Remember BTStack Keyboard - the app that let jailbroken iPhone users connect a wireless keyboard to their iPhones?
Now here is an App Store application that lets you turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a keyboard or mouse. Peripheral device manufacturer Logitech has released an iPhone app that helps you do exactly this.
Called Touch Mouse, this free iPhone application lets users substitute their keyboard and mouse with their iDevice, which can now be used to type or control mouse actions on a Mac or PC via a Wi-Fi network. To enable this communication, you will however have to install the Touch Mouse Server software on your computer. The server software comes in both Mac OS X and Windows versions.
The iPhone app itself is very simple and easy to use. The top part of the screen displays the three mouse buttons while a keyboard can be invoked on the bottom half of the screen whenever required by tapping on the corresponding icon. The rest of the screen can be used as a touchpad to control the mouse cursor.
This is not the first iPhone app that makes this funtionality possible. Air Mouse Pro [$1.99] and Rowmote Pro [$4.99] are some of the popular iPhone apps that lets you turn your iPhone into a Wi-Fi mouse. However, this is probably the best free iPhone app that is available for the purpose and that should get a lot of users interested.
If you want to check the app out yourself, click here (iTunes link) to download. Please don't forget to give us your feedback in the comments section below.
Installed this app a while ago, but seems to work only when it feels like it. /When/ it works, it's really useful when laptop is rigged into my tv/sound system, but defeats the object if it's unreliable.
Tested with Windows Player, VLC, NTI Digital Flix, Quicktime & Win Media Centre, tempremental at best.
Jaadu vnc is now my preferred option
I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS APP!!! As a matter of fact… It's so reliable, I use it to mess with my wife while she's facebooking and I want attention. Did I mention I'm also outside smoking when I do this? She thought her computer had been hacked or was broken! LMAO!!!!
works like a charm. It's the greatest thing I have used for a wireless keyboard and mouse for my windows 7
This app is NOTHING like btstack so why even reference it???
I wonder if this will work with the apple tv? Any ideas?
LOL @ Tick.. that's great but I'll stick to using my Mac d old fashion way thank u very much.
Airmouse is the one and only one i'll USE
This is an awesome app. Touch is very responsive and fast. I love this app
Jumi application is free and works over 802.11 with mouse, keyboard, and webcam support. Don't even have to Jailbreak…