Re: mouse cord retractability

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"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message news:eNtBHwHfKHA.2184@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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

You could email them http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logitech_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?
or try calling one of these numbers http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/support_downloads/support_contactus/&cl=us,en#supportNumbers
but it would probably be quicker and easier to just "buy it and try it."
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SC Tom

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