Air Mouse for the iPhone / iPod Touch

Do you have an awesome home theater PC or Mac set up, but need a cool, efficient way to control it? While there are plenty of solutions to this common problem, Air Mouse is by far the best, in my opinion. You’ll soon see why it is even worth its $6 price tag in the iTunes App Store. Not only does this app have the common trackpad and keyboard, but it also has accelerometer support that allows it to be used in either portrait or landscape orientation. On top of that, it also recognizes and indicates the active program or window. For example, if you are using a media player, such as Windows Media Player or iTunes, appropriate function keys appear on the bottom half of the iPhone screen. If you are giving a presentation, Air Mouse can even be used a pointer. I have even found it useful as a trackpad for my PC, where it replaces my mouse.

To use this application, you must first download and install the server program onto your PC or Mac from the website below. This is a small program that runs as a background process and allows the iPhone app to control your machine. Once that is installed, you can then download and install the client application onto your iPhone, just like any other app from the iTunes App Store.

Air Mouse is really a great app that I’m sure you will find very useful.

More info: http://www.mobileairmouse.com/

Awesome App: Air Sharing

From Avatron Software comes Air Sharing for the iPhone / iPod Touch. If you have not yet discovered this awesome application, you are missing out. Air Sharing is an app that allows you to store and view office files, such as Word documents and Excel spreadsheets, and media. It works like a wireless network flash drive. On your home PC/Mac, you can map the drive over your network by using the IP address supplied by the app itself. Doing so will allow you to access app’s drivespace just like any other drive on your computer. You can drag and drop any type of file there and it will then appear and be viewable on your iPhone/iPod Touch. Once you have files stored in the app, all you need to view, access, or download them on to another computer is a web browser. On the second machine, open up its web browser and enter the app’s IP address into the address bar. Easy as pie right? It really is. You’ll soon realize that Air Sharing is an indispensable app.

More info: http://www.avatron.com/products/