Comments on: OnLive brings cloud-based Windows apps to the iPad http://gigaom.com/2012/01/09/onlive-desktop-ipad-app/ Fri, 24 May 2013 09:22:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ag4it http://gigaom.com/2012/01/09/onlive-desktop-ipad-app/#comment-796458 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:06:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=467179#comment-796458 Another option for accessing Windows applications from iPads is Ericom AccessNow, a pure HTML5 RDP client that enables iPad users to connect to any RDP host, including Terminal Server (RDS Session Host), physical desktops or VDI virtual desktops – and run their applications and desktops in a browser.

Ericom‘s AccessNow does not require Java, Flash, Silverlight, ActiveX, or any other underlying technology to be installed on end-user devices – an HTML5 browser is all that is required.

You can choose to run a full Windows desktop or just a specific Windows app, and that desktop or Windows app will appear within a browser tab.

For more info, and to download a demo, visit:
http://www.ericom.com/html5_rdp_client.asp?URL_ID=708

Note: I work for Ericom

]]> By: Nick http://gigaom.com/2012/01/09/onlive-desktop-ipad-app/#comment-793895 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:13:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=467179#comment-793895 Driving sophisticated user interfaces from the cloud in is a poor substitute for the real thing. Bandwidth is not growing like moores law is for CPUs on the edge devices and never will. The economics of network build out make it not economic; latency is a physics issue that no amount of fibre or 4G can resolve and that’s the killer for user experience not bandwidth. Try drawing a picture in Word or building a set of graphical power point transitions from the cloud and then say if it was even possible to complete it the way you wanted to, let alone better than running on a standard windows 7 laptop. Cloud is great — using this capability to make brief updates ‘on the go’ from your tablet is fine, like the MS 365 web apps offer. But don’t try to make the cloud do things it’s not suited for, like complete replacement of applications that need good graphical user interface responsiveness.

]]> By: mrsinclair http://gigaom.com/2012/01/09/onlive-desktop-ipad-app/#comment-793834 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:53:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=467179#comment-793834 Why? Since all computing is done elsewere it is only the bandwith of sending the “image” across the net that takes time, and if you are on a fast wifi, this is no problem.

]]> By: hightekrednek http://gigaom.com/2012/01/09/onlive-desktop-ipad-app/#comment-793713 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:13:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=467179#comment-793713 they wouldnt get messed up by viruses though so its a win win

]]> By: Really? http://gigaom.com/2012/01/09/onlive-desktop-ipad-app/#comment-793660 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:47:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=467179#comment-793660 “Windows applications running on an iPad could potentially be faster than those running on a standard Windows 7 laptop.”

Rubbish…

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