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Product summary
The good: Expandable chassis folds flat for travel; four-way touch scroll panel; "all-terrain" optical engine; carrying case included.
The bad: Expensive; not terribly ergonomic.
The bottom line: It will cost you a little more dough, but the V500 is one of the most responsive and out-and-out slickest laptop mice available.
Specifications: Form factor: External ; Compatibility: PC , Mac ; Battery size: AAA type ; See full specs
CNET editors' review
- Reviewed on: 11/11/2004
- Released on: 10/18/2004
Aside from the convertible design, two other features distinguish the $70 (as of November 2004) V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse. The first is its solid-state scroll panel. Incorporating the same Synaptics touch-sensitive technology found in your iPod or laptop touch pad, the panel allows you to scroll both vertically and horizontally through documents, spreadsheets, Web pages, and photos by simply sliding your finger along the panel. Moving from a scrollwheel to a touch "wheel" takes a little getting used to, but with practice, you'll be scrolling smoothly in a fairly short time.
The second notable feature has to do with performance. Logitech has equipped the V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse with its new all-terrain optical engine, a 1,000dpi-resolution optical sensor matched or bested by only two other mice we've looked at to date, both gaming mice from Razer. We weren't able to tell a huge difference between this increased sensitivity and that of mice with 800dpi optical sensors (such as the Logitech MX510 Performance Mouse), but we found that the V500 worked well on a variety of surfaces, including a metal countertop, living up to its all-terrain billing. You can roam up to 30 feet away from the receiver, which transmits in the 2.4GHz range (we did not experience any interference from cordless phones).
Notebook mice, because of their small size, generally aren't terribly comfortable to use over long periods of time. And while the expanding chassis puts the V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse at a better angle and gives it a sturdier heft than most portable mice, we can't say that it's a study in ergonomics--you'll probably end up taking your hand off every few minutes to keep it from cramping. That said, the Logitech V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse is one of the more comfortable portable mice we've used. It will work fine for a few days on the road, although we'd by no means want to use it as a full-time replacement for our everyday point-and-clicker.
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