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> it at one point had a charging port under the mouse I've read that the motivation for this decision was to ensure that the customer would use the device wire
by sidpatil 6y ago
> it at one point had a charging port under the mouse
I've read that the motivation for this decision was to ensure that the customer would use the device wirelessly as intended. I guess it could be beneficial for the battery as well.
In any case, it proves your point further.
- johnwalkr 6y agoI understood this as a feature when, after using the Apple mouse with this charging port, I got a Logitech Bluetooth mouse as I needed a middle mouse button for one program. It happens to have a front facing charging port. The mouse worked well and I recommended it to colleagues. On occasions when the battery died, I left a USB cable plugged in and assumed I was using the mouse by USB. At some point I realized it was for charging only after wasting time on “i don’t understand, even after I turn off Bluetooth, the USB interface doesn’t work.” A few times since then I’ve helped colleagues troubleshoot by informing them that there is no USB data interface and they should be checking Bluetooth and not swapping out cables. In both cases (Apple and Logitech), a “charge only” label would have been nice.
- systemvoltage 6y agoInteresting, thanks for sharing. That just made it even worse! What they should've done is to make it work either way so if the battery is low, you can connect it via USB to the mac and still use it while it is charging.