.: Why is remote access to devices useful?

By providing you remote access to real handsets in live networks, we bring these devices and their networks to your desktop. Therefore, you no longer need to be "in-market" to do validations of your content and applications. Now you can leverage DeviceAnywhere to realize huge cost savings, to get your products to market faster, and to expand your market reach by addressing networks outside your geographical location.

.: What can I do with these remotely accessible devices?

You can do anything on a DeviceAnywhere device that you would do on a handset that is physically in your hand. For example, you can press the device's keypad buttons, press its side buttons, speak into your PC's mic to speak into the handset's mic, view the handset's LCD display, hear its speaker and ringer sounds, and even connect/disconnect its battery, power supply and data-cable. Therefore, you can make calls, browse WAP sites, send/receive messages, and much much more.

.: Is my Intellectual Property protected?

We take IP protection very seriously. That is why we have implemented automated cleanup scripts that kick into gear at the end of each device session. These scripts "wash" the device, deleting all downloaded or installed applications, clearing the browser cache, and removing other usage footprints. On occasion, we even do a "factory reset" on devices automatically.

.: I've heard you mention collaboration. How do you facilitate that?

We believe that mobile development is a highly collaborative process with multiple companies (developers, porting companies, consulting companies, testing companies, and publishers) working together to launch products to market. Keeping that in mind, we have incorporated several collaboration features into DeviceAnywhere to ease the collaboration effort to help you launch projects sooner, with less hassle.

Our collaboration features include, ability to export one or multiple frames into a web repository so multiple people can share and see what actually happened on the device, ability to export movie clips from device activity to show collaborators actual application and device behavior, and the ability to share a device session with multiple collaborators (sort of an online meeting system). We also provide built-in online forums where you can share and communicate project information, etc.

Your user name is usually the primary email address you have used when first subscribing to the service and the password could be reset by contacting support@deviceanywhere.com.