Microsoft's Collapsible Touch Mouse Now Available

[JMcEntegart]

Just in time for Christmas, eh Microsoft?

Microsoft's Collapsible Touch Mouse Now Available : Read more

 

[stingstang]

I actually do live near Bloomington. A Bloomington, anyway. Not buying it, though. What's the selling point? There are more portable, and better functioning mice out there for less money.

 

[tacoslave]

it looks REALLY uncomfortable

 

[del35]

Ummm, too bad MS is not "our boy", or we would be hearing about this crap almost as much as we hear of similar efforts by crapple's US media's poster boy, Mr Jobs--The Super Con Artist.

 

[chickenhoagie]

stingstang - bloomington, Illinois?


and actually tacoslave, I've tried out a similar microsoft mouse ( an arc mouse with a folding back) and it is very comfortable. and definitely stylish

 

[eddieroolz]

I still think it looks a bit like a worm traversing in its motion. Nothing bad though.

 

[James296]

looks like a stylish radar gun to me

 

[Guest]

the buttons should've been on the other side of the arc

 

[deletemach_kernel]

would like to see how much it costs here .else its the roccat pyra wireless or razer mamba for me....

this looks stylish.... if it is cheaper may acutally give it a shot..... the women in the house might love it

 

[cruiseoveride]

If Apple came out with this it would be the next best thing in the world.

 

[Guest]

What does it do exactly? Is it a mouse or touchpad? http://ddp.net/jab

 

[TomTomz]

@chickenhoagie That's where I live

 

[sliem]

Too expensive. Try $30.

 

[i_am_aronman]

[citation][nom]chickenhoagie[/nom]stingstang - bloomington, Illinois?and actually tacoslave, I've tried out a similar microsoft mouse ( an arc mouse with a folding back) and it is very comfortable. and definitely stylish[/citation]
Yea but it does look uncomfortable, its nice to know somebody has tried it though to know otherwise. I am not sure how much i like the touch feature though, it seems like you could accidentally scroll when you don't want to and such. i guess i would have to try it though.

 

[gogogadgetliver]

@i_am_aronman

The scroll is done by a kind of separate touch strip in the middle. Software can tell casual finger motion from holding the mouse apart from an intended scroll motion.

And it's pretty comfy. Ergonomics was a big design factor.

 

[chickenhoagie]

@ i_am_aronman. I didn't try the model with touch sensitive feature, but it had the same arc design, just solid buttons.

and @ TomTomz. interesting to know i'm about 30 minutes from there

 

[Yoder54]

[citation][nom]cruiseoveride[/nom]If Apple came out with this it would be the next best thing in the world.[/citation]

Actually, they would never produce anything like this for a couple of reasons: 1) it is black, and 2) it is not aesthetically pleasing. Besides, Apple is moving towards tactile devices. Their Magic Mouse uses multi-touch technology, and the Trackpad completely replaces the need for a mouse.

 

[Yoder54]

The above should read "Apple already uses tactile devices."

 

[gogogadgetliver]

[citation][nom]Yoder54[/nom]Actually, they would never produce anything like this for a couple of reasons: 1) it is black, and 2) it is not aesthetically pleasing. Besides, Apple is moving towards tactile devices. Their Magic Mouse uses multi-touch technology, and the Trackpad completely replaces the need for a mouse.[/citation]

I find the ArcMouse to be very asthetically pleasing. More so than apples magic mouse which just kinda looks like cheap plastic paperweight. But yeah, it's black.

I think you mean Apple is moving AWAY from tactile devices. There is nothing tactile about touch devices by themselves. They produce no sense of touch like a mechanical button does.

By contrast the ArcMouse has vibration tied to it's touch sensitive scroll wheel.

 

[dEAne]

It looks like a stapler to me than a mouse.

 

[HardcoreGrady]

I dig it, but i don't think i'd ever buy one. My mouse works just fine.