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Mar 27

Written by: Shawn Bass
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:35:14 AM

This is beyond cool!  Idokorro (makers of two other very cool products Mobile Admin and Mobile Desktop) have just launched the first public Citrix Client for the Blackberry platform.  One could argue that a Citrix client on a Blackberry is not the ideal platform for getting work done, but I've been using it as I used the Mobile Desktop product - for on the go deperate troubleshooting (i.e. I don't have a laptop near me, but need to get in a reboot a system, etc).  Anyway,  checkout their website for a download link (they even have an OTA download available from mobile.idokorro.com

On one of my Presentation Server 4.0 boxes, I'm receiving the typical TS error message that you're not a member of the Remote Desktop Users group.  This is weird since this system works perfectly fine locally as well as via WI/CSG.  I've exchange emailed with the Idokorro folks who mentioned that they've seen this on about 4-5% of the downloaded installs.  They are currently researching a fix and expect it to take no longer than 1-2 weeks (how's that for support!). 

UPDATE: Idokorro has released a beta client that fixes the TS error message.  Contact them down a download URL.

Anyway, one of the REALLY cool things about this product is that it supports either connecting directly via TCP/IP through your carrier (for externally facing Citrix connections) or more appropriately you can tunnel through your existing BES/MDS service (which is awesome if you're trying to fix a problem with your WI/CSG config).  I just can't speak enough about how cool this product is.

Pricing is $35 per device (which IMHO is pretty reasonable).  Of course volume discounts would bring that price down.

Checkout their press release here

Enjoy!

Shawn

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2 comments so far...

Re: Idokorro launches Citrix client for the Blackberry platform

An updated version of the Mobile Citrix Client for BlackBerry is now available.

Some users have seen the error message: "To log on to this remote computer, you must have Terminal Server User Access permissions on this computer..." This error used to occur when users tried to access applications hosted on a secondary Citrix Presentation Server running Windows 2003. This issue has been resolved.

This version also resolves several bug reports, including an issue related to sending keystrokes (such as PageUp and PageDown) from the "Show Extras" screen.

You can download the new version over the air using your BlackBerry web Browser from: http://mobile.idokorro.com

Please note that this new version requires that you have the Citrix XML Service running on your server, you do not need the Web Interface installed. If your XML Service is running on a custom port you must enter it when you launch the Mobile Citrix Client using the format "Citrix Server: myserver:port".

By Paul Dumais on   Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:42:27 AM

Re: Idokorro launches Citrix client for the Blackberry platform

Paul,

Thanks for the confirmation of the release of this client. I did publish an updated blog entry here: http://www.shawnbass.com/Blogs/tabid/58/EntryID/14/Default.aspx

That discussed this being fixed in a beta release. But it's good info to know that it's been officially released.

Thanks.

Shawn

By Shawn Bass on   Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:44:10 AM

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