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#Microsoft wireless mouse 3500 middle button portable
However, given the BlueTrack technology means it can be used on more or less any surface – be it carpet or wood – it’s something of a non-issue unless you absolutely must use a mouse mat, in which case you probably don’t need BlueTrack or a portable mouse. On the other hand, its thin Teflon feet make using it on a cloth pad awkward, as you can feel the Mobile 6000’s bottom scraping across the textile. However, thanks to its curved back it also lies in the hand more comfortably than the V550 Nano, giving better support for your palm as you grip the sides of the mouse. There’s a thumb indent and small silver thumb-button on each side of this symmetrical peripheral so it’s perfectly ambidextrous – although that’s a common enough feature among mice. Microsoft has gone for piano black here, which while looking great is as prone as always to fingerprints, dust and scratches – even more of an issue since the Mobile 6000 doesn’t come with a carry pouch like Logitech’s VX Nano or Gyration’s Air Mouse.Īt least the sides of Microsoft’s five-button mouse, separated from the glossy section by faux-chrome strips, are a lovely rubberised plastic. We’re less pleased about the finish for the main part of the mouse. Though its lack of heft does make it feel a little flimsy (especially compared to the V550 Nano’s 120 grams), added weight to carry around is never a good thing. Getting onto the mouse itself, it’s a very compact and light unit, weighing only 90 grams with the battery installed.
Still, with a claimed battery life of 10 months’ constant use, it’s not a big issue. One niggle is that – unlike with Logitech’s peripheral – inserting the dongle doesn’t automatically turn the mouse off, so if you don’t remember to utilise the tiny on/off switch it will continue draining the battery. This is certainly a lot smoother than with the V550 Nano, where you had to dismantle the mouse to store and retrieve its dongle. In fact, it has surpassed Logitech in its storage implementation of the dongle: the Mobile 6000 features a spring-loaded hatch at its bottom into which you insert the dongle for transport, pressing an easily-accessible button beside it to pop it back out again.
We’re glad to see Microsoft catching up here.
#Microsoft wireless mouse 3500 middle button software
Inside the package you’ll find the mouse, a single AA battery, a CD with Microsoft’s IntelliPoint software for both Mac and PC and a colour quick-start guide that clearly illustrates all you need to know.Īlso included is the impossibly small pre-paired 2.4GHz RF dongle, which seems even smaller than the already miniscule effort that came with Logitech’s V550 Nano Cordless Notebook Mouse. In other words, the Mobile 6000 will work as well on granite as on woolly carpet, both scenarios where a laser mouse wouldn’t cope.
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Not to be confused with Bluetooth (a wireless transmission standard), BlueTrack purports to combine laser’s accuracy with a large degree of surface independence – a claim we found to be true when we looked at Microsoft’s revamped Explorer Mouse. One factor that immediately differentiates the Mobile Mouse 6000 from the legion of other ‘portable’ mice on the market is that it uses Microsoft’s BlueTrack sensor technology. One such peripheral for those who want the comfort of a mouse while on the move is Microsoft’s new Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000. Let’s face it, however ingenious touchpads may have become, offering multi-touch, dedicated scroll zones and various other niceties, there’s little that beats the good old mouse for moving a cursor around a screen.