http://kensington.com/html/6367.html
Now this is a good travel mouse if you're looking for a bluetooth mouse for your built-in bluetooth-enabled laptop. It's got a switch at the bottom of it that allows for powering down the mouse when mobile. It's got nice rubber grips on the side of the mouse, without making it look ugly. It's optical and got a right and left mouse button (for all you Mac fans out there looking for a bluetooth mouse) along with the "can't go without it these days" scroll wheel, which also works as a 3rd middle button. These days so many mice have extra buttons for other uses and it would have been nice to have something extra on this one too. But, I think this might take away from the basic uses and design of this mouse.
To sum up, if you're looking for a bluetooth mouse that has all the "basic" uses of today's mouse and require something small enough to travel, yet large enough for you to not get carpal tunnel from one use of it, then this is your mouse.
Note: Still working with it and am planning on testing it with a Powerbook to see how well it works on a Mac.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
TIPS & TRICKS: Losing connectivity? Have a Linksys box?
http://www.dondoucette.com/befsr41/
After having some trouble with my own Linksys box, I decided to do some research on why I was losing connectivity every so often. I came across this website. It talks about a different model than the one that I have. But, the internal problem could potentially effect all models, especially considering that the manufacturing process may be similar or identical across different models. At some point, I'd like to take mine apart and see if this is why I have intermittent loss of connectivity.
After having some trouble with my own Linksys box, I decided to do some research on why I was losing connectivity every so often. I came across this website. It talks about a different model than the one that I have. But, the internal problem could potentially effect all models, especially considering that the manufacturing process may be similar or identical across different models. At some point, I'd like to take mine apart and see if this is why I have intermittent loss of connectivity.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Thursday, March 17, 2005
REVIEW: Logitech® MX™900 Bluetooth® Optical Mouse
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2135,CONTENTID=7110
I just got my hands on one of these to test. So far, I've hooked it up with a Sony VGN-S270P Vaio laptop with built-in bluetooth. The pairing was simple enough. I went into Windows XP Control Panel and ran the bluetooth discovery utility. The Vaio and mouse paired up just fine without using a passkey. I then proceeded to test the reliability of the mouse from different computer states, including from a cold boot, from standby, and from just walking away for a few minutes and coming back. From cold boot and standby, the computer takes a couple extra seconds to connect to the mouse once the computer is completely booted up. Even from idle, it takes a split second to recognize the mouse movements. I've got a few more tests to run. I'll report more later...
UPDATE: This mouse works great...for desktops. If you're looking for a portable mouse to use with a laptop and you plan to travel with it often, then I would not use this mouse. The characteristics of stability and solidness comes from the size of this mouse. Yet, the size of this mouse also prevents it from being the light, portable mouse that it should be. Coupled with the lack of a switch to power it down, this is not a bluetooth mouse designed for travel.
I have also had a chance to try out the Kensington Bluetooth PilotMouse. Check it out what I have to say about it at the end of March.
I just got my hands on one of these to test. So far, I've hooked it up with a Sony VGN-S270P Vaio laptop with built-in bluetooth. The pairing was simple enough. I went into Windows XP Control Panel and ran the bluetooth discovery utility. The Vaio and mouse paired up just fine without using a passkey. I then proceeded to test the reliability of the mouse from different computer states, including from a cold boot, from standby, and from just walking away for a few minutes and coming back. From cold boot and standby, the computer takes a couple extra seconds to connect to the mouse once the computer is completely booted up. Even from idle, it takes a split second to recognize the mouse movements. I've got a few more tests to run. I'll report more later...
UPDATE: This mouse works great...for desktops. If you're looking for a portable mouse to use with a laptop and you plan to travel with it often, then I would not use this mouse. The characteristics of stability and solidness comes from the size of this mouse. Yet, the size of this mouse also prevents it from being the light, portable mouse that it should be. Coupled with the lack of a switch to power it down, this is not a bluetooth mouse designed for travel.
I have also had a chance to try out the Kensington Bluetooth PilotMouse. Check it out what I have to say about it at the end of March.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
TIPS & TRICKS: Unplugging USB device without the system tray icon (keyboard shortcut)
For Windows XP:
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
You can build a shortcut on your desktop that you can use the keyboard to navigate to and eject your USB device. I came across this while working on a machine where the mouse was not available and needed a keyboard shortcut to eject my flash drive.
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
You can build a shortcut on your desktop that you can use the keyboard to navigate to and eject your USB device. I came across this while working on a machine where the mouse was not available and needed a keyboard shortcut to eject my flash drive.
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