The first thing we are going to talk about is how you can use the iPhone to control your computer. We start with Jaadu. The best way to show you how this works is to watch the video below.
Click on the video to watch Jaadu in action.
Jaadu gives you full control of your computer's mouse and keyboard
while providing a rich visual display of your computer screen on your
iPhone or iPod Touch. Jaadu connects to any device running a VNC server and is currently
the only VNC client for iPhone that allows you to see all of your
displays full-size, with no screen resolution limits. Best of all you can control your computer with your iPhone from anywhere.
Next we have the Mobile Air Mouse which uses the accelerometer in the iPhone to turn it inot a mouse that you can wave in the air like a wand.
Take a look at the video to see how it works.
You can instantly transform your iPhone or iPod touch into an air mouse,
trackpad, and wireless remote for your computer! Sit back and surf the
web, browse your photo library or control your music player from the
comfort of your couch.
The air mouse uses the built in accelerometer to
translate your hand motions into mouse movements on your screen. It can
also operate as a trackpad, allowing you to control your computer with
a single finger. Suddenly your iPhone has become an essential part of
any home theater PC and a presenter's best friend.
Using an innovative
application notification system, the iPhone will always know what
applications are running at any time and show the appropriate keys for
that program, providing you with a single screen for controlling ALL
your media and web applications.
Now we move on to using your iPhone to control your home using Indigo Touch.
First watch the following video to see how it works.
Indigo Touch is an iPhone and iPod touch optimized
application for controlling lighting, appliances, HVAC, and sprinklers
from anywhere. It can automatically connect to the Indigo home control software
running on your Mac and communicate with INSTEON and X10 compatible
hardware. Now you can adjust your home's thermostat, run the sprinkler,
and turn off the lights from anywhere in the world!
Next we move on to using the iPhone to control your camera with DSLR Camera Remote. With this app you will be able to control either a Canon or Nikon DSLR camera.
Take a look at the video that will show you how it works.
You will also be able to remotely control the camera settings like shutter-speed, aperture, white-balance and more, view images shot on the camera from your iPhone or iPod touch and look through your camera's viewfinder remotely. How cool is that!
The next way you can use your iPhone is to control your car. This may sound a little Geeky and that is because it comes from a company called geekmyride.org.
Well, just take a look at the following video to find out what I mean.
I told you it was Geeky. Still, it is quite amazing what you can do with iPhone or iPod Touch to control your car. Turn on the engine, control the windows, doors and even get an engine read out. Pretty Cool!
Now we move on to using the iPhone to control your mood. The first is called Live Happy and it is about using the iPhone to help you become happier.
Watch the intro video to Live Happy.
Live Happy is a positive psychology iPhone app developed by Signal Patterns'
SP Labs research team together with Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of the book The How of Happiness and professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside.
Get ready to feel happier and let your iPhone control even you mood.
Finally, there is one more mood app I want to tell you about and I think it is pretty funny. It's called the Insult-O-Matic. Have you ever felt like telling your boss off or coming up with just the right come back?
Well, take a look at this video and you will get the idea.
You may not want to actually play this for the person you are wanting to insult, but you can get it out of your system. Plus you can use it as a game with family and friends and you will laugh so much that it is bound to lift your mood. Just for fun, let your iPhone or iPod touch be the life of the party.
Well, that is about it for now. I hope you enjoy these apps.
Rick Maselli is Founder and Editor of Showroom411.com