Wireless Bluetooth Mouse for Laptop Question

[Thai]

My laptop has bluetooth and I want to get a wireless mouse for it. The ones I see all come with a tiny bluetooth usb adapter. Do I HAVE to use that adapter regardless? Or can I use my built-in bluetooth?

Thanks.

*Edit* - It would seem that most wireless mouse are not Bluetooth at all and that there are Bluetooth specific mouse. Hmmm...

[_Allan_]

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/mice-pointers/mice/v470-cordless-laser-mouse-for-bluetooth

[oldpro]

My laptop has bluetooth and I want to get a wireless mouse for it. The ones I see all come with a tiny bluetooth usb adapter. Do I HAVE to use that adapter regardless? Or can I use my built-in bluetooth?

Thanks.

*Edit* - It would seem that most wireless mouse are not Bluetooth at all and that there are Bluetooth specific mouse. Hmmm...

About 6 months ago, I bought from Dell, their own brand of Bluetooth mouse ($13.99 on Days of Dell sale) and a Bluetooth dongle from Meritline ($0.99 on sale) and the combination works flawlessly !. Mouse is really nice. Now, if your laptop has a built-in Bluetooth, I would imagine that any Bluetooth mouse should connect and work OK without a Bluetooth dongle.

[Meiosis]

Recently bought this for $5, decent build, looks nice (I get questions about where I got it occaisonally). Cant complain for $5 bucks, wireless but not bluetooth.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=140598844681&index=23&nav=SEARCH&nid=70714163871

[Thai]

Yeah originally I had assumed a 'wireless mouse' was Bluetooth. But apparently unless they're specified Bluetooth, they're running off another frequency. Good to know now. :)

[jeremfg]

Absolutely! As long as it's a bluetooth mouse, it should work with your internal bluetooth radio...

I've bought a mouse/keyboard combo from logitech a few years ago, and never used the included dongle! It's still in it's orignial wrapping :razz:

Just make sure it says "bluetooth" on the box, since many mouse now use a different protocol!