From: James on
I would recommend team viewer for iPad. It handles secure remote connections, is easy to use, and is free for non commercial use.

"Benjamin Kraus" <bkraus(a)bu.edu> wrote in message <hpd1rb$aev$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Matt J " <mattjacREMOVE(a)THISieee.spam> wrote in message
> > As a related question, I've been wondering whether the iPad has the capality to run VNC
> > or a remote desktop connection client. If so, you could have access to MATLAB (or any
> > other software) from the iPad just by doing a remote login to a machine with MATLAB
> > installed on it.
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> My first thought when I learned about the iPad was "imagine Remote Desktop Connection on an iPad". It would be a great remote interface to a real computer, but even if someone managed to port MATLAB to the iPad, it would be infuriatingly slow and/or crippled.
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> Another possibility would be an X-server on the iPad, so you could run a linux (or Mac?) "server" that just feeds the MATLAB display to the iPad. If such a program doesn't already exist for the iPhone/iPod touch, I can't imagine it would be too difficult to port an existing X-server.
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> - Ben