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All iPads Any way to use a Mouse yet?
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My point is, this doesn't help OP if he is on iOS7 and cannot Jailbreak. Someday, when Jailbreak does happen for iOS7, then he will be able to take advantage of it.
For now, it's just discussion. Thanks for pointing the ability to run a mouse on iDevice. I didn't know that existed.
This is actually...amazing. I would never do it myself, but the fact that the jailbreak community figured out how to do it is pretty cool.
Bingo. This is exactly what I'd like to do.
Frankly I'm not sure why some folks here find this to be such a far-fetched idea.
No. Never. Don't hold your breath.
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Anyway, how about attaching two or three mice to the iPad for multitouch gestures?
Wish I had a mouse too...
Q: Why a mouse or trackpad?
A: Remote Desktop apps.
My first ipad 3 was primarily used as a super high res Remote Desktop for all the servers I ran. Worked pretty well, but would gave been perfect if the Bluetooth keyboard case had a working trackpad as well. At the time, no other device had as much screen resolution as my ipad3. I usually ran 5 or 6 ssh shells on a Remote Desktop, very handy out on the golf course when I got paged to fix something.
iPads can be so much more than browsing and email.
Just because you don't need a mouse doesn't make the idea dumb.
Q: Why a mouse or trackpad?
A: Remote Desktop apps.
My first ipad 3 was primarily used as a super high res Remote Desktop for all the servers I ran. Worked pretty well, but would gave been perfect if the Bluetooth keyboard case had a working trackpad as well. At the time, no other device had as much screen resolution as my ipad3. I usually ran 5 or 6 ssh shells on a Remote Desktop, very handy out on the golf course when I got paged to fix something.
iPads can be so much more than browsing and email.
Just because you don't need a mouse doesn't make the idea dumb.
Mouse works well and is very useful on my iPad - YMMV
I have a jailbroken Mini running BT Mouse and it works great. I also have a Zagg BT Keyboard case so it acts like a really little laptop.
The mouse has full functionality, scroll wheel works as expected in browsers and any other scrollable list you hover over. The right mouse button brings you back to the homescreen so with just your mouse you can open apps, scroll around, reading, changing apps, etc.
The place it's most useful is when I remote into Windows servers (for work) or my Windows based home media-PC. It really does work well and for that reason I'll not be upgrading to iOS 7 until/if there's a JB and BT Mouse compatability.
I have a jailbroken Mini running BT Mouse and it works great. I also have a Zagg BT Keyboard case so it acts like a really little laptop.
The mouse has full functionality, scroll wheel works as expected in browsers and any other scrollable list you hover over. The right mouse button brings you back to the homescreen so with just your mouse you can open apps, scroll around, reading, changing apps, etc.
The place it's most useful is when I remote into Windows servers (for work) or my Windows based home media-PC. It really does work well and for that reason I'll not be upgrading to iOS 7 until/if there's a JB and BT Mouse compatability.