The Apple’s keyboard dock is a great companion for your iPad when you need to type a lengthy email. For some of the causal users, with the addition of a real keyboard, the iPad can probably replace your laptop to do something more serious. Say, use it for word processing and prepare a presentation. However, there is still one thing missing to make the iPad as a perfect replacement of laptop – the mouse.

As demonstrated by RedmondPie, you can pair a jailbroken iPad with bluetooth mouse via a cydia hack named “BTStack Mouse”. I also tested out this interesting hack and it works great with my Magic mouse.

Here is how you can configure your bluetooth mouse with iPad. If you own a jailbroken iPhone, this hack should also work for you.

1. First, make sure your iPad is jailbroken via Spirit. If not, you can check out this step-by-step guide to jailbreak your iPad.

2. On your iPad, launch cydia.

3. Tap “Search” and search for “BTStack Mouse”.

4. Tap on “BTstack Mouse” and tap “Confirm” to install

5. Once installed, locate the “Mouse” icon on the home screen. Launch the app.

Tip: Before launching the “Mouse” app, please turn off the Bluetooth. To disable bluetooth, you can go to Settings -> General -> Bluetooth and turn the switch to OFF.

6. When launched, the app automatically search for any bluetooth device. Make sure your mouse is in discovery mode. If you are pairing with Apple’s Magic mouse, you need to switch it off and then turn it on again to put it into discovery mode.

7. After the “Mouse” app discovers your mouse, tap on it to connect. You should then notice a mouse pointer on screen and now you can control the iPad via your mouse.

The mouse app is run in background. So, when you go back to home screen and launch other applications. You can still use your mouse for point-and-click. To disable the bluetooth mouse, simply launch the “Mouse” app again and click the “Discontinue” button.

I have only tested the hack with my Magic mouse. If you have also tried out the hack with your bluetooth mouse, remember to write back and let us know whether it works for you or not.

iBlueNova is a cydia application that lets you transfer any file (including photos, music, document, etc) from iPhone to other bluetooth devices. Formerly known as iBluetooth for iPhone OS 2.0, iBlueNova supports OS v3.0 or up. Same as iBluetooth, the bluetooth app is a paid application that is available for US$5.99. But it also offers a 15-days free trial period before you need to purchase the app.

iBlueNova claims to allow you to transfer any type of files on iPhone to other bluetooth devices including computer and mobile phones. The app is pretty easy to use. After launched, simply enable both “Enable” and “Visible” to activate the bluetooth transfer service. Then you’re ready to transfer files over bluetooth.

The app offers 4 types of file manager: Pictures, Music, Videos and Other files. “Pictures” lets you access your camera roll and photo album to select the photos for transfer. If you need to transfer songs from iPhone, the “Music” file manager lets you access those song files. To send video in iPod app, the “Video” manager will do it for you. For other kinds of files, you can use the “Other Files” manager which lets you access any system files on iPhone.

To transfer a file over bluetooth, say a photo, you can tap on “Pictures” and select any photo from camera roll. Then tap the lower-right button. This brings you to a “Select a device” interface. Tap “refresh” button on the top-right to discover all available bluetooth devices. Just select the device you want the file to transfer to and it’ll kick off the transfer process after the other end accepts the transfer request. You can always view the transfer activity to see the progress of transfers or stop a transfer.

The app also offers a comprehensive setting screen. You can add a PIN to require an authorization before accepting a bluetooth connection. If you would like to send out all the images as JPEG, there is also an option for you. On top of that, you can choose to save all incoming images to the camera roll.

I have tested the app for nearly two weeks. Overall, it’s pretty easy to use and work as advertised. I can transfer file to my Mac and PC over bluetooth. But the app still needs to be further polished as I experienced a number of crashes and transfer failure. Anyway, you have 15-days free trial period before you need to pay. If you are in search of a bluetooth app on jailbroken iPhone, remember to check out iBlueNova.

Note: Please note if you want to transfer file between iPhone, both iPhones should have iBlueNova installed.

To learn more about the app, check out the video for a bluetooth file transfer demo: