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VPN, VNC, & the iPAD
By digging up some spare parts and unused hardware, my assistant honed his skills on rebuilding a computer that will access our transmitter network via VPN and various applications via VNC. He done good.
I have to say it is cool and our IT dude accessed the computer, opened the browser, and we connected to the Nautel AUI. Very nice. I now others have done this with their iPhones and such, but I still find all the “steps” to access something very annoying. First do this. Then do that. What I would like is for companies, like Nautel, to create a native application for the iPad, iPhone, and Android that can be called up once a secure VPN connection has been made. I wish I could code and create one, but that is not my forte.
Some day, maybe. I am teaching myself Visual Basic, but I am not wired to be a coder. Anyone out there doing such work? I’m curious to know what you have and how well it works.
Blackberry Storm Oddity
I have the Storm. Hey, I don’t pay for it. Anyways, believe it or not, I actually like it. I do have some issues with it, but overall those are minor and can be overcome.
Recently I found out from an “insider” that if you fold a business card in half, place it between the battery and the cover, the keyboard response improves. I think it is a farce, so I try it. THE KEYBOARD WORKS GREAT! The one hangup I have about the device and all it took was a business card!
OK, well, the rotating device screen/gyro is not as smooth as an iphone, but it works. Of all the so-so reviews to bad reviews, I think the device it better than that, but there is room for improvements. At least it’s not like the iPhone which tells your friends and non-friends where you are at all times. Who is big brother now? Apple.
Tech Notes from the Field 