Macally BTMicro Portable Bluetooth Optical Mouse by Macally
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Digital camera reviews of Macally BTMicro Portable Bluetooth Optical Mouse
Digital camera Review: BTMICRO Bluetooth Opt Mouse Review
Summary: 4 Stars
Excellent mouse (appearance/feel/utility) and the battery life is just fine. The charging cradle can be tricky--if you don't press the mouse down, it won't charge. Otherwise it works as advertised. I have not experienced any bluetooth disconnect issues and the mouse does not wake my Apple IBook from sleep. Been using it daily for two months without any issues...a very fine product!Digital camera Review: BTMicro Bluetooth, great wireless mouse for Mac
Summary: 5 Stars
As Apple computer laptops are almost all Bluetooth capable as a default, having a Bluetooth mouse seems logical. I should not need to defend internal bluetooth connections as opposed to proprietary wireless mouses with USB adapters. Bluetooth rocks!
The BT Micro proved to be the correct Bluetooth choice from the beginning. The 10 meter range (printed in some places as 33 feet) is excellent, and works better than the microsoft mouse at my office. [I am lucky to get 2 feet at work with the microsoft mouse and it eats batteries in two weeks.]
The size is truly a mini and is small. I was concerned with having a place to rest my hand having never used a small mouse before, but the small size is friendly. It slides smoothly and the optical sensor functions flawlessly.
The rechargeable base is a great addition and the mouse comes with NiMH batteries. Definitely made to eliminate battery costs for the life of the mouse. The base stays home and the small mouse travels extremely well with long life. I have yet to drain the first charge over several days use.
The scroll wheel has been dependable. It scrolls on my Mac OSX in any window under the cursor. If a window has a scroll window, the wheel properly switches if the cursor is moved over the new desired window. I have yet to have a microsoft scroll which works as desired. The right button opens sub-menus properly which is a definite improvement over the single button mousepad Apple keeps pushing on people. Mac OSX is the best and most elegant operating system ever created but someone at Apply must eventually give up on the single button mouse and provide a right button and scroll wheel on all hardware. Come on already!
The mouse paired with my laptop on the first attempt without concern. The mouse goes to sleep if not used, and also immediately when I close my laptop lid. It appears to see the laptop go into suspend mode and reacts immediately. When I wake up the laptop, simply clicking the mouse re-establishes the Bluetooth pairing and function is resumed. It even has a true on/off switch to you can turn it off when dropping in a bag or if you want to look at the bottom for any reason and desire to avoid blinding yourself with the laser.
I would recommend this to anyone with a bluetooth link on any computer. I haven't figured out how program the buttons for different functions yet but so far the defaults are everything I need and I don't really know what I would change if I could.
Great job. Purchase with confidence. Hopefully they will sell enough to lower the price eventually, but the $43 price at the time of this writing is satisfactory and it is worth every penny.
Digital camera Review: Charger cradle sucks
Summary: 3 Stars
Well I thought this would be a pretty nice mouse (price and looks) for my Dell Inspiron 9300. It sync'd up quite easily to my integrated Bluetooth laptop with no major hangups. Good battery life (assuming you remember to turn it off.) Rechargable batteries included! Nice apple-ish looks.
Now for the bad...
The included charger cradle will not properly charge the mouse because it won't seat right! Thank God I already have a battery charger. The button clicks are loud and the 'feel' of the click is to long-of-a-throw and 'spongy'. I know that last comment sounds pretty petty over a notebook mouse, but when you realize that you use a notebook for travel and you are sometimes in quiet places... you'll notice how loud the clicks are when others are glaring.
Digital camera Review: Good responsiveness... BUT....
Summary: 3 Stars
Mouse works fine, but on Apple OS X, there is no software to allow you to program the buttons. Not yet anyway. I had to return mine.Digital camera Review: Great Little Mouse
Summary: 5 Stars
I was afraid that being so small it would cramp my hand. But it really does fit very well (granted...I have small hands). I am surprised at how long the charge actually lasts. I go many days before I remember that I should put it on the charger. Although, I do turn it off when I put it away in order to save battery power.
It works with my Mac Powerbook seamlessly and is very easy to carry in the backpack. With the option of using just regular AAA batteries if I happen to ever run out, you can't go wrong with this mouse.
I have just no complaints about this compact mouse and I would certainly buy it again!