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

[Michael Parson]

On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 01:59:38PM -0700, Jon Gilbert wrote:
> On May 26, 2006, at 3:13 AM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> Bluetooth keyboards are available, they are sold in the PDA  
>> marketspace. For example: http://www.thinkoutside.com/ 
>> stowawaybt_product.html
>>
>> Apple's wireless keyboard and mouse use Bluetooth: http:// 
>> www.apple.com/keyboard/
>>
>> They are out there, but no one seems to think about using an  
>> external keyboard in place of the built-in keyboard it seems...
>>
>> Lionel
>
> 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" :-/

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Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org