spec me a PDA with remote desktop ability

blastman · 23 Feb 2008 at 20:43

hi all,

I spend a lot of my time running around the office at work, and I'd like to have a PDA/Tablet to remotly connect to my PC and servers.

The PDA has to have WiFi built in and have microsoft's RDP tool.

Since this is all it will be used for I'd like to keep it as cheap as possible.

any suggestions??

cheers in advance

decto · 23 Feb 2008 at 22:13

I don't know about new PDA's but I have an old HP2210 that I paid £30 for and then bought a SD wireless card £10. It runs pocket PC 2003 premium.

I can remote desktop into my servers using terminal services on the PDA. The 320 x 240 resolution isn't great but it's fine for basic admin.

I assume almost any MS based pocket PC will have terminal services and so will remote desktop.

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brendy · 23 Feb 2008 at 22:15

Yup, any wm5/6 based pda should have it, my HTC TyTn has it, even the modded version of wm6 I have contains it.

2StepSteve · 24 Feb 2008 at 01:13

Asus eee pc.. the extra size isn't much more than a PDA, has a full keyboard and when running XP (instead of some mobile garbage OS) will allow you to run a wealth of apps.

blastman · 24 Feb 2008 at 17:41

nice, cheers for that guys. i'll give the bay a bash.

oh, while i'm here one more thing..

can any of these mobile microsoft OS's join a domain?? pocket pc 2002?? 2003?? wm5/6 ??

cheers in advance

cheers

decto · 24 Feb 2008 at 21:24

I'm guessing here but I'd say so. The PDA provides the option to connect to ''My ISP Name', 'My Company Name' 'My Work Network', 'My ISP' When you go into work it asks for VPN config etc. so I guess it will connect to a domain.

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