Tuesday, April 30, 2013

How to Use Your Android Device as a Mouse, Keyboard, Joystick and More

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Using your Android to control your computer is a great way to interact with programs. Your phone can be used a trackpad, or could be used to use a media player using custom controls. Monect lets you take things further by turning your Android device into all manner of peripherals.

What Are the Options?
There are plenty of apps available in Google Player that let you use your phone or tablet as a wireless keyboard or mouse for a computer. Monect can be used in this way, but it also boasts a number of other options that cater to a variety of scenarios.

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This free app can transform your phone into not only a mouse or keyboard, but also a joystick, gamepad, media controller and much more. It's great for gamers, but options such as text transfer and presentation mode open up additional opportunities.

There are two components to the tool, the Android app and the desktop server. A package containing both pieces of software can be downloaded from its Hotfile hosting page.

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