An Air Mouse is one you can hold in your hand and move around. This type of mouse moves the mouse cursor in response to the left/right and up/down movement of your hand holding the mouse. The most commonly used Air Mouse I know of is the MX Air Rechargeable Cordless Air Mouse from Logitec, costing US$150. The Air Mouse application for the iPhone and iPod Touch turns your gadget into one of these types of mice for just US$7.99.
Air Mouse uses the built in accelerometer to translate your hand motions into mouse movements on your screen. It can also operate as a touchpad, allowing you to control your computer with a single fingertip.
This demo from the iPhone/iPod Touch Lab shows Air Mouse controlling a Windows computer but it works identically on a Mac computer. The demo has background music but no narration:
- Ricky Buchanan
Wow, Ricky, thanks for this tip, only saw it now. Thuis wil be a big help.
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