Using a wireless mouse with an iPad

You have to hurdles to overcome:

  1. Apple's operating system does not pair with Bluetooth mice. You need to overcome that to use a mouse.
  2. Apple's operating system is designed for multitouch as opposed to a single pointer, each application that you use will need to handle the mouse input and juggle it with other multitouch inputs.

You can review other people's failure to use a mouse with iOS on these questions:

  • Using mouse from OSX host on iOS device
  • How do I hover on the iPad?

Basically keyboards and stylus are supported. Mice and trackpads are not currently.