Air Mouse : Turn your iPhone/Touch into a remote mouse and keyboard
I have seen many iPhone applications in recent weeks and months, but the Air Mouse application for iPhone/touch is one that is actually worth its price in gold(only $5.99). Here is why. If you want to buy an air mouse right now on Amazon, you are going to have to pay in range of $50-150 to get your hands on one of them. But the Air Mouse application for the iPhone actually transforms your iPhone into a remote mouse and keyboard.
Air Mouse works over a local Wi-Fi network to control you computer’s mouse and keyboard. Before using the app, you do need to install a small application on your computer. There’s a version for both Mac OS X and Windows users which manages the connection and controls many of the mouse and keyboard settings.
If you are prompted by your firewall or any antivirus software to block this program, please make sure you select to allow the connection.
Features:
- Accelerometer based air mouse
- Trackpad (full screen vertical and landscape modes)
- Media keys & Web keys
- Application notifications – Remote keyboard with function and arrow keys
- Programable hotkeys (can be set to run a program or keyboard combination)
- Scroll pad
- Multitouch gestures (scroll & right click)
- Modifier Keys
- On screen typing
- Password protection
- Custom sensitivity settings
- Foreign language keyboards
- Supports Bonjour or static IP
- No screen size limitation. Works with multiple monitors.
The first option for controlling the Air Mouse is to use the accelerometer. The buttons are as follows:
- Settings: Click to access the preferences
- Swap View: Click to switch to the touch pad control
- Trigger: Holding this button activates the mouse movements. Keep it held down as long as you want to move the mouse. You can pull your thumb off it, move the mouse back, then press it again to gain more movement space. You can also tap the trigger quickly to activate a mouse click.
- Scroll Pad: Run your thumb up and down over this part to activate scrolling.
- Left Mouse Button: This will activate a left mouse button click. Additionally, if you hold this button down, it will also activate the trigger. This is useful if you want to click and drag something or highlight some text.
- Right Mouse Button. This will activate a right mouse button click. Additionally, if you hold this button down, it will also activate the trigger.
The second option for controlling your mouse movement is to use this touch pad. This works the same as the touch pad on your laptop. It can be used in vertical mode with the keyboard showing or hidden, or in landscape mode by rotating your iPhone. The buttons are as follows:
- Settings: Click to access the preferences
- Swap View: Click to switch to the accelerometer based control
- Touch Pad: Move your thumb anywhere over this surface to control your mouse movement. As long as your movement originates in this space, you can utilize the entire space, even where there are other buttons. Tapping quickly on the pad will activate a mouse click.
- Scroll Pad: Run your thumb up and down over this part to activate scrolling.
- Left Mouse Button: This will activate a left mouse button click. Additionally, if you hold this button down and move your finger onto the touch pad, you can move the mouse with the mouse down.
- Right Mouse Button. This will activate a right mouse button click.
The trackpad also responds to some multitouch gestures just like your MacBook. To scroll, just use two fingers on the trackpad to scroll in any direction. To perform a right click, single tap with two fingers on the touch pad.
Keyboard
The keyboard can be used to type on your computer. As you type on your iPhone, the letters will be typed in real time on your computer as well as on the screen of the Air Mouse. You can type a Tab key by double tapping the Return key. Directly above the keyboard are 3 modifier keys. These are the same that you would find on your desktop keyboard. Ctrl, Win, Alt on the PC and Ctrl, Option, Command on the Mac. The modifier keys will change to the appropriate keys when you connect to your computer. These can be used to perform keyboard shortcuts, such as creating a new document by hitting Command-N. These keys also work for mouse click, so if you wanted to open a new tab in a web browser you could press the necessary modifier key and click on a link. Modifier clicks don’t work in every program though, so your results may vary. To the right of the 3 modifier keys is a minimize button. This will hide the main keys and show the function, media and web keys. If you want to hide the keyboard completely in order to have the entire screen as a trackpad, just shake the phone in a downward motion and it will slide away. To bring it back, just shake your phone in an upward direction.
Function Keys
Media Keys
Web Keys
Motion Guide
- To move the mouse up and down on the screen, simply tilt the iPhone up and down in the air.
- To move the mouse left to right, the first method is to use a long arcing motion.
- To make quicker movements from left to right, hold your hand still and twist your wrist.
Air Mouse Web Reviews
cnet first look video:
“Infinitely cooler and more practical than the still-respected iTunes Remote is Air Mouse for iPhone 1.5.”cnet.com:
“Version 1.5 completely blows away every competitor we’ve seen by adding an incredible array of new features without bumping up the price.”Macyourself:
“I was simply blown away by the functionality packed into this seemingly tiny app. What exactly does it do? Surprisingly, a heck of a lot.”TapCritic:
“This is a ridiculously well-designed and thought-out app. ”App Craver:
“I haven’t been as enthused about an app as I am with Air Mouse Pro, from R.P.A. Tech, in a long time. ”Macworld:
“I found the solution to my troubles in RPA Technology’s $6 Air Mouse Pro app.”PC World:
“Still, Mobile Air Mouse is a genuinely fun and practical application for anyone who needs to break free of the desk.”209.20.84.60:
“Prior to Air Mouse I had not purchased a single application from the iTunes store. I had always wondered what my first purchase would be, or when it would be. As soon as I saw a screen shot of Air Mouse there was no doubt in my mind that I was going to get it.”macnewsworld.com:
“If you ever hook your computer up to the living room big screen to watch video or surf the Web, Air Mouse is worth the price. Setup is a breeze, and you get variety of control and customization options.”Pocket Picks:
“There aren’t many applications that achieve a balance between practicality and the hallowed wow factor so often ascribed to the iPhone’s various features.”arstechnica.com:
“That’s when I began to notice a slew of applications arriving on the App Store promising to turn the iPhone and iPod touch into a wireless mouse of sorts. There were quite a few to chose from, but eventually I chose to take a look at RPA Technology’s Air Mouse. I’m glad I did. ”www.joetech.com:
“This is probably the best money I’ve spent in the iPhone Apps store.”www.appvee.com:
“This app is definitely handy and a lot of fun to use. If you have any need for a computer remote on your iPhone, Air Mouse is the best choice.”whatsoniphone.com #1:
“So many people had expressed interest in Air Mouse that I just had to check it out. What do I think? WOW!!! Air Mouse actually works. No, let me correct that. WOW!! Air Mouse works incredibly well…”whatsoniphone.com #2
“It immediately struck me that this could be exceptionally useful in many different situations but especially if you use a slate tabletpc or UMPC, neither of which comes with a mouse or trackpad. I recommended it to a number of people who use UMPC’s and they all seemed rather taken with it…”iphoneuserguide.com
“So many of our readers have commented on how cool an App like this would be, and we are proud to say this is a surefire winner…”Terry White’s Tech Blog:
“It’s not that often that I find an iPhone app that does EVERYTHING I’d want it to and works exactly the way I’d want it to. However, Air Mouse Pro is just such an app!”jkontherun.com:
“Here’s the nifty part: since there’s an accelerometer in the iPhone and Touch, you can use the app like a gyroscopic pointer as well. To do that, I just held the top, center button of Air Mouse and tilted my iPhone left, right, up and down to move my cursor around. Slick!”sumocat:
“Incredible iPhone App: Air Mouse”mobile.somerandomnerd.com:
“Air Mouse is one of the iPhone applications that is genuinely useful”www.1up.com:
“Well let start by saying that I Love this app. Love it like a Friend not a Soul Mate.”www.gadgetspy.co.uk:
“iPhone air mouse – Remotely control your Mac or PC.”iPhone App Reviews:
“So far I have found it useful enough that I sometimes find myself using the Air Mouse rather than my computer mouse even when sitting at my desk.”
Download Air Mouse:
Client App Download (iphone/touch)
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