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Default Microsoft bluetooth notebook mouse 5000

Hey, I've been thinking about buying a bluetooth mouse for my laptop now for a while, i've decided to probably get the Microsoft 5000 mouse since it has all the functions I need, the place i'm buying it from has the price 25% off for a week now and microsoft has this campaign where you get 100 swedish kronor back for a bought Microsoft product.. so that's yet another 25%, anyway, my question is;

Will that mouse work with Windows Mobile/ Xperia X1? I thought it would be cool trying a mouse out on Xperia, since i've heard it's easily done thru bluetooth.
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It will work, but only with a 3rd party program, as far as I know.

I use Teksoft BlueInput. Make sure you read their forum, as some mouses are a bit hard to get working properly.

I have two low cost mouses, and no problem at all.

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Alright, thank you =)
A bit pricey though...

Now only if there would be Wiimote support for WM...
 
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Sorry for the late reply.

Regarding BlueInput, you can allways download the trial version. The only limitation is that you get 30 clcks on button mouse, and then it disconnects, you must re-connect to get 30 more clicks, and so on.

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Alright, but i've already ordered it and recieved it today, been trying it out at my laptop and at Xperia with blueinput (i.. got ahold of a full copy... >_>)
It works alright except that it's a tad too small... and at the xperia the mouse flickers a bit too much and gets some ghosting, but that's alright since im mostly gonna use it for my laptop, but it'd be nice with a updated version of blueinput though with some fixes =)
 
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Well, as the guy who had the original idea for that program, I'm lucky enough to get some inside info...

All I can say is that development continues.

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Huh.. cool =D
With the flickering/ghosting issue gone it's gonna feel like a real proper mouse pointer and even worth the money, though it uses quite alot of CPU power which is the final thing stopping it from being 100% awesome, anyway a huge thanks to the Teksoft developers for making this possible!
 
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Altough it does flicker and get ghost images (not only on Xperia X1, but all devices), I wonder what you mean by "get ahold of a full copy"... As far as I know, no un-official version works as good (or not so bad) as the legal licensed one, flicker-wise.

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Yeah, well i wanted to try out the product before buying it so yeah..
I didn't know how limited or not the trial version was so i wanted the whole experience before making a decision.


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