LogMeIn Ignition
LogMeIn Ignition
For iPhone and iPod touch users.
If you have ever tried the mac or windows version of LogMeIn you will know how useful it can be. Whether you are across the country and need to access your computer back home, which I have needed to do on many occasions. Infact, at university where I use my PC notebook I sometimes need to access my iMac back at home. I'm constantly using software remotely such as, Adobe Photoshop. Yes, it does slightly lag, but it's useable and gets the job done perfectly well. And on a side note, you may be wondering why not bring the iMac to university, well, I don't really have an answer for you. Anyway, back to the point, this excellent piece of software is now available for the iPhone or iPod touch, infact has been since early December, but I wanted to really talk about this because I feel, unlike many remote applications, it just works. No need to adjust firewall settings or opening ports. It works via the internet and requires no setting up. Except you need to register, but that is free and easy to do. So, what else is impressive? well for a start it works on Wi-Fi, 3G connection and even EDGE/GSM. So even if you are traveling whether it be on a train to work or car, you can still access your computer on the go. This freedom of remotely accessing your computer makes this such a great application.
As you can see from the screenshot, the interface is very simple to use. This doesn't mean it lacks features. You have all the tools to control your mac or PC. With the keyboard, you can choose different keys as apposed to the QWERTY keyboard, for instance all the function numbers or 'ctrl', 'alt' and 'cmd' etc.... (Did that even make any sense? because it hardly made any sense to me). Anyway, By selecting the cog wheel, you can view settings to adjust the resolution bandwidth etc.
As it is, it's fully functional. Although the price may put you off (£17.99) it is well written software and hasn't crashed on me (yet). So if you are looking for something that works; does what it says on the tin, then I recommend LogMeIn Ignition.
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Simon Brown
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