pearPad Lite
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Productivity | Free | Walter Ritter | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
pearPad is a little application that turns your iPhone/iPod touch into a remote trackpad and keyboard for your Mac or PC over WiFi. This comes in handy for example if you connect your computer to an HDTV to show off some pictures, use Front Row (in case of the Mac), browse the web, or give a presentation. pearPad gives you almost full control into your palm.
What’s even cooler, pearPad features swipe-gestures- (quick strokes across the iPhone/iPod touch screen) and shake-detection that you can map to any key-combination you like. Progressing your presentation by shaking your phone, zooming in and out on your screen, controlling Front Row by swipes are just some ideas of what you could do.
Check the demo-videos on the support-page.
To get up and running do:
- install pearPad on your iPhone/iPod touch
- install pearPad Remote on your Mac or PC
Once pearPad Remote is launched and activated on your Mac or PC, pearPad on the iPhone / iPod touch will automatically find your computer in your local network using Bonjour (if it's available). Of course, you can also specifiy an IP-Address the old fashioned way if you need or want to. Just make sure, your firewall does not block the pearPad port (can be configured too, by default it's UDP 59999), and you can let the fun begin.
If you experience any issues, please take a look at the FAQ on the support page or if this does not help don't hesitate to contact me directly.
What pearPad is not:
_pearPad is not a VNC solution, it's a plain oneway input solution (i.e. it does not even try to display the screen-content of your Mac on your tiny little mobile device screen).
_pearPad does not encrypt the input data sent to your computer - so don't use it for sensible or top secret data.
1) Java Runtime Environment 1.5 or higher required. Only one-dimensional scrolling is supported on Windows and Linux.
2) Bonjour is required for the auto-discovery feature to work.
Reviews
Works Great
Aka7919
If you think it does not work that's because you have to install the pearPad Remote software onto your computer. Once I did that it worked great. At least it works on Mac running Leopard.
It's ok......
Arthur, king of the britains
I won't complain, but remotepad is much better. It offers everything pearpad does for free, and you don't have to restart it every 90 seconds.
Not good get RemotePad instead.
tylermwashburn
First off there is no link to the download inside the description so i had to google for it and when i installed it it didnt even work the first time i had to restart the program AND my iPod. the mouse struggled to move up and would move down far to quickly. it cant drag anything and it costs way to much. there are far better apps if you want an ipod track pad. DO NOT BUY.
Pls update
luser1234
Okay I believe this is one if the best app's I have downloaded . The only reason I gave it 3* is because you don't give out enough time . Come on 90sec what can I do in that so I would like it if you would extened it to at least 129sec just make it a little longer plz and thank you . Sincerly, Luser 1234
