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I put my mobile phone on the table next to me, and now I keep trying to use it to move the mouse cursor. (This laptop doesn't have a proper mouse.)
So, I thought, why not? Have an optical thingy on the back of your phone, so it can work as a mouse. Plug the phone into the computer (USB connector doubles as phone recharger too![0]), and it automatically goes into mouse mode; hold it upside down, using the bottom three buttons (#, 0, *) as mouse buttons.
"Why not just use a regular mouse?" you may ask. Well, laptop-sized mice have been tried many times. But few people can be bothered to carry them around; it's one more gadget. But people already use their mobile phones for everything, so why not for mousing too?
Stupidity or genius? 8^)
[0] Not to mention ringtone transferrence medium. See? I am truly in touch with the needs of theunwashed masses.
Edit: Nah, Bluetooth is the way to go with this. With definite switch-on-switch-off mouse mode so that it doesn't drain power in your pocket or interfere with random computers. And with optional cable connection for when your battery's low.
So, I thought, why not? Have an optical thingy on the back of your phone, so it can work as a mouse. Plug the phone into the computer (USB connector doubles as phone recharger too![0]), and it automatically goes into mouse mode; hold it upside down, using the bottom three buttons (#, 0, *) as mouse buttons.
"Why not just use a regular mouse?" you may ask. Well, laptop-sized mice have been tried many times. But few people can be bothered to carry them around; it's one more gadget. But people already use their mobile phones for everything, so why not for mousing too?
Stupidity or genius? 8^)
[0] Not to mention ringtone transferrence medium. See? I am truly in touch with the needs of the
Edit: Nah, Bluetooth is the way to go with this. With definite switch-on-switch-off mouse mode so that it doesn't drain power in your pocket or interfere with random computers. And with optional cable connection for when your battery's low.
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