Bluetooth Mighty Mouse problem

I have a MacBook Pro, current with all software updates. I have an intermittent problem with the wireless mighty mouse (which also causes a problem with the trackpad button). The left mouse button stops working--the (secondary) right button and scroll button will work but it makes it terribly hard to select things...
If I turn off Bluetooth, the trackpad button resumes. Although I cannot reproduce this problem on demand, it happens several times a day.
I am not sure whether it is a software or hardware problem. Anyone with a similar experience?
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Weird. Call AppleCare.

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Alex,
Do a search of this forum for "mighty mouse right button" or "mighty mouse secondary button." There are a number of problems it may be. The first thing to be sure is that you aren't touching the left button at all while you try to right click. The MM works via sensing whether a finger is on the right or left side of the mouse, and if you are touching the left button even slightly it will register as a primary click rather than a secondary.
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Try reading through this thread and see if it helps:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=633522&tstart=0
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http://www.thelocale.org/files/howtos/mac-pro-bluetooth-howto.pdf
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Can someone please advise me on what to do with my new mighty mouse? I've had it for a couple of months now, and everyday it is affected by at least one of three functional glitches. These are:
1. The click, scroll and side bars stop functioning (the movement sensor still functions)
2. The index finger scroll pimple stop functioning in the up direction only (but not the down).
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I paid good money for this state of the art bluetooth device, and I expected more. I used a wireless mouse designed for a windows OS last year at it never had problems like this. (And it cost less than half the price!)
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