Turn Your iPhone Into An Air Mouse

By Ricky Buchanan • November 7, 2008

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:

Website: Air Mouse

- Ricky Buchanan

Categories: New Software, Primary Mouse Users, Users, iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch
Tags: air mouse, mouse alternative, mouse replacement, trackpad, unusual input devices

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Ricky Buchanan

Ricky Buchanan is 34 years old and the founder and main writer for ATMac. She's bedridden with severe CFS/ME or perhaps a primary mitochondrial disorder - the doctors are not sure. When she's not working on ATMac or her other websites she composes music, listens to audio books, does other disability advocacy, watches TV with her flatmate, and enjoys her cat.

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