True Bluetooth Trackballs?

danaris asks: "I've been using a Logitech Cordless TrackMan with my PowerBook for some time now, and I'm very happy with it, except for one thing: I still have to plug it in. Not the trackball itself, of course, but the receiver. Now that I have a laptop with built-in Bluetooth, I'd really like to be able to use a trackball that doesn't -have- a receiver. However, after hours of searching, I found exactly one trackball (from MacMice) that uses Bluetooth, and it's not exactly what I'm looking for. It looks very awkward for someone used to the TrackMan, and (the killer) it only has 2 buttons. If I'm getting a brand-new Bluetooth trackball, I'm not settling for anything less than 4-5 buttons (the TrackMan has 8). So, has anyone else have better luck than me in finding such a thing?"

Comments

Re:Doesnt exist because of insufficient demand

[danaris]

Um, my compromise is sticking with the excellent TrackMan I've already got. I'd just like to remove the extra step of plugging in the receiver.

As to why I'm using a trackball (I wouldn't call it "giant"...), it's because...I like trackballs. I hate, hate, hate those tiny little "pocket mice" which are way too small for me, and I like being able to use the trackball by simply holding it in my hands (thus needing no surface).

Dan Aris

Re:Two buttons? Why two buttons?

[RevAaron]

Mac OSX can use mice with one to infinite buttons. This isn't System 7.

Ha! Typical loss-of-functionality scenario that Apple keeps trying to force feed us. Some of us remember NeXTSTEP 3.3, which supported zero to infinite plus one mice- and hell, some of us still use it. This thing about mice and OS X- it's almost as bad as the lack of window/application remoting in OS X ala X11. OS X's ancestors had it, in NSHost and NXHost, but Apple decided not to reimplement that little nugget of joy when moving from Display PostScript to Quartz/Display PDF.

Now this! Oh, the injustice! Let's hope we get a tablet mac, that might make up for it.