I’m In Touch Desktop Edition from 01 Communique is a browser-based remote access and control solution with support for remote email and wireless devices.

In addition to standard PC remote control functions, I’m In Touch provides dedicated support for Outlook and Outlook Express on full-size PCs as well as PDAs and mobile phones with Internet connections.

By selecting My Outlook you can maintain full access to your host’s email system, including Outlook’s calendar and contact details. You also have the ability to compose emails remotely, but with attachments sent directly from your host PC.

Most importantly, these functions are also available via a fast, compact user interface tailored for use on small mobile screens and they do not use a full remote control desktop.

Attachments are processed on the host into a format that can be viewed remotely without the need for the application that created the files to be installed, so you can view documents such as Excel spreadsheets and pdfs on a mobile phone using just your browser.

Since you’re interacting with your host PC in real time, all edits take place immediately without the need to sync up later.

I’m In Touch can also send notifications to your mobile while you’re disconnected from your host PC to let you know when new email has arrived.

Taking you one step further towards that ‘being there’ experience, I’m In Touch allows you to connect remotely to your host PC’s webcam from a browser.

You could use this for security or to add video communication to a user at your host PC without them having to perform any setup. Up to four cameras can be connected simultaneously.

Like Log Me In Pro, I’m In Touch can send invitations to guests to access your PC for online demos or for technical help. With I’m In Touch up to 10 guests can access your PC at a time, enabling you to give virtual online presentations and demonstrations.

I’m In Touch allows you to connect either directly or via 01 Communique’s central communication server. The central server method is the easier of the two to set up, requiring no firewall or router configuration, but the direct connection method allows Lan connections to run at full Lan speeds.

This is a distinct advantage when you want to access PCs on your local network and is therefore a very useful feature, but other products such as Log Me In Pro offer similar flexibility and can additionally manage direct connections automatically without the need for additional configuration by the user.

By contrast it takes considerable effort to get I’m In Touch to run with direct connections.

The remote control function has a built-in file-transfer utility that runs on your local PC and is quite fast in operation, although it lacks any advanced replication and synchronisation facilities.

You can also initiate file transfers without starting a remote control session, although this method doesn’t support uploading. True remote printing is also available with support provided at the driver level.

Connecting from a PDA or mobile phone presents you with a slimmed-down version of the web interface which is tailored to small-screen, low-bandwidth connections.

From here you can access all the functions of I’m In Touch except remote control, enabling you to get at your email, contacts and files while on the move. If you’re sending email from your mobile phone, you can send attachments directly from your home PC.

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