Control your computer(s) from anywhere via your Apple iPhone, iPod touch

LogMeIn Ignition is the incredible little application that lets you remotely control a PC running Windows or a Mac running OS X. For each computer you wish to remotely control, you have to first download a little, free application that runs unnoticed in the background. You also have to create a LogMeIn Free account and add each computer you wish to control,” Craig Crossman reports for McClatchy Tribune.

“Once all are installed, you can control that computer remotely with Ignition. Just run Ignition on the iPhone and it will connect to the LogMeIn Web site and access your account,” Crossman reports. “From there, Ignition will ask which of the computers you wish to control. A setting lets Ignition remember all of this information so you need do it only one time.”

“The next thing you see on your iPhone’s screen is the current screen of the remote computer,” Crossman reports. “Once it’s in place, you can really do it all. I was able to control both my Windows notebook and Macintosh computer from another location. For the times you need to access your computer remotely, Ignition is truly a wonderful new way to get the job done without having to lug around a notebook or trying to find an online computer somewhere. You already have the computer in your pocket.”

Crossman reports, “Since there is quite a bit of data being moved to pull this off, I highly suggest you use Ignition only with a WiFi or 3G connection. LogMeIn Ignition sells for $29.99 and works on both the iPhone and the iPod Touch.”

Full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: This article was posted to MacDailyNews from a MacBook Pro controlled remotely by an iPhone 3G running LogMeIn Ignition over AT&T’s 3G network.

That’s one way to get “Copy-and-Paste” on an iPhone. wink

More info about LogMeIn via Apple’s iTunes App Store here.

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