Comments on: Browse Your Phone From Your PC Browser

By: Julien MANICI

Julien MANICI — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:56:55 +0000

@vyapaar
This feature was designed to work on Internet Explorer (it uses windows media player activex control). But it actually works with Google Chrome too which seems to be able to use the WMP activex control.

By: vyapaar

vyapaar — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:25:26 +0000

I downloaded and tried it. Works perfect for pics..but when I click on the music stored on the phone, it does not play.

Am I missing a step ?? What can I do to fix it ??

By: jimski

jimski — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:16:31 +0000

@Julien – Actually I was thinking more of a service provider using their server to route connections thru to mobile devices, so the provider would have total control. I may be oversimplifying something that is very difficult but it certainly seems doable. This could work for anything that used 3G, like smartphones or Net Books. It could allow any PC web browser to communicate with a mobile device, without any extra hardware, servers, etc. on the users side. Using some snazzy software (like yours) users could share music, photos, video, files and other stuff. And make software available for every platform, including iPhone. Hey, AT&T charges $1.99 per month to access their Wikipedia applet (which is otherwise free), so why not a few bucks a month for the freedom to share info. At that price point it might even interest me.

By: Julien MANICI

Julien MANICI — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:11:23 +0000

@jimski :
Sure it would be more efficient if mobile network operators decided to give people public IP addresses. But this is not gonna happen, since this would need important changes (although mostly software based) and mobile operators don’t care about the 0.001% of Windows mobile users who want to use this kind of remote access app. Even selling a subscription based service to have a public IP address will not interest them, because too few people will want to pay for that, compared to the cost of changing a network infrastructure.

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By: jimski

jimski — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:22:03 +0000

@Julien – Thank you for the explanation. Seems then that 3G connectivity is something that a service provider like AT&T can most easily resolve and probably offer as a pay per month service for access, which would make them happy. Don’t know where that leaves your exciting new app, but maybe you need to talk to someone.

By: Julien MANICI

Julien MANICI — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:12:08 +0000

@jimski

the problem is not about dynamic IPs
That would be very easy to solve with a free dyndns like service.

The problem is that most mobile network operators don’t provide a public IP address. They provide a private IP address (like 10.0.200.5) that is not routable over the internet! Mobile devices access the internet through a NAT device operated by their mobile provider. But a computer on the internet can’t ping or etablish connection to devices connected to a mobile network, since the NAT translation won’t work in this direction.
The only solution is to use a server to relay data between the mobile device and the phone, or make the phone connect directly to the computer (but that is not always possible due to firewalls, proxies, and nat devices)

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By: jimski

jimski — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:34:04 +0000

@davidK – OK, now I got it. Never thought of the “being at a friends house and sharing data” concept. That’s a good use.

So then you would probably need some kind of 3rd party server (can’t get a fixed IP through 3G). That’s how I have my Linksys camera setup at home. I don’t want to pay for a fixed IP address at home but I can login to the camera from any PC via SoloLink. This is a fee based system ($20 year/I think). Wonder how many users would be willing to pay for access.