Rowmote Pro: Remote Control for Mac and Apple TV
by Evan Schoenberg
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Description
* Rowmote Pro adds a wireless touchpad and keyboard - with landscape mode, two finger scrolling and right clicking, dragging, accented / extended character support, and more - to the clean and powerful remote control of Rowmote which offers perfect control over dozens of the best Mac applications! Please read the full description and requirements below :) *
You love the remote control which came with your Mac - so simple yet elegant, with easy control of Front Row, iTunes, Quicktime, DVD Player, Keynote, and more.
Or, your Mac didn’t come with a remote control or doesn’t even have an infrared port. The Apple Remote or a 3rd party infrared receiver would cost a significant amount. Add ANOTHER hit to your wallet for a wireless keyboard and mouse!
You carry your iPhone or iPod Touch wherever you go... so why should you carry a second device just to control your computer? Furthermore, why should you need line-of-sight to do so?
Enter Rowmote Pro! Rowmote Pro is like your Mac or Apple TV’s remote control, but over the wireless network and even better! Trackpad and keyboard give you complete control over your computer, and you can control, launch, and quit apps, toggle the iTunes Visualizer, and more without ever having to squint at your screen. Rowmote is Mac-like from the ground up.
FEATURES
- Control your Mac or Apple TV completely over a wireless network. No line of sight necessary.
- Works like the hardware Apple Remote Control in:
• Front Row
• Adobe Lightroom 2
• Airfoil Video
• Amarra
• Apple TV (after software installation. Keyboard currently works in some 3rd party apps)
• Boxee
• DVD Player
• eyeTV 3.x
• Firefox
• Hulu Desktop
• iPhoto
• iTunes
• Keynote ‘08 & ‘09
• kJams Pro
• Last.fm
• Logic Pro
• Microsoft Powerpoint ‘04 & ‘08
• mPlayer
• Movist
• OpenOffice Impress
• Quicktime
• PandoraBoy
• PandoraJam
• Plex
• Safari
• Skim
• Songbird
• Spotify
• The Tube
• VLC
• xbmc (Xbox Media Center)
- Click-and-hold works just like on the physical remote in applications; e.g. holding the right button fast-forwards, while a single click is ‘next’. Only Rowmote gets this right!
PRO CONTROL: A single tap switches to the keyboard & trackpad mode.
- Portrait & landscape mode
- A shake hides the keyboard for full screen mousing or shows it again
- Scroll with two fingers, right click, and drag (multitouch)
- Tap anywhere or use the virtual button
- Type on your computer, including extended characters, modifier keys, and function keys
- Multiple monitor support, any resolution
- Apple TV: Keyboard works in some third party applications, such as Boxee, but NOT in the primary Apple menu system.
- SWITCH: Access your Mac’s Dock, launching & switch between all controllable applications on the Mac, toggle the iTunes visualizer, and more.
- SLEEP & WAKE: Put your Mac to sleep by holding the Play button for 3 seconds. Sleeping machines are automatically woken as needed (wireless waking requires Mac OS X 10.6).
- Optional dark interface
- Secure authentication
- Connect via Bluetooth if your carrier supports Internet Tethering
REQUIREMENTS
• Mac OS X 10.4.0 or later
• The free Rowmote Helper program, downloadable at rowmote.com, must be running on the Mac to be controlled. Apple TV requires additional installation; please see http://rowmote.com for instructions before purchasing.
• The iPhone or iPod Touch must be on the same wireless network (a computer-to-computer network works, as well). If a firewall is enabled, Rowmote Helper must be allowed access (port 5842).
Rowmote Pro is the only app you need to control your computer. Couple it with Apple’s free Remote app to turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into the ultimate controller for home stereo, mobile presentation, or casual video viewing.
Artwork of Rowmote Pro is by Rik Schennink.
What's New in Version 2.5
• Added support for Logic Pro
• Improved responsiveness of trackpad mouse control
• Fixed button holds (fast forward, contextual menu, etc.) in XBMC.
• Rowmote will now control, out of the box, any application which uses IOSpirit’s HIDRemote for remote control access
• Improved reliability of remote emulation when other applications are using IOSpirit’s methods for remote control access
Customer Reviews
Awesome!
In addition to having more functionality than the Apple Remote, using this prevents you from losing the (tiny) Apple Remote. Of course, the other side of that is I'd much rather lose my Apple Remote than my iPhone! The ability to use this as a keyboard and mouse is fantastic!
Keyboard doesn't work with Apple TV 3rd party apps
I was dissapointed that the keyboard does not work with any of the 3rd party software for Apple TV, specially Couch Surfer. I bought the app so as to have a wifi keyboard for my Apple TV's 3rd party apps, which the documentation says it will do. It doesn't.
Awesome application
It's great application. It has time lag for some time normally when your computer just started or installed first time, but afterawrds it works great. Your money is worth just by using mouse and keyboard. I was able use all the function which we use on normal keyboard like using apple key, function key, alt key, control key. When you use first time you need to learn how to use all the function after that you can utilize the Application most. It has some minor glitches, hope they will come up with some updates for that. I will recommend to buy this 100%, as it's mouse and keyboard application give your money back and other Applications are in bonus.
- Category: Utilities
- Updated Feb 01, 2010
- Current Version: 2.5
- 2.5 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested)
- 0.6 MB
- Languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Seller: Evan Schoenberg, M.D.
- © 2009 Evan Schoenberg
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.2 or later.
