iGo Mini Wireless Bluetooth Optical Mouse Stowaway Travel Mouse for PDA, Laptop & Desktop Computers MSBTUER

by iGo

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000ALZMJ8
• Item model number: MSBTUE
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 13, 2006

Product Description

With iGo's Stowaway Travel Mouse you can now easily navigate your PDA just like you do with a desktop mouse! No more lost stylus or hard-to-remember keyboard shortcuts. Simply point and click and you're off! This mouse will greatly improve your efficiency while using your Bluetooth compatible PDA, smart phone, notebook comptuter, or laptop. When using with your notebook or laptop, The Stowaway Travel Mouse will provide a more convenient alternative the touchpad. You can also use it with any Windows XP/Vista or Mac OS X desktop computer with Bluetooth. The compact, ergonomic design of this mouse provides maximum comfort, and makes it easy to carry with you wherever you go. Now you can finally buy one mouse that does it all. iGo's Stowaway travel mouse includes cutting edge software drivers that support the most popular Pocket PC PDAs from HP, Dell and others. Note: A Bluetooth compatible computer, PDA, or smart phone is required in order to use this mouse.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Out of production, August 22, 2009

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Richard A. Simon "compufish" (South Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iGo Mini Wireless Bluetooth Optical Mouse Stowaway Travel Mouse for PDA, Laptop & Desktop Computers MSBTUER (Electronics)

I have owned one of these for several years and I love it. Problem is that Outside The Box no longer makes it and it has not been built for over 2 years now. Shoptronics is getting rid of the inventory that they still have. The one I purchased seemed to be repacked and did not work. Warranty claims with the manufacturer are not available so I returned it about 6 weeks ago and I am still waiting for my refund, which BTW was approved before I sent it back. Got a letter yesterday from Amazon saying that they would be crediting my card in the next few days. Will see. I do trust Amazon.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mousing on your PDA, May 30, 2006

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Paul H. Vanderklay "paulvk" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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If your PDA is in its cradle or you're using it with a keyboard your stylus is a pain. This little mouse and driver gives you an arrow and you're clicking away. Makes an Axim x51v much more like a PC than without it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Finnicky driver, short discovery mode window, December 16, 2010

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Matthew R. Bond (Cocoa, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iGo Mini Wireless Bluetooth Optical Mouse Stowaway Travel Mouse for PDA, Laptop & Desktop Computers MSBTUER (Electronics)

I use a Sony Vaio X laptop with this device, the Think Outside stowaway travel mouse. The mouse works just fine once installed, but unfortunately I find myself uninstalling and reinstalling the mouse just about every other time I boot up my computer. This process takes me about 10 minutes, so sometimes I find myself abstaining in favor of the touchpad if I only want to do something quickly.

Making reinstallation even more annoying is the short "discoverable mode" window. To go into discoverable mode, you have to insert a thin rod into a hole in the bottom of the mouse to push a button. It's a bit awkward, but a pen point or the insertable tab of a pair of headphones works - I keep headphones with my laptop already, so this works for me. A little green LED turns on when you do this, and then you work fast. If you multi-task and forget that you have the mouse installation window open, it will probably turn of discoverable mode, and then you may or may not be able to resume where you left off. It's a bit of a race against the clock to install the mouse and drivers before it shuts off on you, but you can usually win if you shun all other distractions.

I don't have a basis of comparison for the battery life, but I keep two pairs of Duracell rechargeable AAA batteries in rotation, and find myself changing them once or twice a week of moderate to heavy use. This doesn't sound too bad to me, but I don't know whether others are better.

The mouse does go to sleep a lot to save power, but the driver wackiness never gives me trouble on wake up. Only restarting the computer (or sometimes hibernating, I think - not sure) seems to throw it off.

The mouse isn't slow or imprecise at all, not for me. It may depend on your device, but my Vaio X can handle a game of Diablo II via optical mouse just fine.

It's a pretty comfortable mouse despite how small it is. You might want to have your palm lifted over it rather than resting on it, or else you'll have to bend your fingers a lot. However, I mostly find myself not really thinking about hand positions and not feeling uncomfortable. I probably spend most of my time holding it between my thumb and ring finger and maybe resting the front of my palm on it, or whatever occurs to me subconsciously in the moment. It doesn't seem to cramp me up any more than mouses twice this size, though.

It suits my needs, and I just live with the driver wackiness for now. If the next generation of mice has something that can be described as "like the Stowaway travel mouse, only it stays installed", then this would be literally a perfect mouse for ultra-portable use.