[geeks] Bluetooth Trackpad/ball (was: Compact keyboards)

[Jon Gilbert]

On May 26, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Michael Parson wrote:

> On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 01:59:38PM -0700, Jon Gilbert wrote
>> Yeah, I guess it's more that I have been unable to find any kind of
>> bluetooth trackpad or trackball. I'm a musician (keyboardist) and
>> usually my laptop is quite a ways off. Plus, I need all the extra USB
>> ports I can get, since the MIDI interface takes one, as well as my
>> Alesis keyboard, and they both draw power. I could add a hub, but
>> that would involve more set-up time and yet another thing to haul
>> around. Any elimination of cables and other junk from my medusa-ass
>> set-up would be sweet. A bluetooth trackpad or trackball (or
>> bluetooth keyboard with built-in trackpad ideally) would be a really
>> nice thing. Let me know if anyone knows of such a thing.
>
> Found on google:
>
> http://www.chwangyi.com/the_ball.html
>
> "Temporarily Out of Stock" :-/

Yep I've seen that. Or haven't seen it, as it were. I just don't get  
why Logitech, who makes several wireless pointing devices, doesn't  
make bluetooth versions of them.

Jon