Comments on: Microsoft BlueTrack Peripherals Work Anywhere

By: jmblankenship

jmblankenship — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:22:37 +0000

Now someone just needs to release some new, good bluetooth *portable* keyboards these days. Such seem to be swiftly becoming an artifact of the past.

By: Janet | Web Design

Janet | Web Design — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:43:38 +0000

Wow this is a great mouse I really do like just a pity it does not had Blue Tooth that would have come in very handy.

I have just come across your blog and have found some post very interesting

Regards
Janet

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:54:04 +0000

I just bought one and love it. Really does work on far more surfaces than regular red laser mice.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:19:52 +0000

Darn press releases…. can’t trust those marketers any farther than you can throw your iPhone :)

Amazon has the Explorer with this description: “The Microsoft® Explorer Mouse, with revolutionary Microsoft BlueTrack™ Technology, works more places than ever before, including on granite countertops, living room or airport carpets—even on a wood table or rough, unfinished park bench.”

Date first available at Amazon.com: September 9, 2008

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:08:02 +0000

The press release says both the technology and these mice are new.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:42:00 +0000

Do you also have a time machine, or is the new thing really the two particular models, but not the technology behind it? (as I gathered from the story) ;)

By: bjcox24

bjcox24 — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:58:43 +0000

After struggling with 2 or 3 different mice that were slow and inaccurate on the grantie counter top my wife uses, I bought her a Microsoft Explorer Blue Track mouse. It is the most accurate mouse I have ever used! While listing to the Windows Weekly podcast, I heard Paul Thurrott recommend these after testing them on different surfaces. My wife’s computer is an iMac and the mouse worked right out of the box.

By: GadgetMerc

GadgetMerc — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:31:40 +0000

As most things are, its all about the size of the dongle. In this case it has to be as small as possible. Nothing worse than having a dongle that has to stick 2 or 3 inches out of your mobile device.

By: bluemonq

bluemonq — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:19:05 +0000

It would be nice if these mice had BlueTOOTH as well :)