I can answer the "why you need this" question. I must say I'm just as amazed you asked why. I own an IT firm and my clients need me to remote in to fix or change configurations. My company spends around thousands per year for various remote management applications. We can remote into PC's, Mac's, and any smart phone except IOS devices. So, yes, we need this very badly. It's the difference between a 5 minute remote session and an 90 minute trip to and from a cliemts location.

I'll tell you why. I have a 7 month old daughter and I have put my IPAD in a headrest holder for her to watch in the car. And with her being in the back and I'm driving I can't control the IPAD. So that is why I'm looking for a remote control for the IPAD.

I've been using PC's for 20 years and Macs for 5. I just persuaded my GF to buy an iPad for her grandmother overseas, watched them have one happy Skype conversation, and then spend the next week unable to communicate because her grandmother logged out of Skype and couldn't get back in. As I write this, my GF is struggling once again to get her grandmother to log in.

iPads are being pitched for just this kind of usage - simple interface, suitable for kids and elderly etc etc. Someone long ago must have realized that this lack of remote control capability was a major problem. Frankly, given how widespread this feature is through the rest of the IT universe, I couldn't even imagine it wasn't possible for the iPad. What a huge oversight on my part.

I thought the iPad was a consumer friendly device. Now I'm thinking - so much for all of the complaints about user-unfriendly windows-based PCs. At least those were problems that could be fixed.

I would like to trigger my iPad remotely to start and end video and sound recordings with my iPhone.

I just find a apps for you to control iPad remotely. You can get it free from iTunes. download TeamViewer. Great apps.
Apps for ios that turn iphone or ipad to a remote control | Techyv.com

Originally Posted by MarkBr11

I just find a apps for you to control iPad remotely. You can get it free from iTunes. download TeamViewer. Great apps.
Apps for ios that turn iphone or ipad to a remote control | Techyv.com

i use a jail broken ipad 3 ios 5.1.1 with
apple bluetooth keyboard
voice control from cydia
voice actions as well
activator too
from across the room i hit both volume keys on bluetooth keyboard and it opens voice contol
i say mail it opens mail or music or video
iv put in 25 commands even unlock

Are you able to use SSH? If you jailbreak it, you can use root to login to remote PC's

If you can't log in to the Ipad with a PC because of Apples terrific "security" controls, can this be done by jailbreaking the ipad? I'd rather have a jailbroken Ipad my mother can use rather than an ipaperweight.

BTW everyone looking for a "remote control device" for music and video playback etc. there are about 30 threads dedicated to the subject. This isn't one of them.

Originally Posted by FileSpnr

not trying to be a smart-alec, but could you please tell me the scenario where you would need to control the ipad remotely. I am very interested to hear why.

Think about this a second. Apple is really trying to target the Business world with IPad and IPhone these days. The original Iphone was not at all a business tool, but since then every revision of iOS has improved functionality for the business user. I am a Droid user, and I bear no ill will to Apple or Google, I simply care about results. Iphone and Ipad are powerful and highly secure tools that have been designed for not only fun play but also to better enhance the life of the business user. Apply and Google both embraced Microsoft ActiveSync technology for exchange integration, something the laggards at RIM have yet to do in Blackberry, This makes every Ipad, Iphone, and Droid device instantly ready for exchange syncronization, meaning users can use their own devices instead of the company needing to spend tons of money on a BES server and a Blackberry for each user.

Apple already has Mobile Device Management to keep the devices tailored to the business, you can configure exchange email, passcodes, installation policies all with MBM, but thats it. you cannot assist a user with any other problem related to a LOB app that may be the result of poor user configs. If you can remote control the device imagine how much easier the IT dept. will be able to assist not only users with devices issued by the company but also the BYOD crowd as well. THAT my friends is why we need remote access capability on Iphone and Ipad.

I have been looking for a solution for a while now, to the point where I am contemplating developing the app myself.
Why? I sent my mother an iPad as a gift. It is the greatest thing I could have done to our relationship. She lives very far away (different country, 11 Hours flight from me) and this allows us to easily video chat, something I never got her to do on any computer. Now, I need a way to support her remotely and the "what do you see on the screen" game is no good.

I have looked at Replicate. Costs $4,99 and seem to only allow you limited control and only on a device on the same WiFi. To me - it's kind'a missing the remote aspect.