Is This Microsoft's Version of Apple's Magic Mouse?
Apple's recently launched Magic Mouse marries the track pad with a more traditional input device to bring us a mouse with multitouch capabilities. However, it seems Microsoft has been planning it's own multitouch mouse for a while.
istartedsomething points to growing evidence that suggests Microsoft could take on Apple's Magic Mouse with a touch sensitive version of its stylish Arc mouse. The site reports that several European etailers boast listings for a product called the "Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse," with a $70 price tag that's in line with what the Magic Mouse costs.
Also lending weight to the theory of a multitouch Arc is the domain arctouchmouse.com, which Microsoft registered in late March.
In 2009, Microsoft Research published a paper presenting the possibilities of "novel input devices that combine the standard capabilities of a computer mouse with multi-touch sensing." Of the five devices detailed in the paper, the one that looks most like Microsoft's Arc mouse is the FTIR mouse (pictured above), which involves IR lights and an IR camera.
(istartedsomething via Slash Gear)

Keyboards and mice need that nice click. Some people seem to be able to deal with it but a lot of us need the clicky... Thats one thing about the Wii they did get right was having it vibrate when you highlight a button (some games anyway) it adds a little more feedback that yeah your in the right spot.
Even gesture based mouse use throws me off (I had to turn it off in Opera it kept happening on accident.
i need the click
hate those laptops with those keyboards that offer little to no resistance
Yes, like pinch-zooming, rotating, and, ummmm.... That's it.
The thumbs up?
using multi touch in softwares such as mudbox for modelling would be great. will be loads better i think....