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Oliver Haslam

Apple could fix the Magic Mouse's biggest problem with this patent, and it isn't the Lightning port on the bottom

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The Magic Mouse has been around in various iterations for a number of years now, and it's more than you might think. The first Magic Mouse arrived in October of 2009 and has been roundly mocked ever since. But a new model might be on the horizon that will fix a huge issue that some people had with the Magic Mouse that's on sale today. The problem? It won't fix the problem that you're thinking about.

The Magic Mouse is of course Apple's first-party pointing device for those who prefer to use a mouser rather than a trackpad, something Apple also sells under the Magic Trackpad branding. But the Magic Mouse has its problems, including the fact that it's charged using a Lightning cable that plugs into a port on its belly. And yes, that means that you have to turn the whole thing over just to charge it. And yes, that means that you can't use the Magic Mouse while it charges. But that isn't even the biggest problem.

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