Remote Conductor for iPad Adds Windows Support
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Remote Conductor for iPad was released earlier this year, but only with wireless support for the Mac. The app has had success on the App Store because it turns your iPad into a productive multi-touch peripheral for your computer and allows you to manage most common tasks right from your finger tips.
Several readers have asked us when would a Windows-compatible version be released. Well, the time is now. Developer m3me has just released a new update that adds a Windows version of Conductor Software, which allows the iPad to manage several PC tasks, as well as launch apps on the PC as if they were on your iPad.
If you’re a Windows user or would like to control that Windows Media Center at home, all you have to do is run Remote Conductor on your iPad, then use a WiFi connection to communicate with a free server program called Conductor Server for Windows that will run on your PC. You can install the Conductor Server on as many Windows PCs as you like.
Remote Conductor’s user interface will work in any orientation. You can switch modes by simply tapping an icon or performing a gesture. It also displays icons pinned to your PC’s taskbar as a scrollable row at the bottom of the screen. If you have lots of windows opened on your PC, don’t worry, the Remote Conductor app displays all of the PC’s open windows as thumbnails in a scrollable grid. All you have to do is simply tap on a thumbnail to activate a window.
The following are the system requirements, if you want to setup your iPad with a Windows PC.
- Windows XP service pack 3, Vista service pack 2, Windows 7 (32 or 64bit)
- iTunes for Windows (for Apple’s Bonjour service)
- iPad 1 or 2 with iOS 3.2 or higher running Remote Conductor 1.1.6 or higher
- The PC and the iPad must be on the same WiFi network
The Remote Conductor HD for iPad can be downloaded now for $6.99. The Conductor Server application for your Windows PC is available for free.
The following video gives you a detail demonstration of Remote Conductor for iPad.
