Andy Dixon
09-02-2010, 10:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/microsoft-arc-touch-mouse-seriously-finally-officially-announ/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/...icially-announ/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"After the overt teasing, leaking, and then more leaking, Microsoft's finally ready to spit out the details on its Arc Touch Mouse, which at the end of the day is really just... a mouse. As we've seen, the peripheral has an incredibly unique design -- the flat device arches its back to click into a mountain shape, which actually ends up powering the little rodent up. So, where does the whole "touch" factor come into play? Well, very similarly to the Mad Catz Eclipse mouse, the Arc Touch has a capacitive touch strip with sensor pads between the mouse buttons that can be used for scrolling and customizable shortcuts."</em></p><p><object width="600" height="357" data="http://www.viddler.com/simple/b238af30/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="viddlerplayer-b238af30"><param name="autoplay" value="f" /><param name="disablebranding" value="f" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="name" value="viddlerplayer-b238af30" /><param name="src" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/b238af30/" /><param name="flashvars" value="autoplay=f&disablebranding=f" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /></object></p><p>Engadget have the news that this funky mouse by Microsoft will be out in December, probably in time for the Christmas shopping season I suspect. They have also posted the above video showing how it works, and how it gets its name of the Arc Touch Mouse. It's definitely a novel design, I just hope that switching it on and off doesn't break it over time.</p>