"OnLive Desktop" Brings No-compromise Windows Apps to iPad
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Posted on January 10, 2012 at 2:07:01 AM
"OnLive Desktop" Brings No-compromise Windows Apps to iPad
LONDON, January 10, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Full Windows(R) Apps, Including Microsoft(R) Office, Delivered Instantly
from the Cloud
OnLive's Instant-action Cloud Computing Provides Seamless, Media-rich
Experience
Remote Feels Local: Revolutionizing Cloud Computing for Consumers and
Business
OnLive, Inc., the pioneer of instant-action cloud computing, announced that it is
bringing the first no-compromise Windows desktop to iPad(R) through its free OnLive(TM)
Desktop app, available Thursday in the iTunes(R) App Store. OnLive Desktop provides
instant access to full-featured, media-rich Windows 7 applications, including Microsoft(R)
Word, Excel(R) and PowerPoint(R) software, remotely hosted on powerful PC servers in the
cloud. Based upon OnLive's instant-action cloud gaming technology, OnLive Desktop delivers
a seamless Windows desktop experience, with instant-response multi-touch gestures,
together with a full on-screen Windows keyboard and handwriting recognition, enabling
complete and convenient viewing and editing of even the most complex documents. Rich
media, such as video, animation, slide transitions and even PC games, never before
practical via remote desktop delivery, run fluidly and dynamically with instant-action
interactivity. OnLive Desktop makes remote feel local.
(Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20120110/504280 )
"OnLive Desktop is the first app to deliver a no-compromise, media-rich Windows
desktop experience to iPad, opening up powerful new possibilities for consumers and
businesses," said Steve Perlman, OnLive Founder and CEO. "iPad users will now be able to
simply and securely view and edit cloud-hosted documents with full-featured Windows
desktop applications like Microsoft Office, just as if they were using a local
high-performance PC. Multi-touch gestures respond instantly and smoothly, while HD videos,
animations and PC video games-never before usable on a remote desktop-play seamlessly."
The FREE* OnLive Desktop app comes with 2 GB of secure cloud storage and as-available
access to a cloud-based Windows 7 desktop pre-populated with Microsoft Word, Excel and
PowerPoint, plus several utilities and touch games. Using instant-response touch gestures
such as pinch and zoom, flick to scroll, drag, drop and Aero snap, users can quickly and
easily navigate files, open, edit and save the ones they need, and store them securely in
the cloud for access from any device through a simple Web interface. PC apps have full
desktop functionality: Word documents can be created and edited with full redline and
commenting capability, using a full Windows touch-screen keyboard, handwriting recognition
or Bluetooth keyboard. PowerPoint presentations can be created with rich graphics, videos
and animated slide transitions, and even presented directly from the iPad, either onscreen
or via an external monitor. Data can be updated and analyzed instantly in Excel,
translated into graphs and transferred into presentation documents. With OnLive Desktop,
work is now possible anywhere you have an iPad and Internet connectivity, with the
immediacy, functionality and responsiveness of a local PC.
The Free OnLive Desktop app for iPad is just the tip of the iceberg. Android(R),
smartphones, PC, Mac(R) and monitor/TV support (via the OnLive MicroConsole(TM) thin
client with Bluetooth keyboard/mouse) are coming soon, with your same OnLive Desktop
available by login from any device. Your OnLive Desktop can be accessed anywhere, on any
device, at any resolution.
- OnLive Desktop Pro is coming soon, with 50 GB of cloud storage, priority
access, full-featured cloud-accelerated browsing, additional PC apps, and other
OnLive-unique features for just $9.99/month.
- OnLive Enterprise will be available for businesses and organizations of
all sizes, seeking centralized, secure computing resources, as well as Independent
Software Vendors seeking to deliver custom applications. With OnLive Enterprise, IT
departments have full control of user entitlements/access privileges to both retail
and ISV applications, while enabling users to access the same applications through any
device. For example, a hospital can entitle different levels of records access to
doctors, receptionists and patients, with full privacy, whether data is viewed on a
smartphone, computer, on an easily-sterilized tablet in an examining room, or even on
a hospital room TV. No user data is left behind on any device, so records remain
secure if a device is lost or stolen. (IT professionals and ISVs, please contact
OnLive at enterprise@onlive.com for OnLive Enterprise details and pricing.)
- OnLive Desktop Pro and Enterprise support exclusive OnLive collaborative
services. Building on the same proven technology as the massive spectating Arena of
the OnLive Game Service, OnLive securely enables as many as thousands of simultaneous
users to view one or many OnLive Desktops from any device, with live spectating and
group chat, and multi-user control. Whether using OnLive collaborative services as a
shared document reader or virtual whiteboard in a small workgroups, for chatting over
home videos among far-flung family members, or for lecturing with Q&A to an audience
of thousands of students around the world, OnLive provides instant, media-rich
collaboration.
The OnLive Desktop iPad app will be available Thursday to U.S. customers for free in
the iTunes App Store, and will be released soon in the UK. Customers are encouraged to
sign up early for their free OnLive account, available today at desktop.onlive.com
[http://desktop.onlive.com ]. For more information, visit desktop.onlive.com
[http://desktop.onlive.com ].
*Terms and conditions apply. See desktop.onlive.com [http://desktop.onlive.com ] for
details.
About OnLive
OnLive is the pioneer of on-demand, instant-action cloud computing and instant-play video
game services, delivering real-time interactive experiences and rich media through the
Internet. With groundbreaking video compression technology, OnLive harnesses cloud
computing to provide the power and intelligence needed to instantly deliver full-featured,
media-rich applications and the latest, premium game titles to tablets, smartphones, PCs,
Macs and HDTVs via the OnLive(R) Game System or on connected TVs. OnLive is available in
North America and the UK and will continue expanding into Europe and Asia. OnLive's
technology is backed by hundreds of patents and patents pending. The company is
headquartered in Palo Alto, California. OnLive investors include Warner Bros., Autodesk,
Maverick Capital, AT&T, British Telecommunications (BT), The Belgacom Group, HTC and
Juniper Networks. More information is available at http://www.onlive.com and
http://www.onlive.co.uk.
OnLive is a registered trademark of OnLive, Inc. All other trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.
Images can be downloaded from the following link:
http://basket.indigopearl-press.com/PVZIndigoPearlb4859daf3407598324360742269.zip
Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20120110/504280
Source: OnLive Ltd
For OnLive media inquiries, please contact: James Beaven
Indigo Pearl PR, james@indigopearl.com, +44(0)208-964-4545; Mark Turpin, Indigo Pearl PR, mark@indigopearl.com, +44(0)208-964-4545
LONDON, January 10, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Full Windows(R) Apps, Including Microsoft(R) Office, Delivered Instantly
from the Cloud
OnLive's Instant-action Cloud Computing Provides Seamless, Media-rich
Experience
Remote Feels Local: Revolutionizing Cloud Computing for Consumers and
Business
OnLive, Inc., the pioneer of instant-action cloud computing, announced that it is
bringing the first no-compromise Windows desktop to iPad(R) through its free OnLive(TM)
Desktop app, available Thursday in the iTunes(R) App Store. OnLive Desktop provides
instant access to full-featured, media-rich Windows 7 applications, including Microsoft(R)
Word, Excel(R) and PowerPoint(R) software, remotely hosted on powerful PC servers in the
cloud. Based upon OnLive's instant-action cloud gaming technology, OnLive Desktop delivers
a seamless Windows desktop experience, with instant-response multi-touch gestures,
together with a full on-screen Windows keyboard and handwriting recognition, enabling
complete and convenient viewing and editing of even the most complex documents. Rich
media, such as video, animation, slide transitions and even PC games, never before
practical via remote desktop delivery, run fluidly and dynamically with instant-action
interactivity. OnLive Desktop makes remote feel local.
(Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20120110/504280 )
"OnLive Desktop is the first app to deliver a no-compromise, media-rich Windows
desktop experience to iPad, opening up powerful new possibilities for consumers and
businesses," said Steve Perlman, OnLive Founder and CEO. "iPad users will now be able to
simply and securely view and edit cloud-hosted documents with full-featured Windows
desktop applications like Microsoft Office, just as if they were using a local
high-performance PC. Multi-touch gestures respond instantly and smoothly, while HD videos,
animations and PC video games-never before usable on a remote desktop-play seamlessly."
The FREE* OnLive Desktop app comes with 2 GB of secure cloud storage and as-available
access to a cloud-based Windows 7 desktop pre-populated with Microsoft Word, Excel and
PowerPoint, plus several utilities and touch games. Using instant-response touch gestures
such as pinch and zoom, flick to scroll, drag, drop and Aero snap, users can quickly and
easily navigate files, open, edit and save the ones they need, and store them securely in
the cloud for access from any device through a simple Web interface. PC apps have full
desktop functionality: Word documents can be created and edited with full redline and
commenting capability, using a full Windows touch-screen keyboard, handwriting recognition
or Bluetooth keyboard. PowerPoint presentations can be created with rich graphics, videos
and animated slide transitions, and even presented directly from the iPad, either onscreen
or via an external monitor. Data can be updated and analyzed instantly in Excel,
translated into graphs and transferred into presentation documents. With OnLive Desktop,
work is now possible anywhere you have an iPad and Internet connectivity, with the
immediacy, functionality and responsiveness of a local PC.
The Free OnLive Desktop app for iPad is just the tip of the iceberg. Android(R),
smartphones, PC, Mac(R) and monitor/TV support (via the OnLive MicroConsole(TM) thin
client with Bluetooth keyboard/mouse) are coming soon, with your same OnLive Desktop
available by login from any device. Your OnLive Desktop can be accessed anywhere, on any
device, at any resolution.
- OnLive Desktop Pro is coming soon, with 50 GB of cloud storage, priority
access, full-featured cloud-accelerated browsing, additional PC apps, and other
OnLive-unique features for just $9.99/month.
- OnLive Enterprise will be available for businesses and organizations of
all sizes, seeking centralized, secure computing resources, as well as Independent
Software Vendors seeking to deliver custom applications. With OnLive Enterprise, IT
departments have full control of user entitlements/access privileges to both retail
and ISV applications, while enabling users to access the same applications through any
device. For example, a hospital can entitle different levels of records access to
doctors, receptionists and patients, with full privacy, whether data is viewed on a
smartphone, computer, on an easily-sterilized tablet in an examining room, or even on
a hospital room TV. No user data is left behind on any device, so records remain
secure if a device is lost or stolen. (IT professionals and ISVs, please contact
OnLive at enterprise@onlive.com for OnLive Enterprise details and pricing.)
- OnLive Desktop Pro and Enterprise support exclusive OnLive collaborative
services. Building on the same proven technology as the massive spectating Arena of
the OnLive Game Service, OnLive securely enables as many as thousands of simultaneous
users to view one or many OnLive Desktops from any device, with live spectating and
group chat, and multi-user control. Whether using OnLive collaborative services as a
shared document reader or virtual whiteboard in a small workgroups, for chatting over
home videos among far-flung family members, or for lecturing with Q&A to an audience
of thousands of students around the world, OnLive provides instant, media-rich
collaboration.
The OnLive Desktop iPad app will be available Thursday to U.S. customers for free in
the iTunes App Store, and will be released soon in the UK. Customers are encouraged to
sign up early for their free OnLive account, available today at desktop.onlive.com
[http://desktop.onlive.com ]. For more information, visit desktop.onlive.com
[http://desktop.onlive.com ].
*Terms and conditions apply. See desktop.onlive.com [http://desktop.onlive.com ] for
details.
About OnLive
OnLive is the pioneer of on-demand, instant-action cloud computing and instant-play video
game services, delivering real-time interactive experiences and rich media through the
Internet. With groundbreaking video compression technology, OnLive harnesses cloud
computing to provide the power and intelligence needed to instantly deliver full-featured,
media-rich applications and the latest, premium game titles to tablets, smartphones, PCs,
Macs and HDTVs via the OnLive(R) Game System or on connected TVs. OnLive is available in
North America and the UK and will continue expanding into Europe and Asia. OnLive's
technology is backed by hundreds of patents and patents pending. The company is
headquartered in Palo Alto, California. OnLive investors include Warner Bros., Autodesk,
Maverick Capital, AT&T, British Telecommunications (BT), The Belgacom Group, HTC and
Juniper Networks. More information is available at http://www.onlive.com and
http://www.onlive.co.uk.
OnLive is a registered trademark of OnLive, Inc. All other trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.
Images can be downloaded from the following link:
http://basket.indigopearl-press.com/PVZIndigoPearlb4859daf3407598324360742269.zip
Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20120110/504280
Source: OnLive Ltd
For OnLive media inquiries, please contact: James Beaven
Indigo Pearl PR, james@indigopearl.com, +44(0)208-964-4545; Mark Turpin, Indigo Pearl PR, mark@indigopearl.com, +44(0)208-964-4545