Wireless mouse and keyboard

A wireless mouse and a keyboard can be great notebook computer accessories while traveling with your wireless notebook. You get the benefit of a full sized keyboard, and the convenience of using a fully featured mouse without the clutter of wires attached to your laptop. Commonly used programs and files are easily accessed with programmed hot keys, there is better maneuverability with optical technology or laser technology and there is 4-way scrolling. The design is also ergonomic thereby giving total comfort due to natural wrist and arm alignment while working. Certain mice have a magnifier that helps to enlarge and edit details using point and click. The wireless receiver is fitted in the USB port and has an antenna that can rotate to adjust the receiving capability. Bluetooth technology, laser technology, or optical technology is used for wireless keyboard and mouse.

Important features of wireless keyboard and mouse

• Ergonomic design. A lot of time is spent with the hands on a mouse and a keyboard thereby accelerating the usage of an ergonomically designed mouse and keyboard. The hand has to remain in a most relaxed and natural position thereby encouraging a significant decrease in the development of carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms. The key bed is curved thereby requiring less finger effort, the gable is usually angled at 14 degrees to reduce wrist pronation.
• Scrolling. The mice are so designed to give a more efficient way to navigate documents, spreadsheets, and web pages. The wheel underneath the mice can tilt and so can move up and down as well as side-to-side thereby enabling 4-way scrolling and eliminating the need to click tiny scroll arrows.
• Magnifier and Zoom control. Certain mouse products feature a magnifier, which works like a magnifying glass. A simple press and hold motion can enlarge the area inside the magnifier lens. The size and the level of magnification can be controlled as per individual needs. It can be extremely useful to do detailed jobs like touching up photos etc. Some keyboards also support zooming. A sliding switch is given on a keyboard, which enables zooming in or out. This feature is extremely useful baby boomers with declining vision. However, only programs that support magnification and zooming will be able to work.
• Customizable hot keys. The hot keys can be customized to perform common tasks, like opening documents and replying to e-mail.
• Laser technology/Optical technology/Bluetooth technology. Certain mice support these technologies to give precise control, and to deliver smoother tracking ability.
• Longer battery life. Most wireless keyboards and mice support longer battery life, up to 6 or more months, so that you can work with less interruption.
• F-Key functionality. The function keys can be customized to access any feature that you want.
• The operating system that they generally require is Windows XP Pro or Windows XP Home/Media/Center Edition/Tablet PC Edition, Windows 2000 SP4 or higher. The disk space requirement is 60 MB free with 100 MB install space. It connects via the USB port. Two AAA alkaline batteries are required to power the keyboard and two more are required to power the mouse.
• The cost of the wireless keyboard and mouse is generally from $80 to $130 depending upon the features included.