iPhone and the Connectify Wi-Fi Personal Area Network

Posted by agizis on January 22, 2010 under Uncategorized

Connectify is great for reverse-tethering your iPhone: connect your iPhone to your Connectify Wi-Fi hotspot, and whenever your laptop is on the Internet, then your data connections (web browsing, Skype, Youtube… pretty much everything but the phone calls and SMS messages) will go through Connectify.

But I’ve been using a couple of other iPhone apps, which really benefit from Connectify, as a Wi-Fi personal area network, whether or not you have an Internet connection:

  • iTunes Remote – This free application from Apple allows you to control iTunes on your PC, as long as you’re on the same Wi-Fi network. It makes navigating and controlling your computer’s iTunes collection look and feel nearly identical to doing the same on the iPhone’s music collection. With Connectify, it just works: once you tell your iPhone to use your Connectify Hotspot, any time you start the Remote app on your iPhone, you’re instantly controlling your music collection!
  • Snatch – This iPhone app turns your iPhone into a wireless trackpad and keyboard for your computer. There’s a free version, SnatchTest, which lets you use it just as a trackpad. It’s especially great for presentations, it lets you take a big step back and still have complete control of your computer.

I’m using both of these on a regular basis. But the App Store is a big place… are there other apps out there that also work better with Connectify? How are you using Connectify with your phone (Apple or otherwise)?

Comments

  • Jarmo

    Posted on 1-23-2010

    It seems that Snatch works also in Windows 7 – it says that only in XP and Vista.

  • Conrad

    Posted on 1-25-2010

    I use MyPoint through Connectify, and it's great. I can't get access to the wifi network where I teach for my iPhone, but Connectify allows me to use MyPoint as a remote for my powerpoint presentations. I love iphone + Connectify!

  • Connectify

    Posted on 1-25-2010

    Yes, Jarmo, Snatch definitely works just fine in Windows 7, I've been using it for two weeks now.

    Conrad: Wow, I like MyPoint, thank you, I had not seen that. I spend more time that I would like to admit in PowerPoint (most of what I've been using Snatch for).

    Thanks for the input,

    —Alex

  • Javier Soto

    Posted on 2-2-2010

    What about the other way around? Your iphone is tethering to the laptop, and you want to create a wireless access point on it to share the connection to other laptops/ipod touches whatever.
    That i havent been able to do…

  • swatinacharya

    Posted on 4-24-2010

    hey guys, i use win7 home basic, does it work on this? i tried it and seems to work fine but when i try to use the internet on my ipod touch 2g, i get no internet despite it showing the connected tower/wifi symbol at the top. connectify and ipod both detect each other but still no internet.

  • José Valerio

    Posted on 5-16-2010

    Thank you, this is a great application, good work!