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September 03, 2006
Review: The Logitech Cordless V270 Bluetooth Mouse
The Logic V270 Cordless Bluetooth Mouse
A number of months ago if you asked me about bluetooth technology I would have not given it much credance. Simply because there was not too much use for it at the time and I also thought, did we need another wireless protocol?
Well since I've been living with the lifebook, I've gotten a colorful mouthfull with blue teeth
My PDA had bluetooth, but my prior notebook didn't. I just couldn't spend the money on yet another dongle for the notebook. After all I already had one for the wireless mouse.
The Fujitsu lifebook came with bluetooth so I figured I would look into it more.
After a while of dealing with the wireless mouse and dongle I did a search for A bluetooth mouse and found a few.
The one that struck me was the Logitech Cordless V270 Travel mouse with bluetooth.
This was just the answer I was looking for. A way to have a cordless mouse and get rid of the USB dongle.
There are plenty of other reviews and comparisons around the web, so I'll only go into opinions, pros/cons and what they might not have said already.
Frankly, This mouse works great. Pairing it up with the notebook computer was all done at the notebook said. I was up and running in 5 minutes.
It's pretty responsive considering all. When it does go into auto sleep, it wakes up faster then my prior memorex wireless mouse.
I like having an on/off switch on the mouse to save the batteries.
It's small enough to tote along with my laptop as I go back and forth to work.
On that particular lite wood surface, it's response can miss a lil, but it's a small price to pay. eventually it works well enough.
The only feature I gave up with this mouse was not being able to recharge the batteries directly via a USB cable. This was a really nice feature about my prior notebook mouse. When the batteries were low, plug in a cord and it recharges the batteries.
To compensate, I purchased a USB battery recharger for when I go away to Prog Power.
heh, I'll need it anway for other battery operated things.
One beef was the pricing on this unit. it was at least $10 more then any other cordless mouse and it did not even have a receiver. It relies/expects the fact that you have bluetooth already. it was a hard pill to swallow, but I did it anyway. (Bastages!).
Another point in regards to bluetooth is performance. I've noticed when things get busy, the mouse can actually lag behind, almost seeming to have a mind of it's own. A funny thing happened once after I visited a site. Some interference or performance issue cropped up and the mouse stopped responding... a moment later, I saw the mouse move on it's own and frightfully thought for a second I was hacked with someone accessing my computer. LOL!!!
For the most part I'm happy with it.
I would give it a 9 out of 10.
The only feature I wish it really had was the ability to charge the batteries while in the mouse.
Posted by Me on September 3, 2006 06:00 PM
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