Jump Desktop is free on Amazon Appstore (US) today

[Guest PaulOBrien]

Jump Desktop, normally priced at $9.99, is free on the Amazon US Appstore today.

The application is a multi-protocol (RDP + VNC) client that has recently been updated to include Windows 8 Touch support. Setup is dead easy using the JumpDesktop.com website's automatic setup option and your Google account.

Features include...

• Multi-touch ready: Pinch-zoom, two finger scrolling, mouse dragging all supported. Even three finger taps are supported to quickly show and hide the keyboard.
  
• SSH Tunnel support
  
• The best external keyboard and mouse support on Android: Supports all external keyboard keys and shortcuts. Right mouse clicks supported too with external mice - all natural, PC like!
  
• Universal application: Works on tablets and phones - buy it only once and use it on all your Android devices
  
• Full support for multitasking: Switch to other apps without disconnecting
  
• Supports large custom screen resolution
  
• Full mouse support: left and right clicks, dragging, scrolling, precision pointer movement
  RDP features:
  
• Touch redirection support for Windows 8 and Server 2012
  
• Tested on: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, SBS Server
  
• Secure: 40/56/128bit RDP, TLS/SSL, FIPS and NLA authentication support
  
• Supports 8, 16 and 24-bit colors and all RDP performance options
  
• Multiple monitor support on Windows 7 and above
  
• Console sessions
  
• Audio streaming
  VNC features include...
  
• Tested with Mac OS X, TightVNC, RealVNC, UltraVNC, Linux (Ubuntu Remote Desktop)
  
• Secure: Supports SSL encryption when used with Jump's automatic setup instructions: http://jumpdesktop.com/go
  
• 8 and 16-bit color
  
• OS X Screen Sharing support
  
• Multiple monitor support
  
• Supported encodings: copyrect, zrle, tight, (zlib)hextile, zlib, rre, raw, desktop-resize

Do you have an Amazon US account with a configured US address and card? If so then head on over to the Amazon appstore site to download!

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