Monday, June 23, 2003
Updated GoToMyPC Features Choice of Versions
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 04:15 PM
"...The program is noted for doing a remarkably good job of letting workers get to their PCs and, correspondingly, their applications and files from any browser-equipped computer--which helped GoToMyPC version 3.0 win a PC World World Class Award. Version 4.0 was unveiled last week at CeBIT America in New York. From a gee-whiz technology standpoint, version 4.0's big news is PocketView. Designed for Pocket PC devices with an Internet connection--through Wi-Fi, cellular networks, or other means--PocketView lets handheld users view and control their remote PC's desktop and applications.
The big catch? Pocket PCs typically have screens with a resolution of 240 by 320, far less than that of a PC. PocketView offers several workarounds for this issue, including the capability to pan around the remote system's desktop, shrink it to fit the Pocket PC display, or rotate it so it's displayed on the Pocket PC in landscape rather than portrait orientation. Despite these features, navigating a PC from a Pocket PC's Lilliputian screen remains unwieldy. But as with the big-PC version of GoToMyPC, connecting is a cinch and performance is surprisingly snappy. And usability is much better on Samsung's Nexio handheld PC--a high-resolution device which, unfortunately, is not currently available in the U.S."
The big catch? Pocket PCs typically have screens with a resolution of 240 by 320, far less than that of a PC. PocketView offers several workarounds for this issue, including the capability to pan around the remote system's desktop, shrink it to fit the Pocket PC display, or rotate it so it's displayed on the Pocket PC in landscape rather than portrait orientation. Despite these features, navigating a PC from a Pocket PC's Lilliputian screen remains unwieldy. But as with the big-PC version of GoToMyPC, connecting is a cinch and performance is surprisingly snappy. And usability is much better on Samsung's Nexio handheld PC--a high-resolution device which, unfortunately, is not currently available in the U.S."
