PC World's Techlog - This Portable Mouse Is Flat-Out Unusual 01/08/2006 10:09 AM

PC World's Techlog - This Portable Mouse is Flat-Out Unusual 01/08/2006 10:09 AM

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Go Posted by Harry McCracken Saturday, January 07, 2006, 03:46 PM (PST)

Select Product My fingers, I'm happy to say, have always had the ability to adjust on the fly for whatever input devices I'm using. So I've See all categories never carried a mouse with my notebook. But I know plenty of people who hate touchpads with a passion and want a real mouse with 'em at all times. And the MoGo Mouse, unveiled here at CES, caters to their needs in a way that's certainly TECHLOG'S PICKS imaginative.

Engadget Rather than taking up room in a briefcase, the MoGo fits in a notebook's PC Card slot, drawing power from the slot to Gizmodo recharge itself. It's a Bluetooth model, so--assuming that your notebook is suitably equipped--there's no tranceiver needed. Infoworld Tech Watch Pop it out, and you can flip out a kickstand that gives it a bit of height. It remains a very small, flat mouse, not much bigger Slashdot than a credit card. But it seemed to work reasonably well when I gave it a quick try. I4U The MoGo is $70, and will be available in March. AkibaLive Wi-Fi Networking News Scot's Newsletter Jon Udell Internet Nexus SuperSite for Windows PhoneScoop Scripting News Living Without Microsoft David Pogue LangaList

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Great idea -- now make it $25 and I'll buy one.

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See all newsletters Brillant! I want on now, hope its under $80

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