I don’t think the shape or functionality of the mouse has changed much since the original version that took AAs, so I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if this isn’t even designers being snooty and it’s just Apple not wanting to retool their manufacturing to accommodate a front charging port.
Whether true or not, I remember this being positioned as Apple not wanting people to just leave it plugged in all the time, they wanted people to be seen using a wireless mouse, so they forced you to use it wirelessly.
And this is exactly why I just have cheap mice with separate rechargeable batteries. Also just have enough battery-powered junk to justify it.
Nothing is close enough to the tower for wired, at about 15 foot away, and I’ll never remember to charge something if I cant just plug it in to a separate power source and charge while using.
Smart money would have been on a wirelessly charged mouse and a wireless charging mousepad. But nobody uses mousepads anymore, either, now that underside rollerball tracking isn’t an issue, so you can’t introduce something like that now.
Does such a thing exist, a wireless mouse with wireless charging mousepad? I’d expect it wouldn’t work because the coils would need to be aligned to charge.
No such thing exists to my knowledge no, but it could have back when the apple mouse was first introduced.
I have used a lot of wireless chargers (old phone usb port failed) and… the coil of the charger is typically the least of the problem, the charging coil on the device not matching up with it is usually the bigger issue.
But mice need basically no charge daily, and a mouse largely confined to a set area would, if well designed, always be on the useable charger space, so any mousepad with a trickle charge worth of capability would be plenty.
I have a couple of these and it’s pretty nice just not worrying about charging the mouse. Logitech used micro-USB for whatever reason, but it doesn’t really matter when you never interact with the cable.
This local site has two 1 star reviews because the powerplay 2 got worse and requires you to plug in a dongle and the mouse pad so your mouse now uses two ports when a wired one uses just one 😆
The USB-C version they currently have for $80 on their website has the port on the bottom, yes.
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/mxk53am/a/magic-mouse-usb‑c-white-multi-touch-surface
I don’t think the shape or functionality of the mouse has changed much since the original version that took AAs, so I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if this isn’t even designers being snooty and it’s just Apple not wanting to retool their manufacturing to accommodate a front charging port.
Whether true or not, I remember this being positioned as Apple not wanting people to just leave it plugged in all the time, they wanted people to be seen using a wireless mouse, so they forced you to use it wirelessly.
And this is exactly why I just have cheap mice with separate rechargeable batteries. Also just have enough battery-powered junk to justify it.
Nothing is close enough to the tower for wired, at about 15 foot away, and I’ll never remember to charge something if I cant just plug it in to a separate power source and charge while using.
Smart money would have been on a wirelessly charged mouse and a wireless charging mousepad. But nobody uses mousepads anymore, either, now that underside rollerball tracking isn’t an issue, so you can’t introduce something like that now.
Does such a thing exist, a wireless mouse with wireless charging mousepad? I’d expect it wouldn’t work because the coils would need to be aligned to charge.
No such thing exists to my knowledge no, but it could have back when the apple mouse was first introduced.
I have used a lot of wireless chargers (old phone usb port failed) and… the coil of the charger is typically the least of the problem, the charging coil on the device not matching up with it is usually the bigger issue.
But mice need basically no charge daily, and a mouse largely confined to a set area would, if well designed, always be on the useable charger space, so any mousepad with a trickle charge worth of capability would be plenty.
Turns out it does exist!
https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/shop/p/powerplay-wireless-charging
Who knew?
Thats neat though, one of my friends was saying how nice it would be for lab cord management, but not for that price lol
Lol you can complain about the US price of $89.99, but the NZD price is $289.95, which is about $174USD!
Yeah, but then you don’t live in the US which automatically makes the price tag worth it 😁
I have a couple of these and it’s pretty nice just not worrying about charging the mouse. Logitech used micro-USB for whatever reason, but it doesn’t really matter when you never interact with the cable.
Do you have the powerplay 1?
This local site has two 1 star reviews because the powerplay 2 got worse and requires you to plug in a dongle and the mouse pad so your mouse now uses two ports when a wired one uses just one 😆
Yeah I have the 1. I forgot they removed the receiver in the 2. Classic Logitech.