Ever since we've got our HDTV, it's been tempting to hook it up with a PC/Mac and turn it into a digital entertainment center. That's exactly what we did: a simple VGA cable outputs the video to the TV. Now all I need is an air mouse to remote-control the PC while sitting comfortably on the couch.
While an air mouse typically costs $60-80 bucks, there's a cheap or even free solution, if you have an iPod touch or iPhone. Mobile Mouse is an application allowing you to turn your iPod into an Air Mouse. There is a free version and a paid version. The free version does a good job in providing a touch pad, a scroll bar and a keyboard. You can control the PC very well with just the free version. The paid version, which I got, adds the accelerometer mode, with which you can move the mouse pointer by moving the iPod in the air like a Wii remote. The motion-sensing is not as smooth as Wii though. The paid version also has additional modes, such as web mode, music mode and the ability to switch apps. It's a great app to have. Now we can surf the web, watch PPStream from the couch with our iPod Touch!
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