   Is this wireless thought doable today?
  Hey,I've just ordered a widescreen TFT and am considering getting an iBook for mobile use. Now my actual thoughts lie with wireless keyboards and mice. I noticed you can get these wireless by bluetooth. Does this mean that I can just walk in with my iBook, put it on the floor, plug my monitor in and just type without having to fiddle around with keyboard and mouse connections?I just thought that would be cool; do some programming outside, weather gets iffy, come inside, plug the monitor in and just carry on exactly where I was before.Any one know if I could do it in such a no-frills way?   
  You'll probably need to pair the keyboard first once, but otherwise it should connect without much hassle.   ;  Keep in mind that using wireless keyboards can be a major security risk, when typing in passwords, banking codes, or similar. Bluetooth doesn't have a huge range fortunately, but if you live in a densly populated area, someone might catch the signals.Wirless mouse, OK, no problems. But IMO, a wireless keyboard really isn't worth the hassle (also with changing batteries, etc). It's not like you move you keyboard around the room every two seconds. Sure for notebooks it's nice, but well, sticking in a USB plug isn't really that much work either...;  Oh yea, hadn't considered batteries and stuff. There's always a catch. Thanks for the point there Yann, thats reason enough for me not to bother investiging.   ;  As far as battery life goes, I have had to change the batteries in my bluetooth mouse once since I bought it in the summer (Juneish). I can't vouch for keyboards, but I wouldn't think it would be much different. I personally wouldn't be scared off the need for batteries.   ;Quote:Original post by OmniPresence11As far as battery life goes, I have had to change the batteries in my bluetooth mouse once since I bought it in the summer (Juneish). I can't vouch for keyboards, but I wouldn't think it would be much different. I personally wouldn't be scared off the need for batteries.The catch with batteries is that they always die when you're on deadline, you don't have any in your house and it's 2am in the morning [smile]   ;  I used to have a wireless keyboard and mouse, I thought it was brilliant but I keep very weird hours and sometimes when I am on a deadline that comes without warning, I just sleep whenever I can and sometimes work for more than 30 hours at a time, the batterys were running low and it was annoying.Then after about 6 months, I realised that I never used the keyboard or mouse more than 3 meters away from my computer, switched to wired, and stuck with it since!keyboards are the same, they get dirty, (hairs, dust, other things) and I would rather replace a £1.50 board every 4 months, then say get that new logitech one with a screen and stuff just to get it messed up!