Just a very quick blog post written over lunch today to share some screenshots of the VMware View client for Android running on my HP Touchpad (with Android 4 / Cyanogenmod running).
I have set up a simple VMware View 5 environment in my home lab and wanted to test out the Android client. I had recently installed Cyanogenmod on the Touchpad so it can now dual boot WebOS or Android 4. As there is no View client for WebOS, I simply grabbed a copy of the View client for Android and tried a quick internal test of my View 5 lab.
The interface is nice and clean / well designed (as you would expect for an application from VMware). After connection you are presented with your entitled desktops and can then connect. A gesture summary info screen appears to show you how to perform different functions, such as right-clicks, dragging the mouse cursor, bringing up the keyboard etc… The gesture controls really do work well, especially when you compare them to other tablet based remote control apps.
Below are a few screenshots of the actual View client running on my HP Touchpad and connected to a Windows 7 Desktop.
Conclusion: The View client for Android runs just fine on a modded (Cyanogenmod) HP Touchpad device – as expected!