The SmallBizWindows Verbatim Bluetooth Mouse Review

  As notebook/laptops/netbooks get smaller, the usability of the trackpad goes down. Furthermore, some actions are just not as easily performed using a trackpad, for example playing Spider Solitaire. As a result, there has been a very good market in notebook mice, as evidenced by the sheer numbers of devices out there.

Prior to now, using a mouse required inserting a PS2 (if you still use your father’s technology) or USB wired mouse, or a USB wireless mouse. The wireless mice are mainly 2-piece RF mice. Which is OK.

However, some of us have found ourselves in some desolate and foreign place without the 2^nd piece, the USB dongle which needs to be inserted into the laptop. At that point in time, you start speaking in tongues at the newly useless mouse.

A couple of months ago, I received the Verbatim Bluetooth Wireless Mouse.

The Verbatim Bluetooth Notebook Mouse
First off, this mouse came in a box with just the mouse and a brief pamphlet!

That is it.

As an aside, I just love those companies that are so sure of their devices, and their company’s and/or product’s adherence to standards, that they ship the product without any software disks. That takes major chutzpah!

For the test, I used a couple of laptops: the HP tx2000 Tablet PC, and the HP tx2 multi-touch Tablet PC.

Testing
Well, for both systems, I turned on the Bluetooth radio, did a search, paired the mouse, and it worked. Period.

No fuss, no muss.

Not leaving enough alone, I then subjected each to a series of tests in order to test the latency of the mouse.

In every case, the device worked as well, and was seemingly more responsive that the average wireless mouse.

Conclusions
This is an ergonomically designed mouse. It is not too small, not too large, and fits just right, even for someone with (relatively) large hands.

You can actually use it all day without discomfort.

As someone who travels quite a bit, having a 1-piece mouse is a boon, and the added benefit of it being ergonomic.

I like it enough to have stopped using the old stalwart: the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Mouse.

It is that good.

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This article previously appeared in the July 2009 issue of The Interlocutor.