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Microsoft Mobile Memory Mouse 8000 February 6th, 2008 | by Josh Norem

Features and Design

Since most people tote their notebooks around with them, the most important feature of a wireless USB notebook mouse is size, or lack of it. It has to be small and highly portable, and the Mobile Memory Mouse certainly fits that bill.

The Mobile Memory Mouse has a right-handed shape, with grooves for both your thumb and ring finger on the sides. Behind the smooth-scrolling (no ratcheting, in other words) mouse wheel lies a battery life indicator light. It features left-and-right click buttons, plus two buttons for web navigation. You can also depress the mouse wheel for a click, and push the wheel left and right to scroll sideways.

The mouse has a right-handed design that is very comfy despite its small size.

The mouse uses 2.4GHz wireless technology and works in conjunction with a memory stick transceiver that has 1GB of memory inside it - which is clever. All these mice use a little USB stick to communicate with the mouse, so why not push some flash memory inside it?

Unlike most wireless USB mice designed for notebooks, the Mobile Memory Mouse is rechargeable, but rather than putting it into some sort of charging dock, which would be totally inconvenient, you just attach a little cable to both the mouse and the USB transceiver. The cable rests under the mouse and lies flat with the surface, so you can still use the mouse while it’s recharging. The cables attach via magnets, so connecting them is just a matter of putting the cable near the outlet and it snaps into place.

The charging cable attaches to the mouse and transceiver via magnets.