September 14, 2007 at 02:43New mice from Microsoft for laptops
Microsoft Corporation immediately introduced three new wireless mice for mobile PCs. This is a compact Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000, Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 7000 with a four-way scroll wheel and Mobile Memory Mouse 8000, the transceiver of which is also a flash drive with a capacity of 1 GB.
The dimensions of the Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 are only 58 × 93 mm. The mouse is equipped with a Bluetooth interface for connecting to a laptop (if there is an adapter in the laptop, then no transceiver is needed) and four buttons (in addition to the standard ones, a “Back” button is provided, which facilitates navigation on the Web). The range is 10 meters, the life on a single battery charge is three months, however, provided that the device is turned off during idle times. The cost of the Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 is $ 50.
The Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 7000 uses a radio signal at a frequency of 2.24 GHz (range 10 meters) as a wireless interface. The functionality of this mouse is slightly higher than that of the Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000, as it is equipped with an additional button to call the Flip 3D function in Windows Vista, and the scroll wheel can work in four directions. The battery life is also longer - six months. But the cost is exactly the same - $ 50.
The most interesting device from the point of view of usability, Mobile Memory Mouse 8000, differs in that the transceiver of this mouse is also a flash drive with a capacity of 1 GB. The 8-thousandth can work both on a radio signal and on Bluetooth. There are five buttons on the Mobile Memory Mouse 8000, the battery life is six months, and the cost is $ 100.
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The dimensions of the Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 are only 58 × 93 mm. The mouse is equipped with a Bluetooth interface for connecting to a laptop (if there is an adapter in the laptop, then no transceiver is needed) and four buttons (in addition to the standard ones, a “Back” button is provided, which facilitates navigation on the Web). The range is 10 meters, the life on a single battery charge is three months, however, provided that the device is turned off during idle times. The cost of the Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 is $ 50.
The Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 7000 uses a radio signal at a frequency of 2.24 GHz (range 10 meters) as a wireless interface. The functionality of this mouse is slightly higher than that of the Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000, as it is equipped with an additional button to call the Flip 3D function in Windows Vista, and the scroll wheel can work in four directions. The battery life is also longer - six months. But the cost is exactly the same - $ 50.
The most interesting device from the point of view of usability, Mobile Memory Mouse 8000, differs in that the transceiver of this mouse is also a flash drive with a capacity of 1 GB. The 8-thousandth can work both on a radio signal and on Bluetooth. There are five buttons on the Mobile Memory Mouse 8000, the battery life is six months, and the cost is $ 100.
via IXBT