VirtuaMouse One-Hand gives Pocket PCs a virtual mouse cursor like the Omnia/Epix

Innovisoft Corporation releases the first commercial, publically-available virtual mouse cursor for Windows Mobile, compatible with any Windows Mobile 2003, 5 or 6 device with a D-Pad. Previously, virtual mouse cursors were proprietary and locked to specific devices.

Ottawa, Canada, December 22, 2008 – Devices like the Samsung Omnia and the Epix come with a virtual mouse cursor that can be used to reduce stylus usage and increase the thumb-friendliness of Windows Mobile. However, these mouse cursors are proprietary and can only be used on specific devices that have a built-in optical thumbpad. In response, Innovisoft Corporation has released VirtuaMouse One-Hand v1.0, bringing the benefits of the virtual mouse cursor to any Windows Mobile 2003, 5 or 6 device that has a D-Pad.

Before VirtuaMouse One-Hand, only the owners of a certain small set of Pocket PCs could take advantage of the benefits that come from using a virtual mouse cursor. The usefulness of the mouse cursors found on the Omnia and the Epix have been mentioned in numerous blogs and magazines, making it a desirable feature; but these devices cost hundreds of dollars. VirtuaMouse One-Hand gives all the benefits of the Omnia/Epix mouse cursors to the vast majority of Pocket PCs at a fraction of the cost of such a device.

“Innovisoft takes a slightly different approach to the virtual mouse cursor than the Omnia," said Michael Prendergast, Founder of Innovisoft Corporation. "On the Omnia and the Epix, you can’t switch between D-Pad mode and mouse cursor mode easily -– it’s either one or the other. But we recognize that both the D-Pad and the stylus are still important and are effective means of navigating a Pocket PC. To accommodate for this, VirtuaMouse One-Hand makes it easy to show and hide the cursor with the press of a (hardware) button."

"We believe that virtual mouse cursors should be used as a supplement or an add-on to the stylus and the D-Pad, and that it should be easy to switch between them. VirtuaMouse is meant to give people a choice… to empower end-users and enable them to avoid being forced to use the stylus.”

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Key Features:

• Built-in ability to set a hardware button to show/hide the mouse cursor (a feature missing on the Omnia/Epix)
• Custom cursor speeds
• Menu navigation modes: Use Cursor or Switch to D-Pad
• Cursor acceleration for enhanced precision
• Various cursor sizes and multiple colors
• Can be used on any device with a D-Pad (aka Joypad/arrow keys)
• Very small resource usage and memory footprint
• Suitable for OEMs to include in ROM

VirtuaMouse One-Hand was designed from the start to take up very little system resources and is suitable for OEMs to include in the ROM of new devices.

Pricing and Availability
VirtuaMouse One-Hand is available at http://www.innovisoft.com and can be purchased for $19.95 USD. It is currently available in English. A free 30-day trial is also available.

Additional Information and Download Links
More info on VirtuaMouse One-Hand:
http://www.innovisoft.com/virtuamouse/

VirtuaMouse One-Hand Videos:
http://www.innovisoft.com/virtuamouse/videos.html

Free 30-day trial download:
http://www.innovisoft.com/downloads/

Press Information
Reviewer/press licenses for VirtuaMouse One-Hand are available upon request.

About Innovisoft Corporation
Innovisoft Corporation (http://www.innovisoft.com) is a mobile software development company located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.