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Add-in: WHS Phone Controls Windows Home Server via Windows Phone 7

By on November 3, 2010 in Add-in News, Add-ins & Apps, Mobile, News, Windows Home Server

We’ve just heard about a forthcoming add-in for Windows Home Server, which looks set to delight Windows Phone 7 owners.

WHS Phone will allow a Windows Phone 7 device to connect to Windows Home Server and browse files, stream music, view photos and allow access to certain management functions on the home server.

The add-in’s music streaming feature will let you browse music files stored on your home server and stream them directly to the device over Wi-Fi and 3G. Playlists can be built and played easily directly on the device.

Photos taken on the device can be uploaded to the home server directly from the handset, or you can browse photos already stored on the home server from your phone.

Home Server management features include the ability to view your server’s resources, manage users, view the status of your computers, and more.

Check out the following videos of the Windows Phone 7 application in action.

WHS Phone Demo
WHS Phone Playlist Demo

No word on release dates as yet, but expect to see the app available soon in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.

Update: The developer is seeking to launch the add-in later this month once it has been hardware tested.

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  • elmstrom

    make it stream video and i am in :)

  • Andrew Edney

    Now all you need is the actual phone and you are sorted :-)

    • http://www.wegotserved.com Terry Walsh

      I'm fine with my iPhone, thanks ;-)

      • scoob101

        splitter!

    • Peter

      I've got an HDC HD7 and its an excellent 'phone. I prefer it to iphone, but that's just a matter of taste.
      I'm looking forward to this!

  • t.bone

    i like my iPhone also but this is definitely nice. I wish WHS Mobile was still making progress. Its starting to feel abandoned at this point. Hopefully this spurs him to get going again. aside from a few issues that was a really good app.

  • David

    i was hoping for WHS add-in for my new phone 7

  • Mike Lowrey

    Well i think they are using any kind of "service" which provides the addin with informations, so may be it's possible for them to also provide a asp.net version of the great addin which is then compatible with all common smartphones.

  • http://twitter.com/clexman @clexman

    Nice update on the app, but who is the developer? Is MS releasing this or is it 3rd party?

    • http://www.whsphone.com Paul Juenger

      This is a 3rd party application.

      • efjay

        All I can say is, thank you! It seemed everything developed for WHS was solely designed for the iphone but this looks to be an excellent solution for us "poor" WP7 users. I wonder if features like remote desktop or remote server wakeup can be added? Regardless, I will be getting this. Do you have a twitter account, would like to keep up with progress. Hope to have a device before the end of the year, if Dell get their finger out!

  • http://www.whsphone.com Paul Juenger

    At release we will only support v1, but we are looking into Vail. IIS 7 and smoothstreaming FTW.

  • jody

    http://blog.landdolphin.net/ – and a great looking remote to go with it

  • Samalama

    Be nice if there was something similar for Android :-)

    • Preston

      I second this, i dont see many android apps for whs at all. Kinda sad really, seeing that sales are about even with the iphone.

  • jkimrey

    The app is now showing up in the marketplace.

    Hope to see some reviews soon!