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| Logitech MX Air - Rechargeable Wireless Air Mouse | 
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| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
Buy New: £70.33
Buy New/Used from £60.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5194
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 50 x 22.8 x 13.8
MPN: 931633-0120
Model: 931633-0120
EAN: 5099206001633
ASIN: B000TL7ZJO
Release Date: July 12, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Packed with advanced laser technology and Freespace motion sensing technology, the MX Air Rechargeable Cordless Air Mouse from Logitech gives you precise tracking and instant responses on the desktop - and in the air! It's compatible with a number of applications, letting you navigate through your music, photo and video software with ease. You'll experience multimedia in a whole new way!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
The PS3's very own Wii-mote December 26, 2008
I think the photos tell their own story; this is indeed a thing of great beauty. Made of a combination of tough smoked acrylic and silver plastic (sorry, not stainless steel as you might have hoped for), it does look like a seriously futuristic piece of kit. Unfortunately its looks aren't quite matched by its feel, as it's actually pretty light and feels a little plasticky when compared to some other mice - this lightness is probably because the MX was designed to be held in the air so in that respect its lack of mass is perhaps quite welcome.
The MX Air comes with a small wireless dongle the size of a micro USB flash drive which you plug into your PC or, as I have done, PS3. Getting it working was almost embarrassingly simple - I plugged the dongle into one of my PS3's USB ports, switched the MX on and it worked immediately without any prompting or need to install drivers. Setting it up with Vista was almost as simple, although Windows did need to download and install the appropriate drivers, which it did automatically without me needing to use the included CD.
It's a relief to find that the MX actually works very well for what another reviewer quite rightly said was first-gen technology, in fact it worked with both my PS3 and PC without a need for any kind of orientation or setting-up period. The CD that comes with it includes Logitech's Setpoint software which allows you to configure the mouse to your own taste, including adjusting the scroll sensitivity and altering the button assignments. This CD obviously wasn't designed for the PS3 so many of the benefits are unfortunately for Windows or Mac machines only, nevertheless the MX still does a great job with the PS3, although it would be nice to be able to adjust the scroll speed as it moves a little fast for my liking.
I can't say for certain how the MX actually works because the marketing blurb goes on about "advanced laser technology and Freespace motion sensing technology" which means almost nothing to me - I had initially thought that it was little more than an oversized tilt switch due to the absence of any kind of infra-red receiver like you get with the Wii. But as every movement in the sir is translated into the same movement on-screen, there has to be more at work here - think of using the MX like using an ordinary mouse on a desk placed in front of you on its side (in a kind of 'wax on, wax off' way) and you're not far wrong. It has been described as the PS3's version of the Wii-mote and this description seems pretty accurate, just without the IR receiver bar.
I found that the MX lets you not only control the PS3's on-screen pointer but also to navigate through the PS3's X-media bar, although this isn't quite as intuitive or as easy as moving the pointer, with you controlling the motion using the MX more with gentle tilting movements. The left and right mouse buttons select and bring up the menu options, respectively. When moving the mouse pointer, however, movement is fluid and accurate, particularly if you have a larger screen which is really what the MX was designed for, although the PS3's menu system isn't the easiest to navigate without the standard controller and the MX can only assist so much. I found myself needing to go back to the controller on more than one occasion after having got into a pickle and being unable to find the right button combination to do what I wanted.
The MX has left and right mouse buttons, a touch-sensitive scroll bar in the centre and a volume and play/pause buttons, all of which light up with a nice orange glow when used. The buttons are subtle but fairly tactile, just perhaps not as good as `proper' switch ones, and can be configured for use with Windows using Setpoint. You also get a small charging dock which houses the MX when it's not in use and the lithium-ion battery should give several days' worth of use from a full 2-hour charge, depending on how much you use it in the air as this drains the battery more quickly. You also get a cleaning cloth which you WILL need to use regularly if you want to keep the MX clean as it picks up fingerprints like nothing else. In fact, other than its lack of what I would call a good weighty `feel' and the inability to configure it properly for the PS3, its propensity to attract smudges is the only real fly in an otherwise fly-less ointment. It takes a little getting used to at first and probably isn't the most necessary gadget out there but for sheer cool factor this is hard to beat.
Logitech MX Air September 29, 2008
Good mouse from Logitech again, used Logitech for many years. Easy to set-up and easy to set commands for the allocated buttons. Software the same as most Logitech mice's, load and pick the stuff you need you mouse to do. Air controls not bad but never used, and the only thing l could find a bit out of place was its a bit long in the hand. Could have been made a bit smaller, but maybe l don't have a very large hand. But overall smooth and well made for the price
Logitech MX Air September 29, 2008
Good mouse from Logitech again, used Logitech for many years. Easy to set-up and easy to set commands for the allocated buttons. Software the same as most Logitech mice's, load and pick the stuff you need you mouse to do. Air controls not bad but never used, and the only thing l could find a bit out of place was its a bit long in the hand. Could have been made a bit smaller, but maybe l don't have a very large hand. But overall smooth and well made for the price
 OK, but not great September 19, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just bought one of these with a view to it replacing a previous Logitech mouse.
I was after a mouse with media controls, not just to work with a screen in the air (one of its main features). Assuming it was more of a media control mouse I was a bit dissappointed. There is a play/pause button, but not dedicated next/previous buttons, nor dedicated volume increase/decrease controls. It's possible to map the select button to a next button which is a start, and the volume button brings up a slider which is better than nothing.
Two other problems with the mouse are the scroller buttons, which just don't work as well as a scrolling mouse wheel. Also the central button set are actually quite difficult to get your fingers to.
So in summary, it looks great, and some of the buttons are OK. But poorly thought out location for some buttons, and a lack of sufficient useful media buttons (which this is designed for after all) are a downer.
A good attempt for first gen technology August 10, 2008
Essentially all the other reviews for this are true... it is a stirling attempt by logitech to create an air mouse. Its easy to setup, install and with some fiddling on the settings the mouse sensitivity can be made to work nicely.
Where it fails:
The third mouse button which simulates a mouse wheel doesn't feel quite right and is difficult to control no matter how much you play with the settings.
In the air the mouse pointer will often move to the right of its own accord. I don't know why this happens, but other people I know have had the same problem. Its easily rectified just by freezing the cursor position, or going back to surface and leaving it for awhile before moving back to air control... just annoying.
In the air it is no where near as accurate as the Wii controller for those of us who have had the pleasure to use the Wii Opera browser.
But as I said - still a very good first attempt - I have a second large television with a PC attached but I'll be waiting for the next gen of this before buying again.
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