Wireless Technology

Duddun · 01-05-2003, 10:09 PM

What are your thoughts on Wireless technology and the Advancements in technology. I got a new computer for christmas and my father brought home a wireless mouse and Keyboard for me. Cellphones, keyboard, mouse, etc... Anything you can think of.

The keyboard and mouse require a USB connection. (Comes in most new computers) You hook up the transmitter in the USB and then press buttons on the devices then they work! The one I have (May be the only type) is from Logiteck.

***gdl96*** · 01-06-2003, 12:11 AM

The wireless gaming controller for the Nintendo Gamecube, aka Wavebird, is one of the greatest things ever created. No longer am I bound by wires when I play video games. It works flawlessly, and I can play anywhere in the room without worrying about not having enough wire. And now my dog doesn't run through the wire and knock down my Gamecube. The Wavebird is worth every penny...and it's only $5 more than a normal first party Gamecube controller. Yay wireless!

Duddun · 01-06-2003, 12:14 AM

I have a gamecube and have heard differing reviews on that. I might have to get one though. My cat always knocks them out or I sit back an the controller pulls out of the ____(I don't know what it's called)

Coney · 01-06-2003, 02:45 AM

I've got a wireless mouse........which is handy......why is it that mouse cables always try to impersonate a sleeping snake?

I never saw the point in a wireless keyboard tho'..........it's not as if the keyboard ever moves anywhere

Duddun · 01-07-2003, 09:38 PM

If you are having a conference you can spin the monitor around to face the conference table and bring the keyboard over.

gimli-son-of-gloin13 · 01-09-2003, 04:28 PM

*sigh* wireless technolagy! greatest thing ever! cause you can say look now im over here! yay it still work and so on and so forth

Spock · 01-09-2003, 08:53 PM

Good show recently on Tech Tv; such technology is open to anyone with a scanner within a couple hundred yards of your set. So a creepy neighbor, etc. can be "watching" all you do.
Somthing to think about.

Arathorn · 01-10-2003, 03:48 AM

There are, unless I missed anything else, currently 2 types of wireless technology used in computer mice:

1. Infrared (IR)
2. Radio frequency

Both employ a transciever that can be hooked to your pc either through a Com port, a PS/2 mouse port, or a USB port. The other transciever is in the mouse itself (of course) and is usually powered by AAA batteries (unless they've discovered some other way like dilithium crystals

)

Radio frequency is the "in" thing since it doesn't require a "line-of-sight" between the mouse and the wired transciever. One can, thus tuck the transciever into behind the monitor and even work even a short distance away from the PC without worrying if someone might block the signal between your mouse and the transciever.

I think they're trying to work on better power saving technology so you won't have to change batteries as often. I've heard Logitech's had some success with this when they introduced the wireless optical mouse (which consumes power for both the wireless tech as well as for the optical system).

01-05-2003, 10:09 PM	#1
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	Wireless Technology What are your thoughts on Wireless technology and the Advancements in technology. I got a new computer for christmas and my father brought home a wireless mouse and Keyboard for me. Cellphones, keyboard, mouse, etc... Anything you can think of. The keyboard and mouse require a USB connection. (Comes in most new computers) You hook up the transmitter in the USB and then press buttons on the devices then they work! The one I have (May be the only type) is from Logiteck. __________________ If you say my name I go "What?" If you say my name twice I go and look it up in the dictionary. **************************** I'm Not Evil! ************************** If the critics say it's good, is it really That good? ************************** It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a balloon! **************************** Duddun, Son of Bubbun

01-06-2003, 12:14 AM	#3
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	I have a gamecube and have heard differing reviews on that. I might have to get one though. My cat always knocks them out or I sit back an the controller pulls out of the ____(I don't know what it's called) __________________ If you say my name I go "What?" If you say my name twice I go and look it up in the dictionary. **************************** I'm Not Evil! ************************** If the critics say it's good, is it really That good? ************************** It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a balloon! **************************** Duddun, Son of Bubbun

01-06-2003, 02:45 AM	#4
Coney The Buddy Rabbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Trapped in the headlights.. Posts: 3,372	I've got a wireless mouse........which is handy......why is it that mouse cables always try to impersonate a sleeping snake? I never saw the point in a wireless keyboard tho'..........it's not as if the keyboard ever moves anywhere __________________ Blessed are the cracked, they let the light in Beatallica

01-07-2003, 09:38 PM	#5
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	If you are having a conference you can spin the monitor around to face the conference table and bring the keyboard over. __________________ If you say my name I go "What?" If you say my name twice I go and look it up in the dictionary. **************************** I'm Not Evil! ************************** If the critics say it's good, is it really That good? ************************** It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a balloon! **************************** Duddun, Son of Bubbun

01-09-2003, 04:28 PM	#6
gimli-son-of-gloin13 Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Over the river and through the woods. Posts: 193	sigh wireless technolagy! greatest thing ever! cause you can say look now im over here! yay it still work and so on and so forth __________________ http://www.4degreez.com/misc/persona...sorder_test.mv Do you have any personality disorders, click here and see! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://public.findlaw.com/states_new.html Find your rights as a student!

01-06-2003, 12:11 AM	#2
*gdl96* the greg the admin Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: NJ Posts: 2,101	The wireless gaming controller for the Nintendo Gamecube, aka Wavebird, is one of the greatest things ever created. No longer am I bound by wires when I play video games. It works flawlessly, and I can play anywhere in the room without worrying about not having enough wire. And now my dog doesn't run through the wire and knock down my Gamecube. The Wavebird is worth every penny...and it's only $5 more than a normal first party Gamecube controller. Yay wireless!

01-09-2003, 08:53 PM	#7
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Good show recently on Tech Tv; such technology is open to anyone with a scanner within a couple hundred yards of your set. So a creepy neighbor, etc. can be "watching" all you do. Somthing to think about. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

01-10-2003, 03:48 AM	#8
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	There are, unless I missed anything else, currently 2 types of wireless technology used in computer mice: 1. Infrared (IR) 2. Radio frequency Both employ a transciever that can be hooked to your pc either through a Com port, a PS/2 mouse port, or a USB port. The other transciever is in the mouse itself (of course) and is usually powered by AAA batteries (unless they've discovered some other way like dilithium crystals ) Radio frequency is the "in" thing since it doesn't require a "line-of-sight" between the mouse and the wired transciever. One can, thus tuck the transciever into behind the monitor and even work even a short distance away from the PC without worrying if someone might block the signal between your mouse and the transciever. I think they're trying to work on better power saving technology so you won't have to change batteries as often. I've heard Logitech's had some success with this when they introduced the wireless optical mouse (which consumes power for both the wireless tech as well as for the optical system). __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

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