You are so close!
Man, I think I have tried just about every app from the store that wants to bring the desktop experience. This one by far is the closest, but a few things will need to happen for me to really use this.
1. When I say desktop, I mean monitor, wired keyboard, and wired mouse. A usb c hub is all you need to connect all peripherals. Right now the wired mouse is unusable since I cannot scroll the webpages. Need a way to disable the mouse pad on iPhone and use the fully supported wired mouse instead.
2. Keyboard support, when typing from the wired keyboard the phone pops up with the display keyboard, preventing you from typing in a website. Need an option to disable the display keyboard. So far the keys all work but becomes cumbersome having to hide the display keyboard to continue typing.
3. All the similar apps feel like my phone is about to melt. This one does not do that! I played some video on Rumble and it all seemed to work well. Phone did not get overly hot.
4. The browser, would like to see an option to request desktop site rather than mobile site. YouTube when clicked opens the YouTube app but when selected with open a new tab it seemed to play nice and keep in browser.
All in all great work and great concept. Will look forward to future updates and hopeful wait for the wired mouse/ keyboard fix.
1. When I say desktop, I mean monitor, wired keyboard, and wired mouse. A usb c hub is all you need to connect all peripherals. Right now the wired mouse is unusable since I cannot scroll the webpages. Need a way to disable the mouse pad on iPhone and use the fully supported wired mouse instead.
2. Keyboard support, when typing from the wired keyboard the phone pops up with the display keyboard, preventing you from typing in a website. Need an option to disable the display keyboard. So far the keys all work but becomes cumbersome having to hide the display keyboard to continue typing.
3. All the similar apps feel like my phone is about to melt. This one does not do that! I played some video on Rumble and it all seemed to work well. Phone did not get overly hot.
4. The browser, would like to see an option to request desktop site rather than mobile site. YouTube when clicked opens the YouTube app but when selected with open a new tab it seemed to play nice and keep in browser.
All in all great work and great concept. Will look forward to future updates and hopeful wait for the wired mouse/ keyboard fix.
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for the thoughtful review and for supporting PocketPC! It means a lot to hear that we’re getting close to the desktop experience you’re looking for, and we’re glad to hear your phone stayed cool during your testing. We’ve been working on improvements to the keyboard and mouse experience, and an update is currently with Apple for review. Mouse support in our testing uses AssistiveTouch. We also appreciate your feedback on desktop sites and keeping YouTube in the browser, and we’ll keep it in mind as we continue improving PocketPC. Thank you again for taking the time to share such detailed feedback and for giving PocketPC a try!