iPad, iPhone as Multitouch Input For Mac & PC

Monday, February 8, 2010
By OP Editor

Apple’s iPad tablet is not released yet, and it already supports multi-touch trackpad and keyboard input for your Mac or PC. How do we know?

iPad, iPhone as Multitouch Input For Mac, Logitech Touch Mouse
There’s an app for that!

iPad can use the existing over 140,000 iPhone and iPod touch apps. It turned out Logitech has an app that allows iPhone etc. to be used as a multitouch trackpad and keyboard for your Mac or PC.

Works over WiFi throughout the house. Great if you got a home theater PC (HTPC) or mac hooked up to your TV. The best thing? It’s free.

iPad, iPhone as Multitouch Input For Mac, Logitech Touch Mouse screenshot

Features:

  • Two or three mouse buttons
  • Two-finger scrolling
  • Keyboard with Control, Alt, Command/Windows keys
  • On-screen text display while typing
  • Show or hide the keyboard at any time
  • Vertical or horizontal

How to use it:
1) Logitech Touch Mouse app [US iTunes link]
2) Get Logitech’s software (Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, Windows)

It’s free so what are you waiting for?

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Logitech Touch Mouse Turns Your iPhone or iPod Touch into a Wireless Trackpad and Keyboard [logitech]

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