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Can iPhone be used with some kind of mouse?
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craigslist comes to mind.
Anyway, there are literally hundreds of millions of iOS users, and many of them use their devices for quite a long time without having ergonomics issues and without requiring a mouse. You should probably observe how they do it, and modify your usage accordingly.
Anyway, there are literally hundreds of millions of iOS users, and many of them use their devices for quite a long time without having ergonomics issues and without requiring a mouse. You should probably observe how they do it, and modify your usage accordingly.
A Bluetooth keyboard is possible, so a Bluetooth mouse/trackpad is at least theoretically possible - USB need not apply. When I'm writing (professionally) on my iPad, I've often wished I had a mouse to supplement the Bluetooth keyboard - reaching up to the propped-up iPad screen is not optimal as far as I'm concerned.
Would Apple add iOS support for pointing devices? I wouldn't put money down on it, one way or the other. Siri support for pointing/selecting seems a safer bet, as it would be an accessibility feature as well.
Now, is a higher pixel density a good reason to favor a tiny screen over a substantially larger screen? Not in my book. Talk about bad ergonomics! Eye strain is a much bigger issue for me than arm- or neck-muscle strain.
Would Apple add iOS support for pointing devices? I wouldn't put money down on it, one way or the other. Siri support for pointing/selecting seems a safer bet, as it would be an accessibility feature as well.
Now, is a higher pixel density a good reason to favor a tiny screen over a substantially larger screen? Not in my book. Talk about bad ergonomics! Eye strain is a much bigger issue for me than arm- or neck-muscle strain.
Unless you have a physical condition that prohibits you from lifting your arm, I believe that the rest of us here deal with it every day.
Same place you find those folks that wave a big fan over your as you recline on your chaise longue. Get a grape-holder too, while you're at it!
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May not be helpful... But if you really can't stop holding your phone, maybe use it as a mouse itself. I know it works as a mouse for most computers, not sure about iPads though. May have to be a jailbroken iPad for it to work but not 100% sure.