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Cordless presentation mouse



Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Tom Metro wrote:
>> Jerry Feldman wrote:
>>> A while back I lost my mini mouse that I kept with my laptop, but I'm 
>>> thinking of getting a presentation mouse.
>>
>> So what features makes a mouse qualify as a presentation mouse? 
>> Wireless with extra buttons?
>
> It's not so much the wireless feature, it is really that the buttons, 
> wheel, and roller be able to work in one hand while making a 
> presentation away from a podium.

Do you really need the ability to do arbitrary X-Y movement from the 
presentation device?

I was under the impression from your wording that you wanted something 
that could serve as a regular mouse, in addition to being a presentation 
tool. I thought there were such products on the market, but the examples 
you showed appear like dedicated presentation tools that would be a poor 
substitute for a mouse for regular computing.

  -Tom

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Tom Metro
Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA
"Enterprise solutions through open source."
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