Logitech Touch Mouse App: It´s Free

Monday, February 1, 2010

While certainly not the first app of its type, Touch Mouse (App Store) from Logitech is a fully-functional, user friendly addition to the iPod Touch, and the iPhone that is the best of the bunch at the price. Free.

Months ago, while using an older MacBook I managed to spill a cup of tea on the right side of my computer´s keyboard. This unfortunately rendered my keyboard nearly useless. Well, perhaps not totally useless if you don´t need either the enter, return, right shift, or question mark keys. Most do.

While at the time, in order to finish the piece I was writing, I simply downloaded an on-screen keyboard called Mouse Strokes. But after a 10 day trial, it only ran for 30 minutes at a time. This was not working for me and I paid $2.99 for the Mobile Air Mouse application a program nearly identical to Logitech´s.

Identical in that both share a wifi connection in order to facilitate a connection between a laptop and the iPhone. Both require the downloading of software on both devices, and both work without a hiccup. Or rather they did, and only one was free.

I have yet to have a single problem with Logitech´s app, the same can not be said of the Mobile Air Mouse where I have had connectivity issues.

Many people will say, ” I don´t spill tea on my computer, so I don´t need this app. What´s the point?, etc.”

The point is, that older MacBook is now permanently attached to my TV and this app gives me a remote control and easy access from anywhere in the house. I use my TV to show video podcasts know because of this app. In the past I had watched on my phone so I didnt need to get up every 5 minutes, no longer.

For those who don´t have a computer with a remote, this app is a great addition when running PowerPoint or slideshows through a projector. A single touch brings the next slide.

Additional features include, but are not limited to:

Features
- Multi-touch trackpad with option for two or three buttons
- Two-finger scrolling
- Keyboard with modifier keys
- On-screen text display while typing
- Show or hide the keyboard at any time
- Trackpad and keyboard are available in landscape and portrait modes
This is an article by The Apps Machine.