Bluetooth compact mouse recommendations

Does anyone have any recommendations for a compact bluetooth mouse without a transceiver for an OSX 10.6 Air? I dont like the magic mouse, and my old Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 that i have for my PC doesnt work so well with the air, but i love its size.

I have the Logitech V270 and it works as advertised-the infamous right click is there. I'd like to program it to some other function but that requires third party utilities. System Preferences won't show you battery life on it but not an issue since it's very power efficient. Realize that it's smaller than the Apple Mouse and has an actual power switch.

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    Are there plans to add functionality for the bluetooth mighty mouse in Windows XP using bootcamp??
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  • Logitech V470  Vs Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000

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