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New 'Magic Mouse 2' and Apple Wireless Keyboard With Bluetooth 4.2 Appear in FCC Filings

Still using the Mighty Mouse here, along with a wireless touchpad and wired keyboard on my iMac. That Magic Mouse never felt comfortable to me, at all. But I do likes The Mighty Mouse. A lot.
And Panasonic Eneloop rechargeables FTW!
 
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Interesting. I'd expected Bluetooth 4.1 in the new iPhone like the ipod touch - but perhaps we might see 4.2 instead? Not that you regularly need a mouse for an iPhone but it suggests that they could do it.

On the keyboard I hope the battery packs are removable and chargeable away from the Mac so if your keyboard is used a distance away you don't need a long trailing cable to charge...
 
DanTheAppleMan said:
Rechargeable peripherals have never sat well with my workflow. It's much easier to swap AAs than to be inconvenienced while it charges. Hopefully there's an elegant solution in the works.
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I use the Mobee Magic Charger with my Magic Mouse. It's effortless. When I walk away from the computer, I put the mouse on the charging pad. I find it a lot easier than running out of juice and having to hunt for replacement batteries.
 
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Dreadnought said:
It's about time Apple! And please fix the following: when putting the mouse off with the off button on the back it shouldn't wake your Mac from sleep mode! Does anybody else have this frustration?
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This happens to me sometimes, but it's not the on/off switch that's the problem. It's very easy to accidentally click while holding the mouse to reach the switch. That said, the switch design is poor. It should be a toggle button or something else to activate that doesn't lead to an accidental click...and one's machine waking from sleep. Maybe click and hold the mouse for 7 seconds to turn on/off, no switch required?
 
jettredmont said:
Numpad keyboards go for $5-20 on Amazon with free shipping, for the two times a year they are useful. If you need a num keypad more often than a couple times a year, then, yeah, get a non-Apple keyboard; I am sure they are not crying over losing that business. For the 90% of the market that is not doing data entry on a regular basis, the num keypad is an anachronism that doesn't need to be taking up desktop space.
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That's your opinion. My opinion says you're wrong.
 
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on the wireless keyboard in particular, with Apple able to do away with the barrel shaped feature on the bottom of the existing keyboard where the replaceable AA batteries are housed.

It's the barrel shaped feature on the bottom that raises the keyboard to a comfortable position for typing. Yet again form triumphs over function.
 
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rmbpuser said:
I have the current magic mouse and I really don't understand why people like using it. The surface is extremely frictive and doesnt feel good at all. Also the clicks are extremely loud and so is the mouse when you move it on any surface. It scratches very easily too.
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I have the current magic mouse and don't really understand why people dislike using it. The surface is extremely smooth and feels really good. Also the clicks are extremely positive & deliberate and so is the mouse when you move it on any surface. It doesn't scratch very easily too.


YMMV
 
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coldsweat said:
I have the current magic mouse and don't really understand why people dislike using it. The surface is extremely smooth and feels really good. Also the clicks are extremely positive & deliberate and so is the mouse when you move it on any surface. It doesn't scratch very easily too.


YMMV
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Maybe because it is so low-profile and it may be very uncomfortable for your hand?
 
Hopefully they add force touch to the mouse. But I'm not feeling a rechargeable mouse unless it is USB charge so you can plug it in directly to the laptop and still work otherwise I rather keep using AA batteries.
 
subjonas said:
Sadly this is the most exciting Apple news I've heard in awhile, in regards to something I might actually buy. Not sure I want rechargeable peripherals though... Let's see what Apple does with it.
Mostly waiting for news on iPad pro! Also hoping for a 5.5" iPod touch.
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5.5 iPod touch? Lol. Keep dreaming.
 
edenwaith said:
The two biggest problems I had with the Magic Mouse are
1) Replacing batteries every couple of months (and the weight of the device because of the batteries)
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  1. Pop out batteries.
  2. Pop in fresh batteries from charger
  3. Put drained batteries in charger ready for next time.
Not really difficult!

And, since the batteries last a month or two it's not as if you're having to do this all the time.

It seems to me like it would be much more annoying to have to find and plug in an appropriate cable to recharge an integrated battery. Especially if it dies while you're in the middle of working on something important! (where did I put that cable again?)

However, if the new integrated batteries last far longer (like 6 months at least) then maybe it wouldn't be so bad.

2) Poor ergonomics.
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I'm with you on that one. The Magic Mouse design is something I've grown accustomed to, rather that something I've grown to love.
 
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Morod said:
Still using the Mighty Mouse here, along with a wireless touchpad and wired keyboard on my iMac. That Magic Mouse never felt comfortable to me, at all. But I do likes The Mighty Mouse. A lot.
And Panasonic Eneloop rechargeables FTW!
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The Mighty Mouse was a nicer shape, but it's dinky scroll wheel was just absolutely awful.
 
Toltepeceno said:
NO, it's relevant depending on who is using it. Your wants or needs are not the same as everyone's so it's all relevant. I don't need a numbers pad attached that I will never use at all. Kind of like your comment on the bezel of the tray that adds a trackpad or numbers pad to the keyboard. The numbers pad is far wider than that bezel and unnecessary to me.

I actually would not mind the keyboard being larger, just do not have any need for a numbers pad. Not everyone is the same. By all means make 2 keyboards. One with and one without the numbers pad, or as was suggested get the freaking tray and add a numbers pad. It makes a whole lot more sense as if it's made on to the keyboard those of us that do not need it cannot cut it off. IN one post you complain about the bezel which is not large and in another you complain about the "teeny tiny" keyboard so that means it's about complaining, period.
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Toltepeceno said:
Apparently it's all about complaining since the apple keyboard is tiny and another about this tray making it big, bulky or heavy. I've seen these and I agree they are not big, bulky or heavy. It's not about wanting a fix, it's about complaining.
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I agree everyone has their own needs, but I'm not sure why you're getting so agitated that mine are different from yours. Look at how I presented my opinion in the post you're responding to: "I think", "I suppose", "it seems weird". More or less relevant in my opinion, never irrelevant. Nobody's invalidating your preferences here...

Besides, did you get to the part about the "freaking tray" solution costing $100 and not actually working without going at it with power tools? Somewhere around that post I also mention that I have a perfectly functional solution with an older version of the wireless keyboard. Sky's not falling-- sorry if I gave that impression.

And you understand that the thread is about a possible upcoming Apple product-- it seems a little premature to come down on me for not accepting a kludgy solution to a problem you're only hoping i have sometime in the future. I may still get my wish, in which case I'd be building a $150 Franken-keyboard for naught.
 
DanTheAppleMan said:
Rechargeable peripherals have never sat well with my workflow. It's much easier to swap AAs than to be inconvenienced while it charges. Hopefully there's an elegant solution in the works.
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I run a magic mouse, trackpad, and keyboard all on rechargeables without the slightest hassle at all. All it takes is an extra pair that sits permanently in the charger, to be exchanged whenever one of the peripherals runs low. Piece of cake.
 
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Three 'features' I do not want:
Backlit - useless on a desktop keyboard and drains battery. Stop sitting in the dark.
Numpad - why? To enter the occasional credit card number 10 seconds faster? Silly. If you're a mathematician, buy a calculator.
Touch ID - on a peripheral? Over bluetooth, which apparently is pretty insecure? Scary.
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If you're an engineer [Mechanical for example] you deal with large data sets routinely. You set up all sorts of triggers and numeric functions while taking in those points from the device(s) you are testing.

If you think I want to type above my keyboard into spreadsheets and export the graphs using the numbers above my QWERTY row you're nuts.

Mathematicians deal in equations that don't touch data inputs until you convert them into algorithmic equivalents and large matrix inputs.
 
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No more AA batteries, so let me guess.... THINNER?

By the way, I've always liked the rechargeable AA batteries solution. It's much easier than than to have to wire the mouse/keyboard for a while to charge it. It's the complete wireless solution!

But on the other hand, if you encounter problem with the bluetooth connection or you accidentally turned off bluetooth, it's easier to just plug in the cable than to dig out your spare wired mouse. But I still prefer the AA. It's also one of the things I like about the Steam controller (but alas, it's using proprietary dongle connection instead of standard bluetooth).
 
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Cartoonkid said:
Unnecessary to have a wireless keyboard?? Well, you're certainly entitled to your opinion, but I hate dealing with wires. They're either not long enough when I need to move my keyboard out of the way, or they're too long and get in the way.

And for those of us (maybe just me?) who use a keyboard with an iPad, even if I wanted wired, it isn't an option.

Maybe Apple can come out with a wired/wireless version to make us both happy. LOL
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I think it really depends on your work environment. My desktop keyboard it basically in a fixed position, so it's pretty unnecessary. Also, I really don't like dealing with batteries and bluetooth. I have Linux running on a separate partition and Bluetooth on my macbook has been a constant source of problem for me. And the keyboard is sort of important
chucker23n1 said:
Yes, inputting primarily numeric data is, increasingly, a specialized task.

As a software developer, I rarely need to do that professionally. Nor privately.
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"I don't need it, so nobody does!"

Seriously, inputting data is a very common task. If you don't need it, that's fine, but don't tell other people what they need their computer for. There are many people, regular people, that like to organize their finances with their computer. And possibly a majority of all jobs require inputting numbers at some point. It's not specialized, it's very basic.
 
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If you're an engineer [Mechanical for example] you deal with large data sets routinely. You set up all sorts of triggers and numeric functions while taking in those points from the device(s) you are testing.

If you think I want to type above my keyboard into spreadsheets and export the graphs using the numbers above my QWERTY row you're nuts.

Mathematicians deal in equations that don't touch data inputs until you convert them into algorithmic equivalents and large matrix inputs.
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Sure thats a great point. My comments were a little silly I admit.
I guess I just hope there is no numpad because I have no need for one? Bit selfish I guess.
 
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my dream would just be a mighty mouse, with a quality scroll ball that actually worked neatly and didn't gunk up. that and two simultaneously press-able buttons
 
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