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Control Your Computer With Your Phone

RemoteDroid turns your phone into a wireless keyboard and mouse with touchpad, using your own wireless network. It's a free application for phones running Google's Android operating system, such as the T-Mobile G1.

New Update: Version 1.2

available in the Android Marketplace now.

New in Version 1.2

  • Tap to click
    The onscreen touchpad is now clickable: tap once for a single click, twice for a double click, and tap and hold to select text or click-and-drag.
  • Trackball scroll wheel
    Clicking on the scroll wheel toggles it from a mouse controller to a scroll wheel. Click again to toggle it back.
  • Customizable mouse sensitivity
    New user preferences menu lets you set the sensitivity of your mouse and tap speed.
  • Saved IP address
    You no longer have to enter your IP address every time you launch the application. RemoteDroid saves the IP address of your last network used -- just tap on "Connect" to begin.

Key features include:

  • User-selectable mouse control -- use either the phone's trackball or the onscreen touchpad
  • Two onscreen mouse buttons, with right-click/control-click functionality
  • Use in either portrait or landscape mode
  • Works with any WiFi network -- no Bluetooth hardware or adapters required
  • Compatible with Mac, Windows and Linux operating systems

RemoteDroid consists of two parts: the phone application you can download from Google's Android Marketplace, and a companion server application for your computer that you can download from this site.

Watch the demo above to see how it works, or download the server application for your computer.

Requirements:

  • Java SE Runtime Environment 1.5 or higher. Get it here.
  • Some sort of network connection.
  • A device running the Android operating system.