Comments on: MotionApps mDesktop: One cool piece of software

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[...] some of you probably remember when I did an article on Motion Apps’ mDesktop program, that was really overall positive but had a few complaints to the bugs in the [...]

By: psionandy

psionandy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:19:56 +0000

Thinking about this… if you do a lot of texting during the day then this would be pretty neat…

By: Tyler Earman

Tyler Earman — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:49:20 +0000

@psionandy: know of a free piece of software that’ll clearly read me text messages? Because I get preview on my screen :P

@Ryan: Like I said, so I don’t have to drag my phone out of it’s cradle every 30 seconds because of a text message. Plus it looks like Bluetooth support is planned.

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:40:23 +0000

LOL @ psionandy.

i agree though, mymobiler does everything and then some for $20 less (read: free). The phone can handle what the phone was made to do, chirp and make calls when needed. Plus there is no need for activesync, mobiler works over wifi.

By: psionandy

psionandy — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:05:13 +0000

hmm… if only there was a way to make your phone make some sort of sound or alert you in some way if an email or new text message comes in ;)

By: Tyler Earman

Tyler Earman — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:45:41 +0000

@Michael: Do you have ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center(Vista) installed on your PC? and is it the latest version? What error are you getting?

@psionandy: Yes but MyMobiler doesn’t offer desktop popup notifications from the system tray of new email and text messages. That’s one of the big things I like about it.

By: psionandy

psionandy — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:40:41 +0000

My mobiler has cab install functions.. and runs in the system tray.

And If you want to do the remote thing, then have a look at Dashwire, which will do your text mail, and photo uploads over the web… you don’t even need to plug into the cradle!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:23:40 +0000

I keep getting an error when I try to install mdesktop to my WinXP laptop. Anyone have any ideas?

By: Tyler Earman

Tyler Earman — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:11:05 +0000

@Kris: It can bring the desktop to my PC but as far as recording goes I’d need separate software.

@psionandy: MyMobiler is just a screen transfer tool that allows you to control your device from your PC. mDesktop has quite a few more features, including installation of programs via dragging and dropping, text message alerts (inc. message viewing and reply) on your desktop, it runs in your system tray (big plus for me), and picture preview before drag-and-drop transfer from phone to PC.

And this is just an early version, not to mention features in future releases.

By: Jeff B

Jeff B — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:50:51 +0000

I’ll stick to MyMobiler.

By: psionandy

psionandy — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:11:44 +0000

What does it offer over for $19.95 over MyMobiler which is free?

By: Kristofer

Kristofer — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:18:07 +0000

Does it have the ability to record video of what you’re doing? Similar to mymobiler? or did I miss that?

By: David

David — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:03:21 +0000

This looks great but I’m not sure it gets you as far as mymobiler which is freeware http://www.mymobiler.com/ and lets you control your phone from your PC (it feels like using PCAnywhere for your phone). This lets you send an email or SMS from your PC as well.