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Smart Mouse with E-Mail and IM Alerts

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-is-looking-at-their-mouse dept.

lilrock writes "CoolTechZone.com takes a look at the world's first smart mouse from Logitech, the MX610, that has e-mail and IM alert buttons. It also has auto turn on/off functionality as well. According to the article, 'All these standard features aside, what has us impressed are the e-mail and IM notification buttons. Though the idea behind them is simple, it's interesting how Logitech comes up with such exclusive features. Basically, you will have to configure the indicators to alert you when you receive an e-mail and/or an IM message from the person of your choice. The buttons will alert you by lighting up, and lead you directly to the message once you press them.' " Because I for one am constantly staring at my mouse when I have a gigantic monitor right in front of me. Cough.

3 of 225 comments (clear)

  1. Handy with a screen-saver by delphi125 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Perhaps some people use screen-savers, but would still like to have a visible indicator of when e-mail arrives?

  2. Spam? by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why is someone spamming from CoolTechZone.com and gets accepted?

    The last two stories from CTZ were probably posted by the same user under different names, but what is common in both users is that they both specified http://slashdot.org/ as url (when clicking on their nicks). I don't think it's too far fetched to assume that someone is spamming with the intention to post inflammatory/poorly written stories to /. to drive ad revenue, apart from the editors of course.

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  3. Yuck by beforewisdom · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Am I the only who dosen't want email or IM alerts?