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VMware belatedly gets into the iPad game

By | March 9, 2011, 5:00am PST

VMware on Wednesday launched its VMware View software for Apple’s iPad as it plays catch-up to tablet virtualization movers Citrix and Wyse.

The software, available on Apple’s App Store, gives iPad users access to Windows desktops, applications and data via virtualization.

With the move, VMware gets into the iPad virtualization client game. Citrix was an early mover with its Receiver app and has an Apple’s iOS hit. Citrix’s Receiver is also on other platforms and will cover most tablets hitting the market ranging from Android devices to BlackBerry’s upcoming Playbook. Wyse also has its PocketCloud app for the iPad, iPhone and Android platforms so users can access their desktops.

Ironically, both Wyse supported VMware View on the iPad before VMware did. Simply put, VMware is playing from behind in the tablet game, but with a large installed base VMware View for the iPad should see a lot of downloads.

VMware View for the iPad includes the following features:

  • Access to Windows virtual desktops via PC-over-IP display protocol.
  • Multitouch support and on-screen track pad so users can use a traditional mouse set-up.
  • Instant-on Windows desktops.
  • Support for iPad Keyboard Dock and Bluetooth keyboards.

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james347 9th Mar 2011
Sounds good to me.
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GTGeek88 9th Mar 2011
This is a poorly written article. Please proofread.
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RE: VMware belatedly gets into the iPad game
jeverettk Updated - 9th Mar 2011
@GTGeek88
Yeah, anybody got a lead on what this sentenec means: "Ironically, both Wyse supported VMware View on the iPad before VMware did." ?
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littlemas2 9th Mar 2011
@jeverettk I have no idea what that means. I also have no idea what a sentenec is.
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TripleII-21189418044173169409978279405827 9th Mar 2011
Access/read/write to the host OS (i.e., can you access your music, videos and files?). I ask about the write part because removing HAVING to use iTunes and the associated pure garbage Quicktime from the equation would be sweet and might actually make the iPad a possibility for me.

Oh, that leads to another question, is it limited to only Windows as the guest OS?

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RE: VMware belatedly gets into the iPad game
Joe Perkins 9th Mar 2011
iPads are just a fad.. happy

So VMware took a little longer to port a viewer over to the pad platform. The new tech toy smell is not even off of the iPad and the other offerings of this nature. The whole second round of 'tablet computing' (woah, throw back term alert) needs a little time to settle in before we start worrying that they don't do everything right away that desktops and laptops do.
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mark.amos@... 9th Mar 2011
What the heck is a "sentenec"?
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TelstarII 9th Mar 2011
@mark.amos@... A sentence fragment?
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gzombek@... 11th Mar 2011
@TelstarII Is there a de-frag tool for this sentence fragments
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