I am researching a device that I can use for VNC that I can keep in my pocket and use just about anywhere. It looks like the N800 with the ability to access wifi or in a pinch my bluetooth phone, might work.

Here's the situation. I own a business which operates more than one store. The technical skill level of my employees is minimal. At each store I have a specialized point of sale system. With a laptop and tight VNC I can access the point of sale system and answer questions or fix problems that come up as well as monitor sales for the day. It happens occassionally that an "emergency" comes up when I'm not anywhere near a computer or laptop.

I'm thinking that with an N800 and my phone at a minimum I could connect to the store and see what is going on when an employee calls me in a panic.

How hard would it be to install tight VNC on this device? How well does it work? I've never used linux and haven't used any form of unix for several years.

VNC viewer is installed on my tablet. Don't remember if it was pre-installed or if I just installed it from the repositories thru the application manager.

It works well. I am running VNC Server personal addition on my PCs at home and at work. You just have to make sure to forward the appropriate ports on your router and open ports on any personal firewalls on your pcs.

I use this for the same reason you describe -- so that I have complete access in case of problems. So, yes, it will do what you need it to do. I have an evdo rev A phone (motoQ) and the data rate is fast enough for a productive VNC session.

VNC works great -- both as a viewer and to access the N800. ALso, there is an N800 version of rdesktop that will to Microsoft Remote Desktop COnnection.

-- Mike

There is no VPN software pre-installed, but it takes only few clicks to install VNC viewer. However, tunneling the VNC connection via SSH or OpenVPN requires some knowledge of Linux terminal usage. I believe you are not using an unsecure VPN connection over Internet for your business.

VNC on the IT works great. You only need a compatible cell phone or an available wireless network nearby.

Awesome! Works great. Very easy to figure out the install and setup. Thanks.