![]() LogMeIn only recognizes mouse and keyboard control. I had hoped that using a touch-equipped ThinkPad T400s would let me simulate windows 7’s touch features with taps on the iPad screen, but it’s no go. This is all a little unnatural on an iPad. Then you tap to activate a two-finger tap gives you a right mouse click. I found myself switching back and forth between these modes without a clear preference. Instead, you have a choice of using your finger to move the mouse cursor around the screen or dragging the screen image under the cursor. ![]() Your computer wants a mouse and the iPad doesn’t have one. Wide-screen displays are letterboxed to fit the iPad’s 4:3 aspect ratio.Īctually working on the remote computer takes a little getting used to. Depending on the resolution of the computer display, text may or may not be readable on the iPad, but you can easily stretch and shrink the image and pad it around as needed with the usual iPad gestures. Within seconds, the whatever appears on the screen of the target computer is duplicated on the iPad. Once in, a remote user has the same rights as someone sitting at the keyboard, so the security of requiring a second login is worth the little bit of extra trouble. ![]() You can skip the second step by remembering the credentials, but I don’t recommend it. The target computer must be powered up and have the operating system loaded, but no user need be logged in. When you fire up the Ignition app, you first log in to the LogMeIn service and then to the computer you want to control. The Pro version costs $50 a year for up to five computers, but if you only plan to use it with Ignition, you might as well stick with a free account because advanced features of Pro, such as file transfer and remote printing, won’t do you any good with an iPad. ![]() To use Ignition you first need to install the LogMeIn service on any Mac or windows PC that you want to control. The iPad’s big screen makes a huge difference, in short, the difference between practical and unusable. Ignition has been available for the iPhone since last year, but the small screen size made it not much more practical that running the Windows Remote Desktop client that’s built into Windows Mobile phones. The key is LogMeIn Ignition, a $30 app that brings full-featured remote desktop access to the iPad. But if it runs on Windows or Mac OS X, you can get it–sort of–on the iPad. ![]() Apple has made it very clear that it intends to keep a very tight rein on just what software you can run on your iPad. ![]()
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