TinyController: Control Your BlackBerry from Your PC or Mac via USB, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth

by Ronen Halevy on November 17th, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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Over the years there have been quite a few apps that let you control your BlackBerry from your PC. The latest to come to my attention (thanks Jaybo!) is TinyController by CompactByte. TinyController simply gives you no frills control of your BlackBerry smartphone from your PC or Mac through a USB, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth connection between the devices. The app is also focused on speed instead of features which is a different spin.

The best part is that TinyController offers up a 14 day free trial for you to give it a spin. This is because not all apps can work over such an app like BBM Groups so you should definitely try it out before you make the plunge. You can read more about it at www.tinycontroller.com or pick it up in App World for $9.99.

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Luko Remote Turns Your PlayBook into a Keyboard & Mouse for Your PC

 

I have been looking for a nice app that lets me control my PC’s keyboard and mouse from my PlayBook over Wi-Fi and Luko Remote seems to fit that description. Luko Remote turns your PlayBook into a mouse, keyboard, and even a file explorer for your XP, Vista, or Windows 7 PC. You run their free server application on your PC and as long as the firewall is open you will be in business.

Main features of Luko Remote include:

 

You can pick up Luko Remote in App World for $2.99 here and you will need the desktop server app from here.

Update: Dennis pointed out that there is a free trial available

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SOTI Pocket Controller Pro v8.50 Adds OS 7.0 Support & More

SOTI has updated their popular Pocket Controller Pro app to v8.50 this week. This new version mainly brings OS 7.0 support but they have also thrown in a bunch of extra goodies. They added gesture support including keyboard shortcuts and zoom. CrackBerry scored the full change log below:

• Support for BlackBerry OS 7.0 In our commitment to the BlackBerry platform, SOTI is proud to support all of RIM’s latest smartphones. Native 7.0 support means better application performance on BlackBerry’s latest devices.
• Pocket Controller-Pro now supports gestures! You can now perform gestures using your mouse or touch screen monitor! Swipe, scroll, and navigate your BlackBerry exactly the same way as you do with your touch-screen BlackBerry smartphones. SOTI Pocket Controller Pro for BlackBerry now gives you 100% of your device’s touch screen experience on your desktop!
• Cut, Copy and Paste using Ctrl-X, Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V! Additional keyboard shortcuts have been added to save you time. You can now use your keyboard to Cut, Copy and Paste on the BlackBerry using the normal shortcut keys that you’re familiar with on your desktop.
• Automatic Zoom! SOTI has added the ability to see the entire BlackBerry when you first connect to your device.
• Pocket Controller-Pro now has an Exit option! By popular demand, you can now easily exit the BlackBerry application when you’re not using Pocket Controller-Pro and also prevent it from starting up at boot time so it doesn’t use any system resources improving your BlackBerry’s performance and boot time.

You can pick up the free trial of SOTI Pocket Controller Pro on their website after which you can get a license for $35.95.

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Shape Services RDM+ Remote Desktop PlayBook App for PC & Mac

While Shape Services is still waiting for IM+ to be approved for the PlayBook they managed to get one of their other headline applications approved. RDM+ is now available for the PlayBook in App World and allows you to remote desktop into your PC or Mac using the software. I have been using RDM+ on my BlackBerry for a few years now so its nice to see it coming to the PlayBook. The price is also right at $9.99 for RDM+ in App World and it lets you connect to multiple remote computers from the app. Free RDM+ Desktop application should be installed on each computer you want to have access to.

You need to install the free RDM+ Desktop app from www.rdmplus.com to make it work and purchase RDM+ for $9.99 in App World.

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Notifier Sends BlackBerry Notifications to Your PC or Mac over Wi-Fi

Notifier is an interesting new app to hit App World. The concept of the app is that it sends notifications from your BlackBerry to your PC or Mac from your BlackBerry over Wi-Fi. While there have been apps that do this in the past I am kind of digging the notifications on this one and the use of Wi-Fi. Right now it seems to only do notifications for phone calls, SMS, and battery alerts but hopefully more will come soon with email and the ability to view the email.

There is a desktop and BlackBerry app that work together to make the magic work and for $0.99 it is a pretty cool app. Check out Notifier in App World at this link.

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