Now you have access to any system you deem necessary, making your iPhone now a proxy to your main system. Yes that’s right, your 8/16 Gig iPhone through Jaadu becomes a 250+ Gig computer by acting like a remote proxy interface with amazing speed and smoothness without any screen resolution limits.
VNC supports Mac, Windows, Linux and AMX Touchscreens. Video/Audio streaming is not supported, but you can access your computer files from anywhere. Send yourself or others material from your home computer, while you’re elsewhere. Control media players from anywhere, Advance Power Point slides while reading presenter notes. Use your iPhone as a wireless touch pad, keyboard, or Media Remote. You will be able to access any file or application on your home system from anywhere in the world. You can watch over your childrens computer time and use, all via SSH encryption that is supported for all platforms. Best of all, by use of it and your home systems browser, we can now VIEW FLASH supported sites, and without the battery drain!
Desktop, is a Windows Remote client for Windows OS. It does everything VNC does for the most part save for the following, it does not support Vista or XP Home editions. It does however, allow steaming of audio to your iPhone.
I have been using Jaadu VNC for a week now and it is simply amazing. I have had those spontaneous overnight trysts where I had not shut down my computer and Jaadu easily solved this issue for me. For my business, I needed to view a flash site on the go and again, Jaadu made it possible. I needed to send a file to a potential client, which I did not have on me. Well with Jaadu? Like gravy on a buscuit, it was all good. Jaadu allowed me visual, and fully functional access to my home system and through my email client through my home system I activated the folder, drag and dropped the file into the email I had composed for the client and sent it out. This was all done with the client on the phone while I was 40 miles away from home.
Now Jaadu does have a couple of issues that kind of make it a drag. First is the price which is a whopping $25.00. That is quite expensive for an app and it is my belief that this is what caused the app to not have much of a following. I will say this categorically that it is way worth the price. So do not let this sway you, if you are considering getting it based on this article, or your own investigations.
The second issue, is the set up. You need to DL 3 seperate programs on your home system, and for those not technically adept, this can be daunting as it can cause you to need to change some settings on your server router (if you are using one like I am to connect to the Web). However even if you think this will be an obsticle you need not worry because Jaadu’s support is very helpful, nice and respond reasonably quickly. Once you are past these two issues, your life has gotten so much better. When I showed my female companion this in action while at her house she was so thrown by it, looking at my desktop at home on my iPhone screen and watching me interface with programs finishing up to some quick work, and then shutting down my system from her apartment, she exclaimed it was difficult to wrap her head around the concept, even after witnessing it first hand.
Jaadu is so amazing, I simply cannot explain it properly, but maybe the video below will assist in convincing you. I say get this wonderful app before it climbs anymore in price. Apple should buy this company and make this a native part of the iPhone. So again, what the hell is Jaadu!?! The answer is, simply awesome.
you can also try Mocha VNC for only $6 or Lite for free and do the same thing
Mocha is weaker. Functional but not nearly as intuitive and functional. But yes, Mocha is also workable.
looks sweet but 25 bucks is a lot i wish there was a trial version i could play around with to see if i would actually use it continually and not just once or twice
There is.
I forget what it is called but it is only .99
The only diff between it and VNC is that you will not have a visual display on your phone.
Now I want to emphasize this to you….This app is worth the $25….Seriously….To be able to have access to your home system from anywhere and not need WiFi, but use 3G or Edge is a remarkable feat. But if this is not enough to satisfy your skepticism? By all means, go the the Jaadu site linked in the article and watch the videos.
I can attest that what you see is exactly what you get. This App is with no bones about it? The most awesome and useful app in the app store to date. Get it!
Also it might be worth mentioning, the Author of Jaadu (which was once called Teleport), took this idea from the jailbreak community from the form of the “TouchPad” app found in Cydia. It was an open source app, he reversed engineered it, rewrote it from scratch and what you have now is Jaadu. It amazes me still.
Well u can get it for free frm their site if u go to their website or if ur jb u can get it off appulous
TmaxX
Tmaxx, it would be wise to keep such things to yourself and quiet.
There is an old saying from WWII:
“Loose lips sink ships”
You like that site? You like what you get from it?
I would not talk about it especially in an open venue like this. It is people like you that cause good things to disappear.
Consider that, if you will…
So did I read the article right in that it does not work for Vista? The price is high, but a media remote for my computer is 20 bucks, and if this works for Vista then I would definitely get it.
the RDP version version will not work with Vista home or business (I think) but VNC version works with any system with a VNC server installed (almost any system in existence. For media remotes, might I suggest mobile air mouse? it is not near as full featured as Jaadu, and it only works over Wifi, but if you only need a media remote, the lower price of this app is nice (5.99 I think)
Got Jaadu, and have to agree – it’s great ! I used to used Remote desktop from my home computer to my work, but this is smoother. It’s still cheap at that price for the handiness of it – I’m always forgetting a file, or I have an email at work which I need to access. Now I can remotely access my Outlook and retrieve info from it, or create an e-mail, attach a file, send it to myself, and open it on my ipod, or laptop. Jaadu, with Remote, are making the Touch indispensible. Totally agreee with Hilty – if you have my problems you won’t regret.
tmaxxx. thanks for the advise
Driving down the interstate (passenger seat)…VPN connection to work…accessing my work desktop via Jaadu – great app!! I realize there are other alternatives (some free)…but I have yet to find one with as intuitive an interface as this.