Splashtop makes the Windows 8 Metro test bed available to Apple’s iPad

Splashtop makes several useful applications to manage iPads and provide remote access and control to your PC’s from your iPad and iPhone.  Their new product offering provides a Windows 8 Metro test bed that you can install on your iPad.

The functionality is made possible by Splashtop, which is known for its remote desktop apps that are currently available for Android and iOS. It seems that a good amount of effort went into this application, known as the Win8 Metro Testbed, which offers the same swipe capabilities that will be available on a native system. This includes the ability to swipe from the left to switch apps, swipe from the right to reveal the Charms menu, and pull down from the top to close an application. Splashtop's Win8 Metro Testbed is currently available for a promotional $24.99 in the iTunes App Store, where after the promotional period will sell for $49.99.

Windows 8 Metro touch gestures are supported, so you can take advantage of all the underlying touch capabilities of Windows 8 as you build your app:

• Swipe from the right to view the Charms menu
• Swipe from the left to switch apps
• Pull down from the top to close an app
• Swipe slowly from the left to run two apps side-by-side ("snapping")
• Pinch to navigate files, folders, apps and data with Semantic Zoom
• And more

Win8 Metro Testbed is a must-have app for anyone who’s trying to build a great Metro style app without incurring the high cost of a Windows tablet!

What you are doing is installing the free Spashtop Streamer on your Windows 8 PC. Then you will need to install the Win8 Metro Testbed application found on iTunes onto your iPad. You will need both devices on the same wireless network. Voila! You will now be able to test out you program and any program using gestures and touch on your iPad.

See Video demonstration below: