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Apple Bluetooth Wireless Mighty Mouse

Apple Bluetooth Wireless Mighty Mouse


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Brand: Apple
Category: CE


Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 123 reviews
Sales Rank: 1576

Color: White
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5.4 x 5.4

MPN: MA272LL/A
Model: MA272LL/A
UPC: 885909087594
EAN: 0885909087594
ASIN: B000B6D39I


Features:
  • Bluetooth wireless connection to Mac
  • Laser tracking engine provides 20x surface sensitivity
  • 360-degree clickable Scroll Ball
  • Touch-sensitive top shell
  • Force-sensing side buttons

Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Product Description
How do you improve on the mouse that has everything? Remove its tail. Mighty Mouse--the mouse that changed the way you scroll--has gone wireless via fast and secure Bluetooth technology. Now you can take that seamless, touch-sensitive, 360-degree scrolling design with you wherever you go.

Like its namesake, Mighty Mouse puts powerful precision in a pint-sized package. With all its clicking capability tucked neatly under the seamless top shell, Mighty Mouse boasts drop-dead good looks and wireless portability, too. And then there's that ingenious Scroll Ball--the tiniest such mechanism ever used in an input device. No wonder it's a wonder.


Scroll, zoom, and more easily.


The Mighty Mouse is sleek. View larger.


Enjoy precision laser tracking.
Have a Ball
Try reading this web page without scrolling. Every day you navigate through files, email and web pages by scrolling horizontally and vertically. Now you can do it all with your fingertip. Mighty Mouse's Scroll Ball features miniature sensors that allow you to manipulate what appears on your screen merely by moving your finger. Scroll up and down to read a long web page or document. Scroll back and forth to follow a timeline in iMovie or keep track of a large spreadsheet in Excel. But getting from point A to point B doesn't always mean traveling in a straight line. Take a spin on the mouse that's not afraid of kitty-corner. With Mighty Mouse's Scroll Ball, you can scroll at a 45-degree angle — even roll in 360-degree sweeps. Pan across a massive digital image in iPhoto or Adobe Photoshop. Take in a whole PDF in Preview. The Scroll Ball moves the content on your screen just as your eyes might move across a printed page. The Scroll Ball acts as an extra mouse button too, offering you one of a few clever clicking options.

All-Terrain Mouse
The wireless Mighty Mouse finds its way courtesy of a laser tracking system that boasts 20 times more sensitivity to surface detail than traditional optical tracking engines. So you can glide the wireless Mighty Mouse over more surfaces--metal, wood, plastic, even your denim (or tweed) clad leg.

It Squeezes, Not Squeaks
It wouldn't be fair to call Mighty Mouse a two-button mouse with one button. Especially when it responds to pressure from your fingers in four different places. Besides the left- and right-click functions, the Scroll Ball clicks down to act as a third mouse button. And force-sensing buttons on either side of Mighty Mouse respond when you press in with your finger and thumb. Perfect for Mac OS X users, the side buttons are pre-programmed to activate Expose, so you can view all your windows with a squeeze. Of course, you can also customize Mighty Mouse to open whatever you choose--Spotlight, Dashboard or any application when you have Mac OS X v10.4.6 or later.

The Button That Wasn't
Alas the fate of the one-button mouse in today's multibutton world. Who has time for intuitive, elegant design when there is so much clicking to do? Thanks to a smooth top shell with touch-sensitive technology beneath, Mighty Mouse allows you to right click without a right button. Capacitive sensors under Mighty Mouse's seamless top shell detect where your fingers are and predict your clicking intentions, so you don't need two buttons — just two fingers. Click on the left side to use Mighty Mouse in its simplest, single-button form. Click on the right to access contextual menus within applications and edit, copy, label or download from your mouse. It's simple sleight of hand.


The Mighty Mouse offers plenty of functionality.


The mouse works with 1 or 2 AA batteries.
More Mouse, Less Mess
Perfectly portable, the wireless Mighty Mouse goes anywhere you do and banishes clutter in its wake. A secure Bluetooth connection keeps you in control from up to 30 feet, and you can forget lugging around a bulky charging dock: the wireless Mighty Mouse works with one or two AA batteries. Two last longer, but one works just as well and packs ultralight.

A Mac and Mouse Game
Because Apple engineers designed Mighty Mouse to work in perfect harmony with the operating system, you get the full Mac OS X experience from the comfort of your mouse. Take that Scroll Ball button, for instance. Pre-programmed to launch Dashboard, it gives you access to a world of information in a single click. Mighty Mouse's side buttons show you all your open windows in Expose with a squeeze. Of course, you can program both of these buttons--along with Mighty Mouse's right- and left-click functions--to launch Dashboard, Expose, Spotlight, Application Switcher or any application you choose. Mac OS X gives you the capability, thanks to an intuitive System Preference pane.

Switch Users, Not Mice
Once you set your Mighty Mouse preferences, your Mac will remember them, even if you share your computer with others. Each account on your Mac has its own preferences, so everyone can use Mighty Mouse differently. Program Mighty Mouse as a simple, single-button mouse for a youngster. Set buttons to launch user-specific apps. Limit application access for children by pre-programming Mighty Mouse and locking System Preferences using parental controls. No matter how they work or play, Mighty Mouse makes everybody happy--all from one Mac.

X-Mouse
Mighty Mouse helps you make the most of Mac OS X. Pre-configured to launch Dashboard from the Scroll Ball button and Expose from the side squeeze buttons, Mighty Mouse gives you lots of other options:

  • Program the Scroll Ball button to launch Application Switcher, then move from one task to another with a scroll.
  • Set any button to start a new Spotlight search and find what you're looking for, fast.
  • Change the side buttons from displaying all windows in Expose to displaying only the windows in the current application.
  • Launch any application you choose from any button on Mighty Mouse: Just select "other" from the button drop-down menu and browse for applications in the Finder.
  • Designate either top-shell button as your primary--the perfect solution for southpaws.
  • Activate screen zoom with the keyboard and Scroll Ball.

What's in the Box:
Apple Bluetooth Wireless Mighty Mouse, 2 AA batteries, software CD, instructions.

Product Description
The Mighty Mouse Wireless Standalone Kit complements your Apple computer and makes controlling it a breeze. It's fully Bluetooth-enabled, letting you operate your Mac from anywhere in the room. Laser tracking lets you work without rollers or tracking mechanisms -- no more wearing out or clogging, no more mouse balls to fish out and clean. The entire top shell of the Wireless Mouse operates as a super-sensitive button - the body pivots up and down to actuate the click mechanism. The force-sensing side buttons give you added control, and the elliptical shape accommodates right and left-handed users equally. A miniature scroll ball on the top adds to the control, making it a pleasure to use.


Customer Reviews:   Read 118 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Mouse   July 11, 2008
SRW (USA)
Really an amazing mouse. Great looking, works very well and is so convenient. I highly recommend.


1 out of 5 stars Expensive junk   May 19, 2008
P. Borne (California, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I loved it at first, but:

1. The scroll wheel will simply die after 2 or 3 weeks and there is no easy way to fix it (unless you want to spend time to crack the case open, take the guts apart, clean up the wheel and put it back together.)
2. For some reason, my Mac lost the connection regularly (I used it with my MacBook Pro.)
3. The shape is probably the worst design you can think of if you use a mouse every day (my wrist started hurting a lot.) Beware the infamous carpal tunnel syndrome.
4. The right click doesn't work and I had to use CTRL+click to get the right click.
5. It's expensive for what it is.

I am now using a cheap wired Microsoft mouse and I am still looking for a decent ergonomic mouse to use with my Mac.

In my opinion, this is the worst item Apple ever designed. Save your money and go buy a Logitech or a Microsoft mouse to use with your Mac.



5 out of 5 stars love it   April 30, 2008
Samantha B. Siebert
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This mouse was expensive, I'll concede. But I'd spend it again because I love this mouse. Works infinitely better than any other wireless mouse I've used and the shortcut features (scroll button, side buttons) are great.


2 out of 5 stars scroll wheel is not durable, but otherwise a nice mouse   April 26, 2008
dhinmn (Savage, MN USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I'm unfortunately on my 3rd wireless Mighty Mouse in under 2 years. The problem with the first two was the scroll wheel stopped working. Both had the same issue - it would stop scrolling in one direction, then shortly after it would stop scrolling in both directions. Luckily I did get the extended warranty with my iMac so the replacements have been free.

Otherwise the mouse is really nice, and I like the double side button feature so you can pull up all open windows and choose the one you want to be active.

The wireless work great, so that's another positive.



1 out of 5 stars Could be great, but ... is not.   April 26, 2008
Ing Jan Rendek (Slovak Republic, Europe)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

It's great at the beginning, but sooner or later, the scroll-down function will literally die. There is no non-destructive way to clean the ball to restore its function.

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