On 2012-06-21 10:53, Samuel Penn wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:23:03 +0100, Kevin Safford > <kevin.safford@???> wrote: > > On 2012-06-21 10:17, Vic wrote: > >> > > > >> I'd have said "Android". > > > > I thought about an Android tablet. Would I be able to launch and > > browser, music player and so on remotely, from a box running Ubuntu > > or > > Mint? > > The AirDroid app *might* do this. It allows you to remotely control an > android > device to some extent from a PC. The PC has to be on the same network > however, > which may be an issue. You'd need to check out AirDroid to see if it > has all > the capabilities you want. > > You can sort of launch a browser remotely - if you use > Chrome2Phone/Fox2Phone > you can send a link to an Android device from a PC browser, which will > fire up > the browser. They may get a dialog first. > > But I'd add my +1 to the suggestion of setting up a clean home screen > with > just these apps on it, and let them start it up themselves. > Thanks; I'll take a look.
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