Topic: Touch Mouse

[alahuin]

This is fairly old but you may not have seen it...
Not sure if I would want to make gestures with a mouse.......especially at $80...
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“The new Touch Mouse is a great way for customers to interact naturally with their Windows 7-based PC,” said Mark Relph, senior director of the Windows Developer and Ecosystem Team at Microsoft. “We worked closely with the Microsoft Hardware team to help develop the multitouch gestures that make Windows 7 easier, simpler and more fun to use. After just a few minutes with this mouse you’ll see why.”

As Easy as One, Two, Three

Touch Mouse lets people do everything they are used to doing with a mouse, such as point and click, but also adds gestures with one, two or three fingers to amplify the Windows 7 operating system by creating simple shortcuts to the tasks people want to do most.•
One finger lets people manage individual documents or pages by flicking to quickly scroll, pan and tilt, and one thumb lets people move back or forward through a Web browser.
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Two fingers manage windows, letting people maximize, minimize, snap and restore them.
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Three fingers let people navigate their whole desktop, showing instant viewer or clearing their desktop.
Additional Features

The Touch Mouse is equipped with BlueTrack Technology, letting consumers track on virtually any surface,1 and the tiny Nano transceiver is so small it never needs to come out of the USB port — just plug it in and forget it.

Pricing and Availability

Touch Mouse will be available in June 2011 for the estimated retail price of $79.95 (U.S.)2. It will be available for presale starting this week at the online Microsoft Store, Amazon.com and BestBuy.com. Microsoft backs this mouse with a worldwide three-year limited hardware warranty.

More here:-
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/touch-mouse/

[bigguy]

That does look cool though. Glad to see the mouse is still around after all these years and it's being changed and upgraded like this. $80 bucks is a bit to much though.

[Cholo]

Looks like the Windows version of Apple's "Magic Mouse", which never looked all that comfortable.  The touch thing is cool, though. I've got one of those square little touchpads for my Mac and I really like it. A lot more comfortable and versatile than using a traditional mouse.

[CASMAN]

Well I almost Dont Like the Mouse on my Laptop!
It does Funny Things !
Heres the Worst Part !
You have to be careful where you leave the Pointer or Arrow as I use !
If you leave it on a Link or something it might just Click on it Soon Enough !
That causes me to Constantly move the Arrow to a Neutral Part of the screen !
Doing That often causes the Mouse to think you are trying to Highlight something like Half the Screen !
Causing More Minor Problems !But it is really irritating !
My Computer uses a synaptics Pointing device which is another Issue
It Tends to Blink the Arrow when the Computer is Working hard !
Sometimes it will Dissappear all together then when I go to my Home it Works Again
Funny !
I have No Problem with a Regular Wireless Mouse !

[Yoshi2889]

Looks like the Windows version of Apple's "Magic Mouse", which never looked all that comfortable.  The touch thing is cool, though. I've got one of those square little touchpads for my Mac and I really like it. A lot more comfortable and versatile than using a traditional mouse.

I have the Magic Mouse with my iMac and it is more comfortable then you think
You'll get used to it being flatter then other mouses. But when you pick up a normal mouse, it feels weird again