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.
- Ability to send Phone Numbers, SMS messages, Text, URL’s and Images to your iDevice
- Ability to perform an action on received content (i.e, Call, Save to Clipboard, Save to Photos, Map with Google, etc.)
- Works on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
- Works over 3G (or other cellular standards) or WiFi
- 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) or a Full featured, multi-browser >Web Client
- A Comprehensive Bookmarklet to send any content from any Webpage to iPhone
- Integration with popular applications like LaunchBar, Quicksilver, Google Chrome, Apple Address Book
- Import contacts information from Apple Address Book, Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird
- Full support for iOS 4
- Support for background mode (iOS 4)
- Greatly improved SMS support for composing SMS messages from within myPhoneDesktop (iOS 4)
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 and support for multiple iDevices (iPhone, iPad or iPod touch)
- Quick switching between accounts
- Protocol for integration with third-party applications
- Secure communication by encrypting all data sent to iDevice
Phone/SMS Related Features
- Call any phone number
- Simplify sending SMS messages
- Copy phone number or SMS to iDevice's Clipboard
- Show phone/number or SMS on iDevice
- Remembers recently called phone numbers
- Favorites contacts and their phone numbers
- Import Favorites from Apple Address Book, Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird
- Auto-complete phone numbers while typing phone number manually. Auto-Complete is using list of recently called phone numbers and Favorites
- Quick Dial Pad to simplify dialing to up to nine favorite numbers.
- Ability to control whether iDevice will automatically dial to international, local and an unvalidated phone numbers
- Mac OS X: ability to schedule a phone calls and SMS’s in Apple's iCal
- Mac OS X: ability to log phone calls and SMS’s in Apple's iCal
- Search phone number with mobile Google
- Map phone number with mobile Google Map
- Call using mobile Skype
- SMS using mobile Skype
- Call using desktop Skype
- Ability to process any text content as SMS message
URL Related Features
- Open URL in mobile Safari
- Open complicated URL with Map’s location or route in mobile Google Map
- Copy URL to iDevice's Clipboard
- Show URL on iDevice
- Shorten URL using bit.ly/j.mp service
- Search URL with mobile Google
- Map URL with mobile Google Map
- Open URL with Instapaper
- Open URL with mobile WolframAlpha
- Open supported documents URLs in mobile Stanza
- Send URL by E-Mail on iDevice
Text Related Features
- Copy text to iDevice's Clipboard
- Show text on iDevice
- Search text with mobile Google
- Map text with mobile Google Map
- vCard support with ability to add or update contacts on iDevice
- Open text with mobile WolframAlpha
- Send text by E-Mail on iDevice
Image Related Features
- Save image to iDevice's Photos
- Copy image to iDevice's Clipboard
- Show image on iDevice
- Send local image file
- Send remote image via URL
- Limit image size for an automatic sending
iPhone 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
- Uses Push Notifications to simplify workflow
- Uses Pull mode when desired or when Push Notifications are unavailable
- Audio/vibrate feedback when new myPhoneDesktop receives new information
- Ability to specify Auto Respond options for each type of received content allowing automatic execution of actions associated with this type of content
Phone/SMS Related Features
- Call any phone number
- Simplify sending SMS messages
- Copy phone number or SMS to iDevice's Clipboard
- Show phone number/SMS on iDevice
- Search phone number with mobile Google
- Map phone number with mobile Google Map (Maps)
- Call using mobile Skype
- SMS using mobile Skype
- Add phone number to existing Contact
- Add phone number to a New Contact
URL Related Features
- Open URL in mobile Safari
- Open complicated URL with Map’s location or route on mobile Google Map
- Copy URL to iDevice's Clipboard
- Show URL on iDevice
- Search URL with mobile Google
- Map URL with mobile Google Map
- Open URL with mobile WolframAlpha
- Open URL with Safari
- Add URL to existing Contact
- Add URL to a New Contact
Text Related Features
- Copy text to iDevice's Clipboard
- Show text on iDevice
- Search text with mobile Google
- Map text with mobile Google Map
- vCard support with ability to update contacts on iDevice
- Open text with WolframAlpha
- Assign text to existing Contact
- Assign text to a New Contact
Image Related Features
- Save image to iDevicePhotos app
- Copy image to iDevice's Clipboard
- Show image on iDevice
- Assign image to existing Contact
- Assign image to a New Contact
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’s
- Recognize and send image URL’s
- 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
- Can send large article of up to 40 thousand characters
- Bookmarklet will 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 computer (Hotel, Internet Cafe or Local Library). Here are the Main features of the myPhoneDesktop Web Client:
- Secure communication by encrypting all data sent to iDevice
- Ability to specify default action to execute on iDevice
- Optional settings to clear data after it has been sent to your iDevice
- Support for Multiple accounts and support for multiple iDevices (iPhone, iPad or iPod touch)
- Quick switching between accounts
Phone/SMS Related Features
- Call any phone number
- Simplify sending SMS messages
- Copy phone number or SMS to iDevice's Clipboard
- Show phone/number or SMS on iDevice
- Maintain list of recently called phone numbers
- Auto-complete phone numbers using list of recently called phone numbers
- Search phone number with mobile Google
- Map phone number with mobile Google Map
- Call using mobile Skype
- SMS using mobile Skype
URL Related Features
- Open URL in mobile Safari
- Open complicated URL with Map’s location or route on mobile Google Map
- Copy URL to iDevice's Clipboard
- Show URL on iDevice
- Shorten URL using bit.ly/j.mp service
- Search URL with mobile Google
- Map URL with mobile Google Map
- Open URL with mobile WolframAlpha
- Open URL with Safari
Text Related Features
- Copy text to iDevice's Clipboard
- Show text on iDevice
- Search text with mobile Google
- Map text with mobile Google Map
- vCard support with ability to add or update contacts on iDevice
- Open URL with mobile WolframAlpha
Image Related Features
- Save image to iDevice's Photos
- Copy image to iDevice's Clipboard
- Show image on iDevice
- Send local image file
- Send remote image via URL