Litigation Support Tip of the Night - Portable keyboard and mouse to use with iPhone

The Tip of Night for December 16, 2024 discussed how to use the VM Ware app for an iPhone. As mentioned, if you really want to get work done on the run, you'll need a keyboard that you can use with your phone. Today I received the Samsers folding keyboard and mouse - available here on Amazon - and was able to successfully pair via BlueTooth. I'm writing this post on my iPhone from within VM Ware using the keyboard and mouse now.

You certainly wouldn't want to work for more than a couple of hours this way, but if you need to find something on a network drive for an attorney, or make limited edits to a spreadsheet, you can do so without needing to head back to the office or to wherever you have a laptop.

The Samsers keyboard folds up, and comes with a case in which you can store both it and the mouse.

Don't miss that you'll need to flip the switch on the side at the top of the keyboard to power it on, and the mouse will not work until you have turned on Assistive Touch in your iPhone settings.

You can also use the keyboard and mouse by connecting a USB-A receiver hidden in the bottom of the mouse if you have a device with the necessary port, or if you've got a USB-C to A converter. It personally drove me a little nuts that pushing up on the scroll button moved the screen down, and vice versa. This is caused by the iPhone's assistive touch function, which reverses the direction of the wheel, and apparently there is not a way to fix it.

Above the numberpad, you'll see a key with a battery icon. Tap this to find out the charge remaining for the keyboard - a little red light will flash 4 times when the charge is 100%; 3 times for 75%; 2 times for 50% and 1 time for 25%.

I really didn't have any trouble smoothly typing on the keyboard. It felt quite natural.

Activate the Zoom feature for an iPhone under the Accessibility settings so you can get a window at the best possible visibility. In this mode when you doubletap with three fingers, you'll be able to use a scrollbar to adjust the zoom setting.

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