Q. Hi - I tried to order from Tigerdirect, but their shipping added around $50 to the price(!) Do you know when you plan having the new products with UK retailers?

A. Even though the world is made border-free in many ways through the Internet, that doesn’t include shipping and handling.

I talked with the marketing team over at MoGo and they said there has been (their words) and OUTRAGEOUS demand for the new x54’s outside the US. They are lining up European retailers right now.

Expect our announcement on a UK distributor SOON. The team wants UK availability within the month.

Q. The (Lenovo) X61 says that it has a Type I / II PC Card slot. Will the Mogo mouse BT fit in that type of slot? Thanks.

A. Yes, We are compatible for PC II Card Slot

Q. Last week, I answered a question about Macs and MoGo. I’ve had some emails asking me to clarify…

A. I forgot to add that the MoGo compatability chart is here.

Sorry about that.

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Earlier this week, I wrote a synopsis of Google Gears based on industry and what Google itself said about the product in its forums in press-releases.

I told you we would continue to follow developments on the topic as they occurred.

And today, one occurred.

I tried it.

I suppose attempted to try it would have been a better phrasing. .

My personal system is a Mac, on which I use Mozilla’s Firefox as my browser.

Whoops.

Go to the Google Gears Messageboard and you will discover the first major product glitch: Google Gears does not play well with Firefox, Opera, or Safari.

Some may chuckle and call that a ‘feature’ and not a ‘bug’. But this is a pluralist society, people. A product that doesn’t work on Mac’s most common surf-apps is cutting out a very desirable demographic (and I’m not just tooting my own horn, here.)

So I wheeled my executive chair to the other side of this partner’s desk to my partner’s shiny Wintel PC .

Lo! And Behold! Google Gears for Google reader does, in fact, work as advertised.

If you want to see screencaps and a great post on the experience - check out Rusty Brick’s post over at Search Engine Roundtable.

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“Hi, I’m a Mac.” “Hi, I’m A PC.” We’ve all seen the commercials, we’ve all heard the debate, Apple vs. Windows, yada yada yada. What about all you folks that run the other software?

No worries Linux users, all is not lost if you’re running a Linux laptop…you too can enjoy all the sweet benefits of a MoGo Mouse on the road. The process is a little more work than pairing it to a Mac of a PC, but then again, if you’re running Linux, you’re probably ok with things requiring a little more smarts. Lucky for you, I found a walkthrough that makes it even easier than you might think!

That said, here’s how to get your MoGo Mouse paired with your computer, it’s not as bad as it sounds:

“First, find the Bluetooth address of the mouse with the hcitool command:

% hcitool scan

 Scanning …


        AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF       MoGo Mouse BT

Then tell the Linux HID daemon to connect to that Bluetooth device and use it as a mouse:

% sudo hidd –connect=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF

If your GNOME Bluetooth setup is configured correctly you’ll be asked to enter the mouse’s PIN and then you’ll be connected.

For convenience I’ve set up a GNOME application launcher to run the following command so that I don’t have to connect the mouse from the terminal every time I want to use it:

gksu –message=”Enter your password to authorise the connection to the MoGo mouse”  

    “hidd –connect=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF”

I’m not going to lie, I really don’t have a clue what any of that said, but if you’re a Linux user, I’m guessing you do! Enjoy!

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