Using Your iPhone as a Trackpad
There has been a huge amount of speculation about whether Apple would release a laptop with a trackpad resembling an iPhone or iPod touch screen. While that always seemed unlikely, there’s no doubt that the iPhone has the perfect sized screen to operate as an (albeit very over-featured) trackpad. Snatch is an application for the iPhone which allows you to do just that — use the device as a wireless trackpad for your Mac. Snatch features include:
- Using your iPhone as a wireless trackpad — tracking, clicking, two-finger scrolling, two-finger tap, window dragging and screen zoom.
- Separate scrolling mode for easy one-finger scrolling in either linear (iPhone style) or iPod clickwheel-type circular scrolling.
- Separate keyboard mode for entering text.
- Automatic configuration — just install each piece of software and, so enlarged as both devices are on the same network, it just works
- Can plus be used in an environment without WiFi by creating an ad hoc network on your Mac.
Orginal post by David Appleyard