Filed under: Windows, Windows Mobile, Palm, Productivity, Google, Commercial
SoonR: More remote desktop file access goodness
by Nitin Badjatia Oct 25th 2005 at 12:37PM
Last week we introduced Avvenu , this week we have SoonR. SoonR gives you similar capabilities as Avvenu, but adds the ability to Google Search your desktop files, much like FolderShare. If you can't get to SoonR via a web browser, the desktop agent also installs an Instant Messenger profile (Yahoo or AOL) that you can ping, in command line fashion, to manipulate your SoonR installation. The desktop agent is for Windows machines only.Like Avvenu and FolderShare, SoonR has group file sharing capabilities. You can grant access to specific viewers to specific folders on your desktop. Google Search of the entire desktop is restricted by one more level of password security.
I gave SoonR a try via my Treo 650, and can report that the application works as advertised. SoonR's Palm Blazer interface is not as slick as Avvenu's, but I like the fact that I can get to a Google Search of my desktop from my Palm.
SoonR is in public beta mode right now, and is free. Eventually, there will be a fee associated with the service.
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ben Murray said 7:03AM on 10-26-2005
Now, apart from Apple's Remote Access, can anyone recommend a service like this or Avvenu that works with a Mac?
I travel between different computers aaaaall the time and this kind of thing would be handy deluxe for me
Ben
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