Microsoft finally unveiled the “mysterious” product that they’ve teased on Twitter. It wasn’t that much of a mystery since an early listing already revealed what the Arc Touch mouse was all about a couple of weeks ago, but the official word at least confirmed a few things. Like the functions. We all know about the “curve for comfort, flatten to pack” design, but here are the rest of the details: It’s still works like your standard 3-button mouse, with the center strip serving as a touch-sensitive scroll wheel that you can tap and flick to scroll. Haptic feedback helps give you the “ticking” feel that you normally get from a regular scroll wheel.
Smartfish’s ErgoMotion Laser Mouse looks simple enough—no extra buttons, no sensitivity toggles, no cutting-edge graphics, lights or proprietary sensor tech here, but apparently, it’s still better than whatever you’re using. Yes, even that high-end gaming number you just plopped $99.99 for. Apparently, despite the ergonomics built into high-end performance mice these days, it’s still not good enough, because it still locks your wrist into a static position.
While we all thought that most high-end gaming keyboards were already of the mechanical type, Razer says we’re wrong. “Most mechanical keyboards in the market today are standard mechanical keyboards rebadged as gaming keyboards that feature stiff keys that cause key actuation fatigue,” says Razer. This keyboard aims to correct all that with the BlackWidow, which they’re listing as the ‘world’s first mechanical keyboard designed for gaming.’
This here is Logitech’s new Wireless Illuminated Keyboard K800—a keyboard that looks mighty classy with the curved keys and non-neon backlighting, but packs enough smarts that make it ideal for extended use. The K800 packs an ambient light sensor that it uses to detect the amount of light in the room and adjust the backlighting, as well as a motion sensor that turns the lights off when your hands move away and on again when you get close. Both features work to save the keyboard’s battery life, which comes handy when you’re using a wireless keyboard with backlighting.
Not that it was that big of a mystery before, when the online community quickly found out that Microsoft’s upcoming “new thing” was a new Arc Touch mouse, but all the intrigue goes out the window now. Thanks to an early listing of the Arc Touch mouse on a German online store, we get a full view of what it’s all about before Microsoft’s official launch.
