If it feels like a long time since you first saw the Hillcrest Labs Loop Pointer, that’s because it has been. We first spotted the motion-sensitive ring controller back in November 2006, but the company has only now released it for direct consumer purchase. Your money gets you a wireless controller with four buttons and a scroll-wheel, that you tilt and gesture with to control your HTPC or presentation.
E-LEAD has revealed a new product called the Bluetooth Lazy Pad and for the life of me, I can’t figure out what’s so lazy about it. I mean, it combines two things–a keyboard and mouse–into one device. That’s pretty hard-working, if you ask me.
But I digress. The Lazy Pad allows you to connect wirelessly to your laptop by means of a Bluetooth connection. But for those of you who lack this function, you can connect using the USB port as well.
Featuring a 500mAh battery, this gizmo is capable of 8 hours of usage. My only real complaint here is the device is kind of oddly designed. It looks like it can fold but obviously can’t. Also, where’s the mouse? I guess the whole thing is the mouse? And it works like a remote control of sorts? Either way, interesting gadget and might be worth checking out if you hate your laptop’s trackpad.
It may look odd, but this ergonomic keyboard promises to free up your desk from the tyranny of your mouse. Well, from the tyranny of a separate mouse, anyway; the handiwork of an Australian inventor, the Combimouse turns the right-side of the keyboard into the mouse itself, using cleverly placed contacts to figure out when you’re trying to use it to to control your cursor.
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Verbatim have announced two new wireless mice and a keyboard with integrated speakers. The Verbatim TuneBoard keyboard has iTunes control keys, switchable backlighting and bass boost, as well as offering headphone and microphone connections and a built-in microphone.
Buzz is already starting to ramp up for the upcoming Transformers 2 movie, but who knew that everyday things like a computer mouse could take on a new form as well? These Transformers mice are certainly interesting, to say the least.
Verbatim announced their latest mouse offering today with the Color Nano Wireless Notebook Mouse. This mouse works with both Windows and Mac-based systems and uses 2.4GHz RF wireless to connect the device with your computer.
Microsoft have quietly unveiled three new peripherals in its BlueTrack range, two new mice and a wireless keyboard/mouse set. The Microsoft BlueTrack Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000 is intended for mobile use, and pairs a blue-laser mouse with a mini-USB 2.4GHz transceiver; meanwhile the Wireless Mouse 5000 has a larger transceiver and is intended for desktop use.
As gaming mods go, adding a mouse to the Sony PSP will either make perfect sense or seem just plain stupid, depending on the type of games you play and whether you do that near a table or not. Either way, it’s a neat trick to fool the PSP (the USB port of which doesn’t support USB-host) into recognizing the mouse; that’s what one gamer has done.
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The SpacePilot PRO mouse went on sale today from 3Dconnexion and let us tell you, this thing is pretty high-tech. While it is designed specifically for engineering tasks, it has a style all its own that you should know about.
If you’re in the market for a gaming mouse that fits your tight budget, you might want to consider the Microsoft Sidewinder X3. This latest mouse from the computer company offers up fairly decent specs at a fairly decent price and sometimes, that’s all you’re looking for!
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