All you have to do is to look in the Bluetooth product directory and you will find that there are thousands of Bluetooth devices out there.īesides the cellular phone headset, I would think that the second most common device is the Bluetooth mouse that many people use on a laptop. Other than those Bluetooth headsets that make peoples’ ears look like they are on Star Trek, there are a wide variety of Bluetooth devices. Technically, when you use Bluetooth networking you are creating a Personal Area Network, or PAN. Bluetooth is wireless networking but it is short distance. Today, everyone is familiar with Bluetooth thanks to Bluetooth headsets that are very popular on cellular phones. No matter as, in the end, I got it working and am thankful that I did as this Bluetooth mouse is cool in every way and I would never go back to the old USB mouse. Perhaps it was the challenge of something new, that the mouse looked sleek and cool, or that I just was stubborn enough to make sure I got my free mouse working. Still, I was interested in it enough to spend some significant time making it work. Honestly, I may never have bought the Bluetooth mouse if it was not free. In that time, I had used a small laptop USB mouse that works pretty well.
I enjoyed using the laptop for a couple of months before Windows 7 was released and these items arrived. Recently, I bought a new Sony Vaio laptop that included a rebate for a free Bluetooth mouse and Windows 7. In this article, I will walk you through the process of adding a Bluetooth device in Windows 7 as well as give you some “gotchas” to watch out for so that the process runs smoothly. The process of adding Bluetooth devices in Windows 7 is very different from adding them in Windows Vista.