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RE: Comments please on this wireless keyboard + mouse?


  • Subject: RE: Comments please on this wireless keyboard + mouse?
  • From: "Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)" <haweste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:31:04 -0000

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raymond Kelly
>
> Depends on what they mean by 'wireless. At that price I
> suspect its some sort of line of sight Infra Red with box
> that attached to the PC USB port that hosts the ir receiver.

Quoting from the Aldi site: "No direct visual contact between
keyboard,
mouse or receiver needed! "
But that could just mean that you can't see a cable, although I suspect
it would be RF.

> You get what you pay for in this case I suspect.

May well be true :-)

> The accepted standard for 'wireless'  keyboards is bluetooth.

I was a bit surprised to read that statement. I agree that Bluetooth
desktops are quite common, but I also recall that they can be
temperamental, certain bluetooth dongles only recognising certain other
devices etc. Maybe things have changed however :-) There certainly still
seem to be a lot of RF desktops available.

Cheers,

Tim.



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