CNET Editors' note: The "Download Now" link takes you to the publisher's Web site, where you can learn more about this product. To get it, download the app from the Android Market on your phone.
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When is your Android phone more than a phone? When you turn it into a combination keyboard and mouse to control your computer. After installing a free Gmote server app for Windows, Mac, or Linux, Gmote creates an ad-hoc Wi-Fi connection with your computer--unfortunately, if you don't use Wi-Fi, you're stuck. The on-screen controls can stream music from your computer, launch movies from afar, navigate the Web, and control a presentation. It's not as powerful or sophisticated as some apps we've seen for iPhone, but it does the trick, and without charging a dime. Unless you opt for the $2.99 donation version. App developers like to eat, too.Publisher's Description
From Marc Stogaitis & Mimi Sun:
Gmote turns Android into a remote control for a computer, allowing users to run movies and music at a distance. It supports all of the standard remote control features such as play, pause, rewind, volume controls etc. It also has a built-in file browser that lets you select what to play. There's support for Linux, control Power Point, launch Web sites.
What's new in this version: This is a bug-fixing release.
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"I use it everyday to operate my theater."
Version: Gmote for Android 2.0.4
Pros
Easy to use. Adaptive. On phone. Simple.
Cons
Can't scroll. Does not remember info. Wait time. Ugly.
Summary
I use this everyday to seamlessly navigate from cable to computer and operate four separate computers within the same network then do the same at the store. We use Boxee quite a bit and the one tiny hangup is the inability to scroll through some of the Boxee menus. It would be nice to have a visible wheel on the screen to scroll other than that this is my third most used bit of amazing software.
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