This has been an incredibly exciting week at DeviceVM. For months we have been meeting, planning and developing. How would Splashtop be received? On Saturday a story appeared on Phoronix about Splashtop. From that moment on, the inquiries came rolling in. Hundreds of blogs picked up on Splashtop, publications began calling us and we began an impromptu roadshow to see many influential members of the press, giving them demonstrations on newly built machines with the Asus P5E3 Deluxe Wifi/AP motherboard.

The response has been overwhelmingly positive. The benefits of being able to quickly get on the internet and access your favorite web applications struck a chord with a lot of reviewers who are tired of long boot times. My personal highlight of the week was presenting at the Engadget Reader Meetup in SF on Wednesday night. Talking to consumers gave us all a greater perspective on the opportunity we have. But, we have a long way to go.

Part of my job is to collect all of the suggestions either given in person, on this blog or in commentary on other blogs. Here are the top 5 (not all) of the most requested future features:

1. A Linux-based system for updating
2. Hard Drive access
3. Splashtop on other devices (USB Flash Drive, Notebooks)
4. Booting Windows in the background
5. The ability to develop/add additional applications (media player highly requested)

This feedback is appreciated and gives us excellent direction. If you’re reading this and feel like one of the five is more important than the other four, leave me a comment and let me know. It’s raining here in San Jose (picture below is out the office window). Hopefully it will clear up soon so I can get some outside time. Have a great weekend!

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