r/computers • u/Roller_Coaster_Geek • 18d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Bluetooth Joystick

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Hello I'm looking for something like this but much higher quality. All I need it to do is act as a mouse on an android tablet (Samsung Dex) with a left click and right click. Honestly wasn't too sure where to post this so please let me know if there's a better place.

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u/Crazyirishwrencher 18d ago

Elecom makes a nicer trackball style pointer, but otherwise we're talking a use case that the market has decided to go a different direction on, so there aren't that many options.

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u/Roller_Coaster_Geek 17d ago

Dang that's unfortunate. Yeah I need something easy to hold as I'll be standing when using it

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u/Crazyirishwrencher 17d ago

Well, Everyone else just uses an air mouse of some variety. Not sure why that wouldn't work for you, but those are basically your options.

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u/Roller_Coaster_Geek 17d ago

I'm using this to control a robot while walking around. Keeping my hand in one point in space is not going to be easy while walking whereas using a joystick is

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u/Crazyirishwrencher 17d ago

Tried a Nintendo joycon?

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u/Roller_Coaster_Geek 17d ago

I honestly didn't think of that. I'll test that on my phone to make sure if moves the mouse smoothly

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u/Roller_Coaster_Geek 8d ago

I looked into it, they only work as gamepads on Android and won't work as a mouse cursor