AirDroid If you've ever wanted to manage your Android phone from your computer's desktop then AirDroid is the answer to your prayers. Installation and use are blindingly simple. Point a web browser to the handset's IP address of your local network - it's provided by the app - then type in the supplied password and you're in. You can …
As the discipline of the various app developers is, how can I put this politely, *varied* and files seem to end up scattered about interal and external storage, it is very handy to be able to browse and find files again.
Your Instragram-type apps are bad for this, sticking photos in their own folders instead of the main system resource folder.
Reason No 1: I can use a 22 inch screen to f... about, instead of a 3.5 inch (yeah, I know, it could be whole 1 inch longer... er... bigger, but what f... difference does this make, really ;)
Reason No 2: I could use a full-size keyboard to f... about (change file names, reorganize folders, etc), instead of this f... virtual non-keyboard thinngy for people with micro-sized hands
Reason No 3: backing up apks using reason No1 and No2
that said, I can plug the mobile to my usb port (eh?) and do the same anyway (well, minus th apk backup)
Really, you have to ask that question? Text messages for one. Sure for email, it's probably just as easy to go to another mail app and type in a response, but if you deal with a lot of text messages, then typing on a big keyboard is great. I used to do it with an app on the old Sony Ericsson P9x series, and it was great. Also good if you don't have access to your email other than on the phone (no web access secure proxy etc) as you can then type long email as well.
Maybe I haven't dug around enough, but how do these guys make money? They have a professional looking site and it's all very smart in appearance, but it makes me quite uncomfortable not knowing how they plan on making money from me when they're not asking for any.
Have people stopped asking this question or something?
I've just installed and used it and it looks very good and since it seems to be a phone-based web server then I can control my Incredible, Wildfire and Vega simultaneously in three different tabs (because I can).
One mildly annoying thing was that I could rearrange the buttons by dragging them, but they returned to their original locations when one of them was pressed, so I won't do it again.
I tried to connect over the WiFi hotspot with mobile data running but this doesn't work (because of Android I think). It would be nice if this did work so you could connect your phone and laptop while away from home.
The AirDroid task manager showed that GTO, GoogleDocs and Dropbox were running on my phone even though the Android Running Services list did not show them. After killing them in Airdroid, they did not show again until I started then stopped them on the phone. Maybe somebody can shed some light on this?
Just the same network.
My Macbook is on a wire to my router, phone on wireless - works a treat, as long as it's on the same subnet.
As for being outside of the network, I'd put £5 on port forwarding sorting that little problem; it just doesn't uPnP it by default.
Steven R
I dunno anyone would choose to type on a phone given the option of a real keyboard so this seems like it should be a good idea.
It is not that good though. (Prefer a native application to a webui).
I would like full remote control (with 3d perhaps with a modified VirtualGL) none of the vnc based ones are good enough quality though for me. (The latest versions of rdp manage it so it is totally possible to offload stuff).
Don't get why people choose to use the least convenient device (the phone) (Except in the times it is most convenient (i.e out and about).)
PC>Laptop>Ultra portable>Tablet>Phone (Indoors) -
(outdoors or out and about) I use what ever is comfortable to do the job I need to. (Ideally nothing certainly not facebook).
Dunno why people want web anything either. (Anything web seems to be total junk other than a few exceptions (e.g the Bastion chrome web app).
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