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Being a student majoring in Network and System Administration I am always looking for more ways to help me do my job. With the huge amount of applications and the abilities that Android phones have I went on a search and was surprised what I found. There were so many applications designed to remotely control and administer computers and devices I was overwhelmed. Today I am going to share with you 5 of them that are available for anyone to download and use for personal and even business needs. 1) AndFTP – This utility is great for transferring files to and from your device to an FTP server. This makes it handy if you need to take a file from one server to another. I have used this several time to repair broken files from my backup server to my production servers. Market Link 2) Astro File Manager – I chose Astro File Manager because with a FTP program you are limited to uploading and downloading files only. With Astro and your Wi-Fi connection you can setup a network location via SMB on the application which will let you have full control over your files on a network shared folder or system. You can copy, move delete, rename, view details and check file permissions. Market Link 3) ConnectBot – Connect but is a very handy tool to have especially if you are working with Linux/Unix systems, or what I found it very useful for and that is connecting and administering Cisco devices. This tool has been a god send with keeping up with Cisco routers, switches, and security appliances in my day to day life. ConnectBot allows you to a device either locally, through unsecured Telnet, or with a secure connecting through SSH. Once connected you can enter commands just as if you were sitting in front of the system (provided you set up access permissions ahead of time). Market Link 4) WiFi Analyzer – This handy app is perfect for those who deploy wireless access points in their businesses or homes. With WiFi Analyzer you can view the properties of wireless signals around you. With the data you can find the correct channel to place your access point on, view signal strength, and what other access points are around you. Market Link 5) WYSE Pocket Cloud Beta – Any admin knows that they will eventually need to remotely access their systems. There are plenty of Remote apps out there but from what I have tested this is by far the best one in my opinion. It is still in the Beta stages so there are the occasional bugs but for on the go remote access to your systems this is hands down awesome. Once you add the server and connect the screen size will automatically adjust to your device resolution. You can double click and drag just as with a mouse. For added controls like right clicking and ctrl+alt+del you can enable the on screen mouse. Market Link There are two more apps I wanted to share with you but were not included in the top 5 because they are only available on rooted devices. The first one is Wireless Tether which I am sure a lot of you have heard of. Wireless Tether uses your 3G signal as the internet source and allows your phone to act like a wireless access point. You can configure security on the connection so everyone is not jumping on it and you can even view your incoming and outgoing data transfer amounts. The second app for root only users is PacketSniffer. This app, as I am sure most admin’s are aware of, allows you to grab packets from your wireless or Bluetooth connections and analyze them. You can view on the device or export them for a better look on a computer. Wireless Tether Market Link Packet Sniffer Market Code I hope you have found these suggestions as helpful as I have. If you have any other suggestions for great apps for Admins, let us know about them in the comments! For more information on Android and the current Android mobile phones, check out our Android Guides 5 useful Android apps for system & network administrators
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Everyone’s asking when Verizon customers will be able to access the iphone 4. It will be a big partnership between the number one wireless network and apple’s high selling smartphone and this will have a big effect on AT&T which is the only US carrier allowed to provide the iphone 4 to its customers for the past 3 years since the phone first came on the market according to reports by Brad stone and Jenna Wortham of The New York Times.
Verizon could make a decision to forget about the iphone due to its friendship with Google.
AT&T’ is having lots of challenges as a result of the demands of the iphone users in major cities and customers are becoming angry with the resulting network problems from the iphone’s use.
Verizon will be releasing the Droid X to customers on Thursday and will be able to compete with AT&T even without the iphone as many of its customers are increasingly using smartphones from other manufacturers.
Apple has a deal with AT&T to provide iphones to the carrier exclusively in the US and the contract will end in two years time. After the phone became famous Verizon was missing out but formed an unlikely partnership with Google who they had problems with in the past and co operated with Google and Motorola to manufacture android based phones.
Six android based phones in total have been manufactured between Google and Verizon helping boost the market share of that particular operating system for mobile phones to 13 percent with Blackberry and Apple controlling 42 percent and 24 percent respectively.
T-Mobile and Sprint have also embraced android phones and selling 4G phones including the Evo manufactured by HTC. Sprint said even though they desired the iphone 4, they felt the Evo was a great phone according to 4G division president Matt Carter.
The increasing success of the android based phones has given Verizon the power to be independent of Apple and criticize the company. It seems that Verizon thinks it can survive without the iphone as ties are getting closer between Verizon and Google according to experts.
However Verizon and Apple will both benefit from a partnership in future as apple will get the chance to sell more phones to Verizon Customers and the wireless carrier will also like to satisfy customers who crave for the iphone even though no one knows exactly when this partnership will become a reality.
Verizon brands all of its phones with their name and logo and many experts believe Apple will never allow that. Many experts think apple and Verizon will team up at some point in future whilst others believe their partnership is unlikely given the circumstances.
