bluetooth mouse for Sony Vaio

I am planning to buy a bluetooth mouse for my Vaio FW. On ebay, the most listings of BT mice are devices manufactured by Microsoft, DPI, Sony, Logitech, Hewlett Packard, Dell, IOGear, and Kensington.

Which brand(s) of bluetooth mice would you recommend for use with the Sony? (participate in the poll above)

 

I wouldn't recommend bluetooth . Too many issues with them.

Look into "Logitech VX Nano." The best wireless mouse I have seen for the price. The drawback is the required adapter, but its so small, that you can plug it and leave it on.

 

I have a HP branded but made by Targus BT mouse.. and its garbage. It doesnt work on anything but a flat white desk, not even paper with print on it. Drops out regularly too.

 

Logitech all the way

I have been using wireless for my desktop, getting sick of the battery usage.
haha.

 

Sony BT laser mouse of course. I 've been using one and it work with all type of surfaces, long ranges ( 4 to 5 meters away). It was actually used mainly as my laptop remote control lolz!.

 

i concur, it really nice, only drawback for me is the AAA batterys. But you get like nearly 6 months of battery time, and that when you are using lie 8 plus hours a day

 

I bought a Microsoft Memory Mouse 8000 a few days ago and its brilliant.

It comes with a magsafe style charger lead so you can use it wired if the rechargeable battery goes flat.

Its got a switch on the bottom to change from 2.4GHz dongle mode to Bluetooth mode. Don't be discouraged by the lack of bluetooth mentioned on the packaging, it definitely doest bluetooth great.

Its got laser tracking so it works on almost anything, including glass.

 

the best mouse for a vaio is the logitech nano vx (unless you game, whereas you would go for a razer). the nano vx has a nano receiver (usb receiver that is VERY small, so you can just keep it on without ever taking it off) the range is very far, someone was in a lecture hall and left the room and it was still able to receive the signal. also, it has a battery life of around 16 months, so you never have to charge it, once the 16 months are over, you just have to replace the AA batteries.

ive looked through EVERY mouse there is (high end), and this one is the top in convenience. vaios arent gaming machines anyways, so there's no point getting a gaming mouse with a wire / dock that really isn't portable at all

 

http://www.radtech.us/ they seem to have good stuff as far as bluetooh.

 

what in the world, what batterys are you using to make it 16 months? And its AAA batterys isnt it, well mine is.

 

oops, it says that if you use it very very little it can last 18 months..

if you use it normally though, it'll be less than 6 months

EDIT: and yes, it's AAA =)

 

I am using MS wireless notebook presenter mouse 8000 which is BT. It comes with a tiny little usb BT receiver, altho I don't need it with my TT190c. It has 2 additional configurable buttons on top of the left/right scroll which is very good for small screens.

 

I have a Sony VGP-BMS33 Bluetooth Mouse and I'm happy with it.

(Freed uo a USB port on my Vaio )

 

I have a couple of Logitech V270 Cordless Optical Bluetooth Mouse. Those are very good bluetooth mouse. However, I'm not sure if you can still find them nowadays...

 

To all the good people who create polls:
Please include an option for "Other".

(And in this particular case, an option for "Sony" would not have been out of place either.)

 

Got a new mouse today. Logitech V470 Laser/Bluetooth. I was hoping it would work on my cracked glass table but no such luck. Got a great deal though. I was prepared to pay $50 but when the cashier noticed the box was partially opened they marked it down 50%. Anyway, so far no complaints. I'm not a gamer so 3 buttons is fine for me. Small and portable but comfortable enough. So far no drops or lag, only the fraction of a second lag after several minutes of no use.

 

I bought a microsoft bluetooth 5000 mouse at newegg ($32).

so far its working good. my SR recognized it with no problems and its comfortable to use. the laser tracks really well - good enough for some light photoshop work.

the only downside is you would need to install the MS software to be able to use the side "thumb" button. I didn't want the software, so I don't use that button. also it doesn't come with any type of usb bluetooth transceiver, just the mouse, so you will need a laptop that has built-in bluetooth.

 

I have one too, works great for the Z.

 

oh, one more thing, the nano VX that i mentioned is not bluetooth, so it won't use a ridiculous amount of battery

 

+1 for sony bt mouse!

 

I suggest u should use mouse with 2.4GHz wireless technology.
Don't touch bluetooth mouse.

 

exactly! LOGITECH NANO VX

high response time, high sensitivity, usb receiver tiny so you never have to remove it, and awesome battery life!

its a little expensive, but in general, wireless > bluetooth b/c of battery and response/sensitivity, even the top gaming mouse, the razer mamba, uses wireless, not bluetooth

here's a picture of it (you also get to see the tiny usb receiver)
lol i dont even know why i'm advertising this so much, i dont even have one =( too expensive

 

Just curious, why?

Bluetooth only reaches about 10m - so do most other wireless mice...
2,4GHz is the frequency used for Wi-Fi - I had no interference between my mouse, my mother's wireless Logitech mouse and Wi-Fi.

I did have WI-Fi interfering with my mobilephone signal before though...

Sofar the only disadvantage I can see from bluetooth is greater overal electricity consumption - but hey, I still got at least 2-3 months out of my bluetooth mouse before I had to change batteries, even leavinbg it on overnight when I forgot....

 

but having bluetooth turned on for your laptop uses so much more battery, energy consumption with wireless is much less

 

Yes, bluetooth uses elecricity.

But its not that much.
On my SZ its a difference of 30 minutes for a battery charged to 80% which results in useable battery life of about 4 hours (now more??) without Bluetooth and with bluetooth about 3,5hours.

I don't think a wireless receiver plugged in would use significantly less.

Also:
With a receiver you always have the potential to damage the USB port...

 

And for me, my Vaio Z has only 2 USB ports. I didn't want to cut that number in half by going the wireless route.

 

Same on my SZ

By the way - if you have a desk, you generally have acess to a plug too.

And "on the go" I find computer mice rather - cumbersome...

 

Precisely.

 

I bought a logitech v470 along with my Sony FW.

Paired instantly, flawlessly, no complaints.

I've lost connection with it before (2 times in a half year?), but both times it was a result of me going back and forth between users, the laptop going in and out of hibernate, and probably multiple programs running on each user. I think it is a strange combination that the Sony is not liking, and nothing to do with the mouse itself. Anyway, I run the hardware scan and the pc paired with the mouse without effort again.

 

Another benefit for me using the BT mouse is the fact that my computer has built in BT funtionality that I otherwise would not be using. I know it's a silly reason but none the less, it makes me feel better knowing I'm using something I paid for. If I felt it was costing me, performance wise, that would be a different story.

 

bluetooth actually uses a LOT more battery than wireless, because wireless is essentially using infrared, which uses very little power. also, if you're using 1 port on the usb, like someone already mentioned, you can use an usb extension thing.. and seriously, nobody fills up all of the usb ports when they're on the go.. so having one of the ports dedicated to the "nano receiver" when you're on the go would be fine, especially since it's so small!

bluetooth, on the other hand, drains the battery on my laptop ridiculously fast, that's why i keep it off all the time, until i need it at least

if i used a bluetooth mouse, i would constantly have to turn it off whenever i wanted to leave the AC

i'm going to convert you guys over to the wireless side if it's the last thing i do!

 

For me, I never take a mouse w/ me when I go portable. It would be impracticle for my situation. When I'm at home, if I'm sitting at a table where I can actually use a mouse, then I'm on a/c. And as far as batteries for the mouse, I have an unlimited supply of free batteries at my work so no worries there. See, I have an answer for everything!

 

I am hooked on Sony's VGP-BMS77 (fits my hand better) now for my Z, but I have another Sony BMS33 for my wife's FZ and it works great, too. If you are getting any one of the machine that is offering productivity bundles now, I think you will enjoy the free BMS33 very much.

 

but you'd have to turn the bluetooth off on your laptop when you're not using the mouse or else it'd drain a lot of laptop battery ;] perhaps you dont usually turn off the bluetooth since you're not away from an AC much, but for me.. makes a huge difference in how long i can stay on battery power

 

How to turn off BT? I am using Vaio TT190c. The only thing I can do is disable it, since the switch turns off wireless as well. So, is disabling same as turning it off?

 

if the switch is set to turn off both wireless and bt, then yes, it turns off bt, but if you look around for some settings in your computer, probably the bluetooth program, you can turn it off without turning off your wifi

 

It's easy to turn mine off with the SmartWi utility. Thanks for reminding me though. I didn't think about it.

 

The only software I found is BT network connection (there are 2 other network connections, wireless connections and local area connection. BT network connection is disabled, so does not affect the bt mouse at all. Maybe I should find smartwi utilites and see if I can install it in TT.

 

Wireless -> Infrared - that wouldn't quite fit.

Problem here:
It works around flouorescent tubes - infrared remotes generally don't.

It works if the device (mouse) is not pointed at receiver - infrared has o be pointed at receiver, or pointed in a way such that a reflection will hit the receiver.

I'm not sure whether mouses use infrared.

 

ooops sorry it's not infrared, it's still wireless, i actually asked my friend about it and he told me that it's infrared =/ probably should have checked that before posting

 

I think whether one uses a mouse or not while on the go is subjective. For me though, I always bring my trusted Logitech V270 bluetooth mouse with me everywhere I went & I use that mouse on the go. While at home, I use either the Logitech VX or VX Nano.

 

I do end up carrying my mouse around too - whether I use it though is a different question.

 

As an aside, I bought a pad that I absolutely love. Supposedly designed specifically for laser mice. It is ultra thin and sticks nicely to my glass table top. The mouse moves around very nicely on it, it's big enough but not too big. I dig it.

http://www.handstands.com/retail/mouse-mat/laser-mousepad.php

Mine is the black one. (for laser)

 

I just use my mouse on whatever comes across if I use it...
It may be my leg if I don't have a desk - woolen trousers = good surface for mouse