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Summary: disappointed
Review: ... The installation was a piece of cake -- much easier than taking it out of the plastic packaging. I noticed a problem right away. The buttons are pretty stiff (could be because it is new) and the receiver seems to only get the first part of the click. In the case of a single-click, I ended up highlighting, draggins around the screen. Can you say pain in the 'rearend'?! Additionally, the optical sensor doesn't like the light gray tabletop The user guide suggested that a dark color mouse pad is bad on the battery... When was the last time you came across a white mouse pad?? The first two sets of batteries went bye-bye after three weeks of use (not used on nights and weekends). Bought the charging station for $... Besides not having to feed the hunger little mouse more batteries, I was able to plug the receiver on the station and move them both off to the side of my laptop. The move improved the mouse in a hugh way. The metal casing on the laptop was apparently interferring with the mouse transmitting to the receiver.
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Summary: Stay Away from it
Review: Horrible. Felt like going back to the guy who told me it was good to kick his b..t Anyhow, rarely seen such poor construction. As said some one else, good concept.....don't have to carry the base arround, can swap between rechargable and non-rechargable batteries...small mouse, small receiver...but hell, nothing works...NOTHING. A lot of reviews accuse the mouse of obviously OS-related problems...(typical USB stories), but no one seems to mention the most important of all: THIS MOUSE LIKES NO SURFACE AT ALL...NONE! Even an optical mouse pad....I can't beleive this. On top of all the rest of the crap, I had to fix the battery cover, it's really hard to sync up with its receiver, and the cursor is all over the place.....
Fortunatly, it is solid enough to withstand the many times I chucked it at the wall. I'm still waiting for a decent portable wireless mouse to apear on the market.....has not happened yet....the logitech model seem as crappy as this one....Good Luck.
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Summary: Great so Far
Review: I bought this mouse for use with my Laptop. It installed without a hitch on XP and Windows 2000. My only negative comment would be that the wheel is a little "spongy" and has a little more play before registering a click - not the well defined click of my usual MS Intellipoint. The range is at least 3 foot - as advertised. I haven't noticed any drop outs. The unit does operate on 2 AA batteries and I'm not sure how long these will last. According to the manual there is an optional USB charging station but having talked with Targus this isn't available for 4 months. If you have to carry around the charging station I'm also not all that sure how portable this makes the whole unit. My recommendation. Great for the money (about $75AU or $40US) that I paid for it. Fits well in the hand. Smooth operation on just about any surface. Very happy so far.
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Summary: Great so Far
Review: I bought this mouse for use with my Laptop. It installed without a hitch on XP and Windows 2000. My only negative comment would be that the wheel is a little "spongy" and has a little more play before registering a click - not the well defined click of my usual MS Intellipoint. The range is at least 3 foot - as advertised. I haven't noticed any drop outs. The unit does operate on 2 AA batteries and I'm not sure how long these will last. According to the manual there is an optional USB charging station but having talked with Targus this isn't available for 4 months. If you have to carry around the charging station I'm also not all that sure how portable this makes the whole unit. My recommendation. Great for the money (about $75AU or $40US) that I paid for it. Fits well in the hand. Smooth operation on just about any surface. Very happy so far.
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Summary: Wow... it works flawlessly
Review: I bought this thing for my presentation for my doctoral thingy. I have no idea why many bad reviews about this product. I tested it, and I have no problem at all. The presenter, the mouse, the laser pointer, and the size, all of them are excellent. The only bad thing is the USB receiver that is too fat for my laptop USB slots. However, the extension USB cable that comes with the package solve my problem easily.
I guess the phenomena where the slides move forward more than once is caused by the person who should familiarize oneself with this presenter. Clicking movement should be gentle enough, and you will find no problems at all.
The laser light is also strong enough. I tested it for 10 feet distance, and it is bright enough. I guess the other reviewers used it in a very big room??? Dunno... Did I get a good one, and some others got a lemon?
Compare to the $120 and $180 Logitech that do not have mouse functions, this Targus wireless presenter is a gem. I cannot complaint....!! I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Junk!!!
Review: I ended up throwing it away. I couldn't deal with the frustration of using it! The laser kept turing itself off on its own. I thought it was the power switch, because that was VERY touchy and would move too far to make a good contact. I also thought the batteries were going bad, but I realized that the scroller and buttons would work, but not the laser for the mouse. This is the first review I have ever written because I wanted to warn people not to waste their money!
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Summary: Targus should be ashamed for making this piece of crap
Review: I have never written an Amazon review before, but I am so outraged by this product that I feel compelled to now.
This mouse is uncomfortable in the hand & difficult to synch up with the USB receiver. The receiver "features" a bright blue LED that flashes when the mouse moves, which I find annoying & which my classmates find absolutely obnoxious. The little plastic "feet" glued to the bottom to help it glide more smoothly started falling off after 2 days.
But I would not be so angry at this product but for the fact that it goes through 1 pair of AAA batteries a week. (And that is even even with scrupulously turning it off when not in use.)
Believe me and all the other people who have reviewed this mouse: by no means should you ever even consider buying this terrible mouse.
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Summary: GREAT!
Review: I own the discontinued model of this mouse (which I received as part of a rebate offer when I purchased my laptop), but am also ordering this one for my wife to use on her laptop. It looks as if the difference is that the dark color and silver color are reversed. I will see if there are other differences when I get the new one.
My experience is that the reviews are correct which state that the instructions could have been better, much better. However, once I figured out how to use it (with no help from the instructions) it has worked flawlessly. Remember that the NiMH batteries need to be charged before use. I plugged the USB receiver into the back of my laptop and use the mouse alone, occasionally placing it in the charging cradle to recharge. You can also plug the USB cord from the charging cradle into the USB port on the computer and then plug the USB receiver into the provided port on the charging cradle. I believe this allows the mouse to be recharged through the USB connection if there is not a 110 volt plug available.
Either the USB receiver is to be plugged into the computer, or the USB receiver is to be plugged into the charging cradle and then the cradle plugged into the USB port on the computer.
Look at the pictures on the web site.
I don't have the instructions in front of me, but seem to remember needing to push the black button on the bottom of the mouse to allow it to set the channel it is using with the receiver, which also has a small black button on the end of it.
The mouse goes to sleep on its own and wakes up by pressing on the thumb wheel. No need to turn it on and off. The NiMH batteries were provided with the unit. I think the instructions said the mouse would work 1-3 months per full charge on these betteries.
Also, I kind of like the flashing blue light. Kind of hi-tech. I even forgot it did this as I have the USB receiver plugged into my laptop in a rear port. I never see it.
Good product. I am now going to order one for my wife.
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Summary: Too heavy, too slow, too power-hungry -- not worth the $$
Review: I tried this mouse to see if I could avoid using my touchpad. Although it installed easily, movement was often jerky and slow. CRITICAL FOR ME: It drained my laptop battery much faster than normal. Also, if your USB port puts the receiver/dongle within sight, the blue light that flickers and flashes with every mouse movement is very distracting. With its batteries installed, this mouse is HEAVY! If total carry-around weight is an issue for you, or if you don't want your laptop battery drained, this isn't the right mouse for your ensemble. I took mine back for a refund.
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Summary: Quite good, only small negatives.
Review: I'm a college student working exclusively off my laptop, so a separate mouse was almost a requisite for me, and I'm quite happy with this one. First, it's wireless, and second, it's got a recharger, which were the biggest sellers for me. It's range is actually well under-estimated. While giving presentations, I was able to stand at least 15 feet away (not the measly 6 advertised) and use the mouse to advance slides and such. Additionally, it is quite responsive, and the only delay occurs after the mouse has gone to 'sleep', which a simple mouse-click will fix. The recharger is great. It comes with a 1600 mAh battery which lasts a LONG time, even being a wireless optical mouse. It's never died on me, and I've gone over a week of consistent use without having any indication of it needing a charge, although because the charger doubles as a handy way to get it out of the way, I store it on the charger. I've just got the charging station sitting on my desk next to my laptop, and it takes up very little space.
The one downfall of this mouse is the fact that while carrying it around in my backpack (or for you businessmen, while in your briefcase or something), it will occasionally get bumped and click itself, bringing it out of its 'sleep' mode, which takes another few minutes to go back into, all the while draining the battery. A power switch would be nice. However, even with this, as I said, it's never died on me. Oh, and one other little annoyance... the side buttons, although they work great, are a little backwards with their default functions of 'back/forward page'. Oddly, 'forward' is the left button, and 'back' is the right one. Not a big deal, but I haven't figured out how to reverse this yet...
Overall, it's a well-performing and extremely convenient mouse. The rechargable battery and charging station guarantee battery power, and it's wireless/optical features make it extremely handy.
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