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Today starts out with me reading a well-explained piece on what PalmOne Palm has done wrong with their Treo software, HotSync software, and firmware. As someone who’s still trying really hard to like Palm—I have an m500 which is slightly better than a Palm V, except the Palm V was completely metal—I completely agree with the article.

On top of that, today I discovered that Logitech no longer offers its MX900 Bluetooth mouse. Brilliant. They have several cordless laptop mice but none are Bluetooth. They spent a lot of money advertising that they’re a Bluetooth-friendly company and now they don’t even sell Bluetooth standalone mice! Here’s a hint, Logitech: laptop users are the ones most likely to want or need Bluetooth mice. It doesn’t help that your only Bluetooth mouse was overly-expensive, had no off switch, did not actually officially support Mac OS X, and was intended for desktop use!

Why not make a Bluetooth version of the V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse? Instead of having a USB receiver that you have to carry around in the mouse, give it a retractable USB cable for charging, and allow it to communicate wirelessly via Bluetooth when not charging. I thought we had come a long way since my days of Bluetooth Woes, but I guess not.

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