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How to Use Your iPhone as a Touchpad (Windows)

Posted February 21, 2008 at 6:18pm by iClarified · 109198 views
These are instructions on how to use your iPhone as a wireless touchpad for your windows computer.

Step One
Press to select Installer from your Springboard.


Step Two
Press to select the Sources tab at the bottom right of the screen.


Step Three
Press to select the Edit button at the top right of the screen.


Step Four
Press to select the Add button at the top left of the screen.


Step Five
Enter http://cnp.qlnk.net into the entryfield then press the large OK button.


Step Six
Press the Done button at the top right of the screen.


Step Seven
Press the Install tab at the bottom of the screen.


Step Eight
Press to select Utilities from the list of Categories.


Step Nine
Press to select Touchpad from the list of Packages.


Step Ten
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.


Step Eleven
Press the large Install button that appears.


Step Twelve
When Touchpad is finished installing you will be returned to the Categories list. Press the Home button to return to your Springboard, then press the Touchpad icon to launch the program.


Step Thirteen
Now on your computer download an install TightVNC from here

Step Fourteen
Launch TightVNC Server by selecting it from the Program list.

Step Fifteen
Change the Primary password and View-only password to a password of your choice.

Than click the Apply button.

Step Sixteen
Press the Windows key and R at the same time to bring up the Run window. Enter cmd into the field and click the Ok button.


Step Seventeen
When the command prompt appears, type in ipconfig /all and press the Enter key. Take note of your IP Address... In this case my IP is 192.168.0.199.


Step Eighteen
Back on your iPhone, press to launch Touchpad from the Springboard.


Step Nineteen
Press the + button at the top right of the screen.


Step Twenty
You will now be presented with the Edit Server screen. Enter a name from the computer you are connecting to. Enter an Address for the computer as well. (You can find this address from the screen in Step Seventeen.) Enter the password you set in Step Seventeen. Then, when you have entered all those settings you may press the Save button at the top right.


Step Twenty One
Now that you have configured your server you may press to select it from the list of servers.


Step Twenty Two
Now that you have connected to your computer you can use your iPhone as a Touchpad!!!



Thanks***: Big thanks goes out to Jahanzeb for creating this app!