PC Remote Controller
by Paul Wilks
Apr 28, 2011 8:00 AM –
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PC Remote Controller. Your PC in Your Hand! Everywhere! Turn your Android phone in Wi-Fi/3G remote controller for PC, and control your PC remotely from everywhere. Use your mobile as remote desktop touch screen, remote mouse and remote keyboard. Use it over Wi-Fi or 3G and similar connections. Pinch zoom,easy mouse control, automatic wireless network scanner, and intuitive UI with multimedia controls available.
Price: Free 1 Day Demo, $4.99 License
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- Powerful tool that gives you access to your PC, right in the palm of your hand.
- Use your Android phone as a remote control for all your media files.
- Zoom in and out by pinching on your touch screen.
- Clever UI design that gives you all the functionality of sitting at your PC, including mouse and keyboard function.
- Lets you program buttons for different functions.
- Very easy to set up and use.
Cons
- Free version is only a one-day trial (full version costs $4.99)
PC Remote Controller, does precisely what you would expect it to. It allows you to remotely control your PC either over WiFi or 3G. You can access all your files and do so right from your Android phone similar to LogMeIn Ignition or Gmote Android apps.
Features:
PC remote Controller is a fully featured remote control application that allows you to control and view your computer from your Android phone. You can browse your files, access the Internet, play media files and view pictures. Maybe you stream video from your computer to your TV, instead of physically getting up to start, pause, fast forward or rewind playback, PC Remote Controller lets you do this from the comfort of your sofa. The applications for this kind of app are relatively endless. Perhaps you have come to work but you forgot to bring a document. With this app, you can either access it directly on your phone, or even email it to yourself at work.
To operate you simply download a PC client and the phone app will identify the network IP of your computer. This takes moment to set up and you subsequently have complete control of your PC.
The free version of PC Remote Controller gives users a day’s free trial. After this you are prompted to purchase the full license which costs $4.99. While this is perhaps expensive compared to other apps, I found very little lag in operation and the zoom function works flawlessly over my WiFi network.
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PC Remote Controller Navigation Control
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PC Remote Controller Media Controls
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PC Remote Controller Music Control
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PC Remote Controller File Access
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PC Remote Controller Access to PC files
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PC Remote Controller Client Install
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PC Remote Controller Intro
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PC Remote Controller Media Control Landscape
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PC Remote Controller Access Web via PC
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PC Remote Controller Full PC Access via Android
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PC Remote Controller Options
Usefulness/Frequently Used:
Frequency of use will depend on how you use your PC, but the ease of access and functionality makes this application an extremely powerful and useful tool to have. Controlling a PC remotely obviously has implications for remote IT support- maybe you have a technophobic parent who is having problems sending an email? PC Remote Controller could help you resolve the problem without even having to drive over there. 
Ease of Use
Working through the set-up menus is a straightforward process, and the simple but functional UI is easy to operate, I found myself quite surprised by how much I could do. You do not need an IT qualification to use PC Remote Controller, it really is accessible.
Interface:
The UI design is intuitive and functional. Utilizing your Android menu button, backspace button, keyboard and touch screen you have all the tools you need to operate you PC remotely. It is clear thought has gone into understanding the differences between phone and PC and these problems have been overcome in this application.