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Wow-Keys Turns iPhone Into Touchscreen Mouse

What It’s Good For: Wow-Keys lets you input text into your iPhone or iPod touch, or it lets you use apps on that mobile device to control your PC.

Who It’s Good For: Anyone who frequently inputs lots of text into an iPhone or iPod touch, and anyone who would like to use a touchpad with a desktop PC, controlling various apps using multitouch.

Limitations: Without buying additional iOS apps, Wow-Keys’ ability to controlling applications on your Mac or PC is severely limited.

Bottom Line: While easing text input into your iPhone or iPod Touch, Wow-Keys puts your mobile device to work, too, adding convenience and additional control to a standard keyboard/mouse configuration on Macs and PCs.


iPhone as Touchpad



With Mobile Mouse Pro ($1.99) installed, you can use your iPhone or iPod touch as a touchpad



Photoshop Tools Palette





Photo Keys (a $4.99 app you must buy separately) lets you have a handy tools palette close by.


Good Fit





An iPhone 4 fits nicely into this relatively thin keyboard.


iPhone In Place





If you like to place your keyboard in your lap, your iPhone will be right where you need it.


Precision Placement





It's as if they were made for each other.


Flush Mounted





There's an iPhone sitting in there, and it's not going to fall out unless you shake the keyboard vigorously.


Controls





Push the top button, and the keyboard toggles between iPhone typing and the iPhone controlling the PC or Mac. The next button locks the iPhone/iPod, and the third plays and pauses media.


iPhone/iPod Slot




There's a universal port, awaiting an iPhone or iPod touch.