Anyone have some input on the possibility for getting a bluetooth mouse to work on the 770 as well as the keyboard?
Some things are really rather nice to have a mouse for, not least plain surfing. A scroll wheel to go up/down on the page would kick a lot of butt right there.
You'd think it would be doable, but is there something preventing it?
You'd think it would be doable, but is there something preventing it?
I've wondered the same thing. While the 770 w/ BT keyboard works great (OS 2005), a mouse is really needed. I've messed with BT mice under XP and they don't seem to have taken off very well (lack of HID profile, I'd guess).
Seems fairly simple to implement as the 770 already supports HID (or rather the BT plugin does). But I wonder about the lack of any sort of hardware cursor. Isn't that really needed?
A mouse would be cool, but it is kind of useless on such a small screen. I think the touchscreen would work much better...
Well, you're right, until you pair your 770 with a bluetooth keyboard. I've found it cumbersome to use the touchscreen while I've got the keyboard out. But that's just me.
Looking at http://770.fs-security.com/maemo-bt-plugin/ they mention that Bluetooth connectivity is provided through the BlueZ stack and that seems to include mouse functionality. It definitely can't be impossible to get a mouse working on this thing, but it does unfortunately seem to be beyond my capabilities to do so.
Look up the old threads about this : it was proved impossible months ago with the 2005 OS, not because of BT but due to the X server (no hardware cursor or something). Maybe it'll be different in the 2006 version.
