Features Overview
myPhoneDesktop is an action driven productivity tool that provides an easy and effective way to work with your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch directly from your desktop, laptop or any Web Browser. Whether you need to make a phone call, send a long SMS, copy a large amount of text, send a long and complicated to retype URL, or store an image on your iPad or iPhone, myPhoneDesktop streamlines your workflow. Read the Getting Started to start using myPhoneDesktop now or discover its features below:
- Ability to send Phone Numbers, SMS messages, Text, URLs, photos and files to your iDevice
- Ability to perform an action on received content (i.e, Call, Save to Clipboard, Save to Photos, Map with Google, etc.)
- Universal app that works on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
- Works over 3G or WiFi (requires registration of a FREE account)
- Uses Push Notifications to simplify workflow
- Uses Pull mode when needed or Push Notifications are unavailable
- FREE Desktop client (Mac OS X, Windows and Linux)
- Full featured Web Client
- Bookmarklet to send any content from any Webpage to iDevice
- Google Chrome Extensions - Chrome to iPhone and Chrome Client
- Full support for iOS 6 and Background Mode
- Support and integration with third-party applications
Integration and Support for Third-party Applications
myPhoneDesktop works with many popular third-party applications on your Desktop, Web Browser, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
On your Desktop and Web Browser you can:
- Be more productive using LaunchBar, Quicksilver or Alfred extensions
- Improve your Drag & Drop abilities with Dropzone extension
- Dial phone numbers and send SMS directly from Apple Address Book
- Extend Google Chrome with Chrome to iPhone and Chrome Client
- Extend Opera Browser with myPhoneDesktop Extension (unofficial)
- Dial phone numbers and SMS using Skype and Google Voice
- Mac OS X: ability to schedule phone calls and SMS using Apple's iCal
- Mac OS X: ability to log phone calls and SMS in Apple's iCal
- Use bit.ly/j.mp service to shorten URL
- Need more? Add integration of your own with your favorite desktop application
On iPhone, iPad or iPod touch you can:
- Add to-do's to InstaTodo, Appigo Todo and OmniFocus
- Dial phone numbers and SMS using iPhone, Skype and GV Connect
- Search for information using Google and Google Maps
- Open locations with MotionX-GPS Drive, NAVIGON MobileNavigator and TomTom
- Add locations to InstaTodo
- In addition to Safari, Open URL in alternative browsers – iCab Mobile, Atomic Web Browser, Perfect Browser, Mercury Browser and Sleipnir Mobile browser
- Open URL with GoodReader, Instapaper, WolframAplha and Stanza
- Open text with WolframAplha
Desktop Client
myPhoneDesktop's Desktop Client tightly integrates with your OS ( Windows, Mac OS X or Linux) and provides such handy features like Drag & Drop, global shortcuts like Cmd+C+C (Mac OS X) or Ctrl+C+C (Windows) and integration with popular applications like LaunchBar, Quicksilver, Google Chrome, Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook or Apple Address Book.
Here are the Main features of the desktop client:
- Handy system-wide global keyboard shortcuts (i.e. Cmd+C+C on Mac or Ctrl+C+C on Windows)
- Automatic content type recognition
- Resides in your system menu/tray always ready to send data to your iDevice
- Non-intrusive Growl like notifications and full Growl support on Mac
- Ability to specify default action to execute based on received content type
- Optional settings to clear data after it has been sent to your iDevice
- Full Drag-and-Drop
- Paste data with automatic content type recognition using
button on the title bar - Support for Multiple accounts with quick switching between them and support for multiple iDevices (iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
- Can work through HTTP and HTTPS proxy with ability to configure proxies using PAC scripts
- Secure communication by always encrypting any data sent to your iDevice
- Favorite contacts and recently called phone numbers
- Native access to Contacts (on Mac) and Outlook (on Windows)
- Ability to import contacts from Mozilla Thunderbird and from files in CSV format
- Quick Dial and auto-complete for phone numbers
- Control of automatic dialing of international, local and unvalidated phone numbers
Bookmarklet
myPhoneDesktop Bookmarklet allows you to send content from any Web page to your iDevice with ease! Here are the Main features of the myPhoneDesktop Bookmarklet:
- Unique and non-intrusive Growl like popup notifications
- Send selection as plain text
- Recognize and send URL
- Recognize and send image URL
- Show a list of Web page elements when selection contains multiple content types (text, images, URLs) allowing you to choose which information you want to send to iDevice
- Special popup for Google Map to allow opening locations with MotionX-GPS Drive and NAVIGON MobileNavigator and adding locations to InstaTodo
- Can send large article of up to 40 thousand characters
- Send current Web page URL if there is nothing is selected on the page
Web Client
myPhoneDesktop Web Client works in any modern Web Browser allowing you to work with your iDevice when you are on-the-go or not at your own trusted computer (Hotel, Internet Cafe or Local Library). Here are the Main features of the myPhoneDesktop Web Client:
- Ability to specify default action to execute based on received content type
- Support for Multiple accounts with quick switching between them and support for multiple iDevices (iPhone, iPad or iPod touch)
- Secure communication by always encrypting any data sent to your iDevice
- “Public or Shared Computer” mode to keep your privacy
- Save data between sessions
iOS Application
myPhoneDesktop iPhone Application provides integration and data sharing services between your Computer (via its Desktop Client, Web Client or Bookmarklet) and your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Based on the type of content you want to send to your iDevice from your Computer myPhoneDesktop provides you with common actions like Call phone number, Save image file, Copy text to clipboard and many more. myPhoneDesktop is an action driven productivity tool where actions can be either performed manually or can be processed automatically.
- Works over 3G (or other cellular standards) or WiFi
- Push Mode to simplify workflow
- Pull mode when desired or when Push Notifications are unavailable
- Audio/vibrate feedback when new myPhoneDesktop receives new information
- Auto Respond options for each type of received content allowing automatic execution of actions associated with this type of content
- Option to choose an alternative Web Browser to open URL
- Full support for iOS 6 and Background Mode
- Option to open data with application of your choice
So, what are you waiting for? Install myPhoneDesktop for your platform:
- iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
- Mac OS X
- Windows
- Linux
- Web Browser - Bookmarklet
- Google Chrome - Chrome to iPhone and Chrome Client