Advice will multiple Bluetooth Devices

I just recently ordered a laptop that comes equipped with Bluetooth on it. I am looking to buy a wireless gaming mouse and wireless two-ear headset w/microphone.

If Bluetooth is faster than regular usb wireless, should I get the bluetooth headset or bluetooth mouse, since I read that one can't use both bluetooth at once. My other concern is batteries: I would buy a rechargeable bluetooth mouse, but I don't know if I can buy a rechargeable bluetooth headset.

The one device that I don't buy bluetooth I will try buying wireless, but don't know about the sound quality or mouse responsiveness in games when using plain wireless. It's alot to think about...

 

I have both the Logitech MX1000 bluetooth mouse and Motorola HT820 bluetooth headset. Sometimes they work together, sometimes using the mouse causes the audio in the headset to skip. Both are rechargable, so batteries are not an issue.

 

I don't get how bluetooth can't allow more then one thing. What kind of technology is that.....

 

If you've got the dongles, it should work with more than one device.

I have a bluetooth mouse and use it at the same time I talk on Skype with my BT headset - no problems or conflicts. Works just fine. Each one has it's own dongle that gets plugged in to a USB hub.

 

It depends on the devices that you are using. If you have low bandwith items - i.e. a keyboard, then multiple devices is easy, but if you are file sharing, then you are going to run into problems.

 

right - bluetooth keyboard and mouse work fine together. The HT820 headset is only bluetooth 1.x, and uses most of the available bandwidth. If it were Bluetooth 2.0 shouldn't be a problem to also use other devices like the mouse.

 

Even my handheld with a little 400 Mhz processor is capable of a headset, mouse, and keyboard. I haven't ever used more than that on a laptop, but it should handle it fine.

 

I mean can you really tell the difference between the usb wireless and bluetooth? Unless you are a super gamer and you can actually feel the difference I would just get a usb wireless 2.4ghz mouse. There are a lot of good ones out there and the usb receiver are tiny things that just stick out. This way you can dedicate your bluetooth to your headset or w/e you want it to be.

 

Ah, I just really dislike having something sticking out of my laptop.

 

Yea I know what you mean. Sometimes I am afraid of breaking my usb receiver. A bluetooth mouse would be great, but I like to have multiple buttons on mine so for a bluetooth w/ multiple functions it is pretty pricey compared to a 2.4ghz.

 

processor is irrelevant - it's the bluetooth spec. I'm talking about a headset for music, using the A2DP profile; not a cell phone headset. It absorbs most of the bandwidth available in the bluetooth 1.x spec. If the headset were BT 2.0, things would likely be fine.

 

So if I got a BT Headset that had 2.0, and a mouse that was less than 2.0, would it work out perfect since the mouse dosen't consume alot?]

 

so whats a good Bluetooth 2.0 headset/mic? I've already got me a MX1000 which I assume will work.

 

If you laptop has Bluetooth 2.0 and the headset is 1.0, shouldn't the rest of the bandwidth still be available for other things? Or does using a single 1.0 device kick the whole thing down to 1.0 mode?

 

I was told that the BT 1.0 device drags the whole connection down, I can't confirm but based on my use certainly could be true. In theory BT 2.0 should have enough bandwidth for headphones and some other stuff.

 

I have found Bluetooth to be unreliable. I would get a hardwired headset, your performance will be much greater and go with a Bluetooth mouse. In my experience, an RF mouse seems to work much better than Bluetooth, but it is worth it to me not to have a dongle for my mouse. If you are going to have a dongle either way, do not get a Bluetooth mouse. You will pay significantly more for no real reason.

 

Interesting, I thought bluetooth was supposed to be faster.

 

I see no difference between my BT and non-BT versions of the MX1000. Had I known the headset and mouse wouldn't get along I probably wouldn't have gotten the headset, but I really hate wires, so for times I'm not using the mouse it is fine.