10-31-2005, 05:06 AM
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Intellectual
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Stowaway Bluetooth mouse
I just purchased a Stowaway mouse for my Jornada 567. It works great! The latest drivers won't work, but any of the previous versions, 4.0 - 4.2, work fine. I wouldn't want to try the mouse in conjunction with a bluetooth keyboard, but with the Targus serial keyboard it's a great combination.
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10-31-2005, 07:44 PM
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Swami
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Re: Stowaway Bluetooth mouse
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Originally Posted by dlangton
I wouldn't want to try the mouse in conjunction with a bluetooth keyboard
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Why not? You've essentially already got the drivers for the T.O. BT keyboard. I find a bit more convinient to have the PPC a bit farther away from me than right at the top of the keyboard. |
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10-31-2005, 10:17 PM
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I bought this mouse a while ago. I recently started using it with my Tablet PC, but it is slooooow to drag. So I bought Microsoft's Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 4000 and I am a happy camper again.
Does anyone have any experience with MS' IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth on the desktop? Is it comparable to the speed of a wired/rf mouse?
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10-31-2005, 10:53 PM
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Intellectual
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dlangton wrote:
I wouldn't want to try the mouse in conjunction with a bluetooth keyboard
Why not? You've essentially already got the drivers for the T.O. BT keyboard. I find a bit more convinient to have the PPC a bit farther away from me than right at the top of the keyboard
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I'd anticipate conflicts between the bluetooth mouse and the bluetooth keyboard, considering the older OS. Think Outside doesn't really support using the mouse on my PDA - at least it's not listed as being compatible. |
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10-31-2005, 10:57 PM
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Intellectual
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Does anyone have any experience with MS' IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth on the desktop? Is it comparable to the speed of a wired/rf mouse?
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I'm using an Iogear bluetooth mouse on my desktop. It's mostly as fast as my USB mouse, but does tend to lag at times. I didn't consider the Microsoft version, since it requires it's own special bluetooth adapter. |
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10-31-2005, 11:34 PM
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Swami
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Originally Posted by dlangton
I'd anticipate conflicts between the bluetooth mouse and the bluetooth keyboard, considering the older OS. Think Outside doesn't really support using the mouse on my PDA - at least it's not listed as being compatible.
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Suppose it might, but I figure the Jornada isn't listed because they were gone before the mouse and keyboard came out and T.O. didn't have one to test. I wouldn't especially suggest buyin one to see, but if you run across someone with one, try it. |
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10-31-2005, 11:40 PM
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Swami
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Originally Posted by ctmagnus
I bought this mouse a while ago. I recently started using it with my Tablet PC, but it is slooooow to drag. So I bought Microsoft's Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 4000 and I am a happy camper again.
Does anyone have any experience with MS' IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth on the desktop? Is it comparable to the speed of a wired/rf mouse?
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I've got MSs BT desk setup, mouse and keyboard. It is definately as responsive as an RF mouse/keyboard. My wife has MSs regular wireless setup, because she liked the keyboard better. I couldn't say for sure about comparison with USB, but it doesn't seem much different to me. Have USB at work.
Have never tried the MS mouse with other BT dongles, but I understand it is pretty standards compliant these days. I'm just using the MS BT USB dongle with the stock XPSP2 BT support. mouse and keyboard of course work. I can sync my PPC with it. Beyond that there is not a heck of a lot of stuff I want to connect to that PC via BT, so it works for me. |
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10-31-2005, 11:48 PM
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Intellectual
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Have never tried the MS mouse with other BT dongles, but I understand it is pretty standards compliant these days. I'm just using the MS BT USB dongle with the stock XPSP2 BT support. mouse and keyboard of course work. I can sync my PPC with it. Beyond that there is not a heck of a lot of stuff I want to connect to that PC via BT, so it works for me.
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I'd tried a Targus bluetooth mouse before I got the iogear item. It wouldn't work with my desktop adapter (Linksys USB, class 1), so I assume that the MS mouse wouldn't work without it's own adapter. |
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11-01-2005, 12:10 AM
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I actually have a Toshiba internal Bluetooth adaptor.
When I had Toshiba's North American drivers, the TO mouse was the only thing I could get to work reliably with the Bluetooth in the Tablet. But since I switched to the European drivers, I have my Pocket PC and Smartphone playing very nicely with it as well.
I assume I wouldn't need the dongle if I were to get the MS Bluetooth mouse as I have the internal adapter. With the Stowaway mouse, I just set it to discoverable and the Tablet found it asap and went through the typical pairing process. Is it that simple with MS' BT mouse?
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11-01-2005, 04:51 PM
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Swami
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Originally Posted by ctmagnus
I assume I wouldn't need the dongle if I were to get the MS Bluetooth mouse as I have the internal adapter. With the Stowaway mouse, I just set it to discoverable and the Tablet found it asap and went through the typical pairing process. Is it that simple with MS' BT mouse?
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It was using the MS dongle, and using the MS BT stack. I would assume (and you know what that means) that a standard HID profile would find and work with the MS keyboard and mouse, but I wouldn't bet the purchase price on it, unless you can easily return it. |
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