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Apple Releases Multi-Button "Mighty Mouse"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that-is-freakin'-awesome dept.

TheRaven64 writes "Hot on the heels of the announcement of x86 Macs, Apple announced a multi-button mouse, known as the Mighty Mouse. It appears that the entire surface is touch-sensitive, allowing the mouse to be programmed as a single-button, multi-button or scrolling device."

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  1. Maybe I'm just oldschool... by pVoid · · Score: 3, Interesting
    But I hate touch sensitive input devices which provide absolutely no feedback. Apple should know this from their own iPods. Gen 3 was fully touch sensitive, gen 4 has embedded buttons that go "click" to give you feedback that you've actually pressed the thing.

    As gentle as it might be, the hand always recognizes the threshold of 'clicking' a button, but I find that it's practically impossible to tell if you've clicked a touch sensitive surface or not.

    All of that, IMHO. I wouldn't go gaga over this mouse.

  2. Where's the wireless version? by Scorpion_1169 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Or do we have to wait 10 years for that? Maybe a few weeks after they switch to AMD CPUs?

  3. Re:Bluetooth anyone? by CokeBear · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why not a self recharging mouse?
    How much kinetic energy is generated with all that moving around? Enough to power a mouse?

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