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I wonder if the "quality" will stand the test.

 
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I wonder if the "quality" will stand the test.
I haven't had the chance to play with a battery-free wireless mouse, but I am still using the A4 Keyboard and Mouse set that I reviewed a while ago and it is still working fine (considering the daily abuse it gets, I'm impressed!).

Good review, 1nteger Are you still using it?

 
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Thanks bex, and yes I'm still using it. My main PC has crashed (mobo gone haywire) and I'm about to put all my kit into storage whle I get my house overhauled, so I'm using a notebook, and the mouse works really well with it.

 
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Different ...

I wonder if the "quality" will stand the test.
Hi mucks! I think there's so little technical gubbins to this mouse and pad that I wouldn't be surprised if it lasted for years....probably outlive USB technology at least!

 
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... I just remember the early days. Cheap and err, well you know.

Be nice if they were building 'quality' nowadays ...

 
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... I just remember the early days. Cheap and err, well you know.

Be nice if they were building 'quality' nowadays ...
If I read u right I agree, our sights have been lowered to some extent. I have to admit though, that I expected a price tag of more tha £15 for this mouse...so I was pleasantly surprised. It's interesting that it is being touted as 'the world's first battery-free mouse'....a misnoma but clever as well. The more I learn about IT technology, the more I realise how easy it is to sell an simple idea as magic to the unsuspecting public....do you agree?

 
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