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From: Timothy Daniels on 7 May 2008 04:50 The Dell 5-Button Bluetooth Travel Mouse arrived, and it was an easy installation because Bluetooth is built into my XPS M1330 laptop, and the drivers are already installed. All I had to do was to translate the (tiny) instructions in the owner's guide to apply to Vista and my M1330, get the Bluetooth Add-a-DeviceWizard up on the screen, turn on the Bluethooth mouse (via a small slide switch on the bottom), then press the blue button on the bottom of the mouse to start it broadcasting, then tell the laptop's Bluetooth Wizard to look for Bluetooth devices. It found the mouse, so I told it to add the mouse to its list of Bluetooth network devices. Now, when I boot up, I turn on the mouse, and it has control of the pointer. I chose the Dell mouse over the optical Bluetooth mice made by Logitech, Kensington, Targus, and Microsoft. The unique feature of the Targus was that its battery was rechargeable by plugging it into the laptop's USB port while the laptop was running. But it would only recharge when the laptop was running, so you'd be using the Bluetooth mouse with a USB cable connected to the laptop - a really stupid concept. What set the Dell apart from the others is that it had all the various features that the others had (except for the USB charging), plus a forward button. It also has a back button and the left/right tilting scroll wheel for horizontal scrolling. The speed of the mouse's pointer travel seems to be tied in with that of the touchpad - the touchpad being much slower than the mouse - so I had to find a compromise position on the speed setting to make the speed appropriate for both devices. The mouse sells for $40 plus tax (see: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/I_O_Devices/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku=310-9157) but when I bought it, it was on sale with a 15% discount. The identical mouse is available from both the Home/Home Office division and the Small/Medium Business divisions with different part numbers. I chose the Small Biz part because I find the Small Biz division's telephone reps to be easier to talk to since they're based here in the U.S. rather than in Manila, where the long distance VoIP delay gets in the way. So far, I find the mouse very easy to use, and although I use a Microsoft trackball with my desktop, the mouse feels very natural - MUCH more so than the cursed touchpad. The AA batteries are supposed to last 6 months before they need replacing, and if that pans out, the lack of rechargeability shouldn't be a problem. Normally, I wouldn't use a wireless device, especially without WEP encryption, but I figure that no one is going to steal my secrets or my identity by watching my mouse pointer movements, and a small Bluetooth mouse seems like a natural for a Bluetooth enabled laptop. This mouse makes the laptop much easier to use by making scrolling and back/forward so much easier than with a touchpad, the lack of a cord is a real good feature for a laptop, and a laptop with built-in Bluetooth makes a mouse like this a natural accessory. I am already fond of it. *TimDaniels*
From: WSZsr on 7 May 2008 07:42 I use a Microsoft 5000 Bluetooth mouse with my 1330 and it works great. There is a bit of an issue Bluetooth coming out of standby. The Bluetooth service doesn't always load (no blue icon down in the notification bar) and the device mgr shows an exclamation mark. The easiest way to fix this is to turn Bluetooth off and on using the Bluetooth switch on the lower right side of the case. If you avoid moving the mouse until Bluetooth loads, it isn't and issue. Running Vista Basic with SP1. "Timothy Daniels" <SpamBucket(a)NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote in message news:48216d3e$0$7040$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com... > The Dell 5-Button Bluetooth Travel Mouse arrived, and it was an easy > installation because Bluetooth is built into my XPS M1330 laptop, and > the drivers are already installed. All I had to do was to translate the > (tiny) > instructions in the owner's guide to apply to Vista and my M1330, get the > Bluetooth Add-a-DeviceWizard up on the screen, turn on the Bluethooth > mouse (via a small slide switch on the bottom), then press the blue button > on the bottom of the mouse to start it broadcasting, then tell the > laptop's > Bluetooth Wizard to look for Bluetooth devices. It found the mouse, so > I told it to add the mouse to its list of Bluetooth network devices. Now, > when I boot up, I turn on the mouse, and it has control of the pointer. > > I chose the Dell mouse over the optical Bluetooth mice made by Logitech, > Kensington, Targus, and Microsoft. The unique feature of the Targus > was that its battery was rechargeable by plugging it into the laptop's USB > port while the laptop was running. But it would only recharge when the > laptop was running, so you'd be using the Bluetooth mouse with a USB > cable connected to the laptop - a really stupid concept. > > What set the Dell apart from the others is that it had all the various > features > that the others had (except for the USB charging), plus a forward button. > It also has a back button and the left/right tilting scroll wheel for > horizontal > scrolling. The speed of the mouse's pointer travel seems to be tied in > with > that of the touchpad - the touchpad being much slower than the mouse - so > I had to find a compromise position on the speed setting to make the speed > appropriate for both devices. > > The mouse sells for $40 plus tax (see: > http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/I_O_Devices/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku=310-9157) > but when I bought it, it was > on sale with a 15% discount. The identical mouse is available from both > the Home/Home Office division and the Small/Medium Business divisions > with different part numbers. I chose the Small Biz part because I find > the > Small Biz division's telephone reps to be easier to talk to since they're > based > here in the U.S. rather than in Manila, where the long distance VoIP delay > gets in the way. > > So far, I find the mouse very easy to use, and although I use a Microsoft > trackball with my desktop, the mouse feels very natural - MUCH more so > than the cursed touchpad. The AA batteries are supposed to last 6 months > before they need replacing, and if that pans out, the lack of > rechargeability > shouldn't be a problem. Normally, I wouldn't use a wireless device, > especially without WEP encryption, but I figure that no one is going to > steal > my secrets or my identity by watching my mouse pointer movements, and a > small Bluetooth mouse seems like a natural for a Bluetooth enabled laptop. > This mouse makes the laptop much easier to use by making scrolling and > back/forward so much easier than with a touchpad, the lack of a cord is a > real good feature for a laptop, and a laptop with built-in Bluetooth makes > a mouse like this a natural accessory. I am already fond of it. > > *TimDaniels* >
From: journey on 7 May 2008 12:37 On Wed, 7 May 2008 01:50:35 -0700, "Timothy Daniels" <SpamBucket(a)NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote: >The Dell 5-Button Bluetooth Travel Mouse arrived, and it was an easy >installation because Bluetooth is built into my XPS M1330 laptop, and >the drivers are already installed. The Dell bluetooth mouse looks good -- thanks for the review. This is the one I have been using: http://www.bluetake.com/products/BT500.htm
From: Amiga on 7 May 2008 12:43 Hello! Picked up the same mouse but with keyboard and bluetooth receiver for an inspiron 530. Ebay $54. Vista found drivers for everything upon plugin. Didn't install the bloatware on the disk. At first i thought it was an ugly looking small keyboard but after using it for a month changed my mind. In this case small is better! Light weight for use on your lap. Back button is a must on any mouse i buy. It is an accurate responsive mouse. They are evan recognised in the config screens so i don't have to find the usb keyboard and mouse to change bios options or boot priority. I like them. On Wed, 7 May 2008 01:50:35 -0700, "Timothy Daniels" <SpamBucket(a)NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote: >The Dell 5-Button Bluetooth Travel Mouse arrived, and it was an easy >installation because Bluetooth is built into my XPS M1330 laptop, and >the drivers are already installed. All I had to do was to translate the (tiny) >instructions in the owner's guide to apply to Vista and my M1330, get the >Bluetooth Add-a-DeviceWizard up on the screen, turn on the Bluethooth >mouse (via a small slide switch on the bottom), then press the blue button >on the bottom of the mouse to start it broadcasting, then tell the laptop's >Bluetooth Wizard to look for Bluetooth devices. It found the mouse, so >I told it to add the mouse to its list of Bluetooth network devices. Now, >when I boot up, I turn on the mouse, and it has control of the pointer. > >I chose the Dell mouse over the optical Bluetooth mice made by Logitech, >Kensington, Targus, and Microsoft. The unique feature of the Targus >was that its battery was rechargeable by plugging it into the laptop's USB >port while the laptop was running. But it would only recharge when the >laptop was running, so you'd be using the Bluetooth mouse with a USB >cable connected to the laptop - a really stupid concept. > >What set the Dell apart from the others is that it had all the various features >that the others had (except for the USB charging), plus a forward button. >It also has a back button and the left/right tilting scroll wheel for horizontal >scrolling. The speed of the mouse's pointer travel seems to be tied in with >that of the touchpad - the touchpad being much slower than the mouse - so >I had to find a compromise position on the speed setting to make the speed >appropriate for both devices. > >The mouse sells for $40 plus tax (see: >http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/I_O_Devices/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku=310-9157) >but when I bought it, it was >on sale with a 15% discount. The identical mouse is available from both >the Home/Home Office division and the Small/Medium Business divisions >with different part numbers. I chose the Small Biz part because I find the >Small Biz division's telephone reps to be easier to talk to since they're based >here in the U.S. rather than in Manila, where the long distance VoIP delay >gets in the way. > >So far, I find the mouse very easy to use, and although I use a Microsoft >trackball with my desktop, the mouse feels very natural - MUCH more so >than the cursed touchpad. The AA batteries are supposed to last 6 months >before they need replacing, and if that pans out, the lack of rechargeability >shouldn't be a problem. Normally, I wouldn't use a wireless device, >especially without WEP encryption, but I figure that no one is going to steal >my secrets or my identity by watching my mouse pointer movements, and a >small Bluetooth mouse seems like a natural for a Bluetooth enabled laptop. >This mouse makes the laptop much easier to use by making scrolling and >back/forward so much easier than with a touchpad, the lack of a cord is a >real good feature for a laptop, and a laptop with built-in Bluetooth makes >a mouse like this a natural accessory. I am already fond of it. > >*TimDaniels* >
From: RnR on 7 May 2008 13:39 On Wed, 07 May 2008 11:37:02 -0500, journey <jouney(a)merr.com> wrote: >On Wed, 7 May 2008 01:50:35 -0700, "Timothy Daniels" ><SpamBucket(a)NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote: > >>The Dell 5-Button Bluetooth Travel Mouse arrived, and it was an easy >>installation because Bluetooth is built into my XPS M1330 laptop, and >>the drivers are already installed. > >The Dell bluetooth mouse looks good -- thanks for the review. This is >the one I have been using: > >http://www.bluetake.com/products/BT500.htm I tried to click on the where to buy link for this URL above and tried newegg and mwave and neither had it moments ago on their site. So that prompts me to ask, about how much does it cost or is it outa production with a newer model?
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