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1.1.3 RemotelyAnywhere 7.10.552

This Web-based service uses exactly the same Pocket PC GUI as LogMeIn and, therefore, is pretty similar to that of GoToMyPC. For example, the file transfer screen and waiting dialogs are the same as with LogMeIn. As with LogMeIn, it has chatting and it has very similar menus and can, for example, dynamically change the remote desktop resolution. The control interface is exactly the same as with LogMeIn; so is the file manager. Unfortunately, there’s no file upload here either.

The most unique feature of RemotelyAnywhere is the remote administration interface, which is accessible even on a Pocket PC. No other Pocket PC-based remote controller offers the same functionality. This means you will want to consider using RemotelyAnywhere if you want to access your desktop(s) through a local admin interface to, for example, remotely access the registry, the service list and other properties of a given desktop computer.

Connection model-wise, unlike on the GUI level, it’s really different than any of the other applications in the Web-based section. While it must be installed from the Web (the $99 – note that there’s a 25% rebate if you sign up for two years at once - Workstation Edition is available here and the Pocket PC client (as with all the other Web-based services, it uses auto-installation) here), you don’t need to visit the Web site of the developer to log into your remote desktop. Instead, you will need to connect to your remote desktop directly, by entering its (current) Internet address into your Web browser running on your client. This means, for example, you don’t need to have an active Internet connection to access your remote desktop and that your connections will be always direct, meaning no additional slow-downs caused by routing your traffic (or parts of it) through third-party centralized servers. This, on the other hand, also means you won’t be able to access your remote desktop unless you know its address (which may be problematic if it’s using dynamic IP’s) and it isn’t behind a non-port forwarding firewall.

All in all, the main differences between RemotelyAnywhere and LogMeIn / GoToMyPC / I’m InTouch are as follows:

RemotelyAnywhere can be directly connected – no need to log in to the online LogInMe / GoToMyPC / I’m InTouch service. This means it can be used over strictly non-internet-connected LAN’s (for example, Wi-Fi P2P or BT PAN connections) too

as can be seen in the left frame of the browser on desktop PC screenshots, it allows for using a lot of other technologies for accessing; for example, Java or even HTML (the latter is pretty useless though as it’s only static images that this returns, not dynamic, editable windows). On the Pocket PC, these won’t work; however, the (there, by default HTML + JavaScript-based) remote monitoring features do and are wonderful.

This means there are definite cases when you will want to prefer RemotelyAnywhere to LogMeIn and the other alternates: if you need LAN-based login and/or better access to direct system monitoring. This, of course, comes with a price, which is about twice of that of LogMeIn Pro and the complete lack of HTTP(S) tunneling.

Screenshots: Login on desktop; the main desktop interface with a lot of additional info. On the Pocket PC, the login screen and the main menu (second page). As can be seen, it has a LOT of goodies, for example, a registry editor (second screenshot showing it can even create new entries, values (second screenshot) and, of course, modify existing ones). An example of the Services dialog. The system info window on the PDA (second page).

Note that it’s, protocol-wise, is compatible with LogMeIn Reach (also see the pricing info here).