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        Pocket PC phone offers desktop-PC access and control

        Doug | Date: Jul 20, 2004 | Comments: 1



        Mobile professionals looking for the ultimate mobility solution, can now access and control their desktop PCs via a Pocket PC Phone equipped with remote access software from Citrix. Available through Verizon Wireless, the combination of a Samsung SPH-i700 Pocket PC Phone with Citrix's GoToMyPC software enable users to view and control their PCs remotely, in contrast to other handheld remote solutions...


        which are limited to calendar and email access, according to Citrix.

        GoToMyPC's "PocketView" feature works with Pocket Internet Explorer over the Verizon Wireless NationalAccess data network. Citrix says the program provides fast, easy, and secure access to a computer desktop -- including all files, applications, network resources, and even non-Web content -- from a handheld device running Microsoft's Windows Mobile or Windows CE 4x embedded OSes. Additionally, the program's real-time screen-sharing interface is said to provide an intuitive remote desktop usage experience. Features include scaling, image rotation for landscape viewing, and one-click scrolling to enable faster movement around the desktop.

        From the security perspective, Citrix says that GoToMyPC's Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 128-bit keys provides a protected platform for the "highest levels of security," whether for accessing desktop and network resources, preparing presentations, or modifying documents. Security features also include one-time passwords, end-to-end user authentication, screen blanking, and mouse-locking of the host computer. And since data accessed over the i700 never actually resides on the handheld device, users don't have to worry about the potential loss or theft of their PDAs.