USB Splitter ??

caroline78

I am really hoping someone can help me.

I bought my husband a tablet for Christmas and he decided he wanted a keyboard and mouse for it. I managed to get a case with a keyboard built in but his tablet only had a micro USB slot so I had to buy an adapter to enable him to use the keyboard.

The tablet only has one USB slot. I am a bit stupid and thought a wireless mouse would work, but after reading about them they have a bit that needs to go into a USB slot too.

So I am trying to get a splitter, but there are so many and they don't all say that they are micro, the mouse doesn't even say if it is a micro USB or a normal one.

I know the wee cables are only pennies, but I don't want to buy something that is a waste of money.

Can someone please help me...

This is the mouse I am thinking of....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007F9IK2O/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AOR6C4HN5679H

caroline78

Scrap that just seen the mouse is only XP, Vista and Windows 7 compatible and his tablet is this one....

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/ipad-tablets-and-ereaders/tablets/archos-97-cobalt-9-7-tablet-8-gb-21780543-pdt.html

securityguy

caroline78 wrote: »

I am really hoping someone can help me.

I bought my husband a tablet for Christmas and he decided he wanted a keyboard and mouse for it.

Leaving aside the bizarre UI you'll end up with driving a pure tablet with a mouse, doesn't the keyboard you bought have a USB port on it? It's pretty standard for wired keyboards to have a small USB hub built in, for precisely this use-case (one lead from computer to keyboard, mouse plugged in to keyboard).

Otherwise you need a USB hub (one of these) which will cost you about ten quid.

For future reference, buying a tablet which doesn't support Bluetooth is a mistake, because that's the standard way to connect keyboards (and, I guess, mice: what _does_ the UI look like?) to tablets.

securityguy

caroline78 wrote: »

Scrap that just seen the mouse is only XP, Vista and Windows 7 compatible and his tablet is this one....

USB mice are USB mice: they all work with everything, at least insofar as they point and click. Things like scroll wheels require more support from the OS, and I suspect won't work in Android anyway (applications need to support scrolling themselves, rather than the service being provided by the OS, and who's going to bother implementing it?)

caroline78

The keyboard was this one..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ADOUNB4/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

so no extra slots anywhere..lol

[Deleted User]

Hi,

caroline78 wrote: »

So I am trying to get a splitter, but there are so many and they don't all say that they are micro, the mouse doesn't even say if it is a micro USB or a normal one.

from left to right,

normal, mini, micro.

caroline78

Thank you. I have sent the seller a wee message as they don't state which it is.

skivenov

Has the tablet got bluetooth?

If a mouse even works with it, it'll be a strange way of doing things when you've got a touchscreen.

prowla

As per above, a Windows compatible USB mouse will work with Windows, Mac, Linux; the vendors may decide to brand the device (and maybe its add-on software) to the latest release of the OS at the point in time they released the product.

I guess using a mouse & keyboard could make sense in certain circumstances with a tablet...

caroline78

No bluetooth..

I know it is strange, and he has a netbook as well... Oh don't even get me started on this..lol

I have bought the mouse and also one of the hubs, so we will see if it works. Fingers crossed....xx