Re: mouse cord retractability

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I must say, though, that I'm impressed with what I've read about the
V470. The only possible negative is this:
One reviewer said he has a laptop "with a Foxcomm Bluetooth chip in it.
This mouse is only compatible with the Broadcomm/Widcomm Bluetooth
chip." Does this make sense? I did a search in the manual that came
with my netbook and couldn't find anything about the particular chip.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

You would probably have better luck finding out on the Toshiba web site.
What model netbook did you get?
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SC Tom

Thank you, SC Tom! I'll look there. It's the Toshiba NB205-N310.

Jo-Anne

According to this article
http://german.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/Press/SIG/BLUETOOTH_SIG_ADOPTS_NEW_CORE_VERSION_21__EDR.htm
published in 2007 that addresses your Bluetooth version,
"The Bluetooth SIG anticipates silicon vendors such as Broadcom, CSR,
Infineon and Texas Instruments will have Bluetooth v2.1+ EDR chips
available immediately and that the first products will follow by the end
of the year."

So it looks like your netbook would probably have the Broadcom chip. This
isn't a certainty by any means, but I couldn't find anything definitive on
the Toshiba site.

If it were me, I'd go ahead and get the Logitech V470 that you were
looking at and give it a try. If you don't like it, or it doesn't work,
you can always return it if you get it from somewhere like Newegg or
Amazon.
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SC Tom

Thank you again, SC Tom! I too had checked the Toshiba site and not found
anything certain. Toshiba is such a popular brand that I'm willing to take
the chance--although I wonder if I could contact Logitech and ask them...

Jo-Anne


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