Windows... on your iPhone!?

I need my computer wherever I go, but I don't want to lug around a laptop.  Virtualization allows you to carry your computer on a portable storage device, plug it in to a borrowed computer, and leave nothing behind.  Instead of carrying a heavy laptop, I now just carry a USB flash drive.  All my programs, environment, and data is there in my hand all the time, and I can work offline whenever I want.

Until now, I've been carrying a USB flash drive as my computer.  USB drives are great, but they are one extra thing to carry around.  I'm already carrying my keys, my wallet, and my phone.  Why do I have to carry a USB drive when my iPhone has 16GB of flash storage?

That's why we developed iPhone Sentinel.  It makes your iPhone appear as a normal drive, allowing you to install a LivePC image on the flash storage on your iPhone.  Now you don't need to carry anything extra.  Just download and run the iPhone Sentinel software, plug in your iPhone, and your computer is there.  You can also use an app like Air Sharing to carry the iPhone Sentinel software on your iPhone, so you don't even need a network connection.  I have two LivePCs on my phone: one is a Windows XP environment maintained by the IT department with MS Office, secure VPN, and the company apps, and the other is the Linux-based Fearless Browser so I can securely browse on any PC with all my cookies and settings.

The iPhone flash storage is not very fast (MLC-based) so we also incorporated a lot of optimizations to make it perform well.  You can also disconnect the phone at any time (to take a call, for example) and execution pauses until you replace the iPhone.

If you have an iPhone, download iPhone Sentinel and let us know what you think!  If you have a different kind of smart phone, we didn't leave you out either.  Just configure your phone as a mass storage device (the default setting for most phones) and use USB Sentinel.

Enjoy your laptop-free life!  Your shoulders will thank you, as will the other passengers in the airport security line.

Comments

[Filip Serban]

Hello, your software looks promising, except one thing. I can't download and give it a try. Is this still under development?
Regards.

[John Whaley]

You should be able to download it from the download page:

http://www.mokafive.com/solutions/downloads.php

You can also try this direct link to an early beta version:

http://downloads.moka5.com.s3.amazonaws.com/beta/iPhone-Sentinel-Win.exe

[Aaron]

Hello, it seems as though the download link no longer exsists.

Where could I download from?

Thanks, Aaron