Originally Posted by
coip Thanks for the replies. I guess I am still confused about what the difference is between Remote Desktop and PC Remote. Are they the same thing? What do they do?
No, the Remote Desktop app (or Teamviewer, I believe) literally puts the desktop of the computer it's controlling onto your phone screen, and lets you control that computer as if you were sitting at it, using a virtual keyboard and mouse to do so. You do not need to be anywhere near your computer for this, you can be anywhere you have an Internet connection, provided your router is set to forward any connection to it on port 3389 (commonly used for Windows Remote Desktop) to the computer you wish to control.
The PC Remote on the other hand works as a touch screen remote, and you do need to see the screen of the computer you are controlling, just as if you were using a wireless keyboard and mouse. It just lets you control the computer from your phone, for example while you're watching Netflix or Windows Media Center on it, instead of from your keyboard and mouse.
Hope this explains the difference.