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MS Still Making Mice

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Microsoft’s newest mouse “Explorer Touch” was debuted in London in early July.

  

 

According to the story the The Explorer Touch Mouse has five buttons and also has a scroll pad that uses haptic touch technology. That means that the mouse's users will feel a slight vibration when using the pad to scroll through documents on a desktop. The new mouse also reportedly uses Microsoft's BlueTrack sensor technology that will allow the mouse to work on nearly any surface. Pricing for the mouse in the UK will be 69.99 pounds. – Neowin.net

This mouse looks kind of small to me. I tend to like larger mice, and Logitech seems to produce them.

I believe this is the mouse I wrote about back around  Christmas….  https://forums.wincustomize.com/403581  although then they were calling it the “Windows 7 Touch Mouse”. Could be there’s another coming out? More likely a name change, since they’re looking at Windows 8 and don’t wish to tie a mouse to a software version.

Sources:  http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/40927/microsoft-explorer-touch-mouse-unveiled

              http://www.neowin.net/news/new-pc-mouse-from-microsoft-revealed

All images via Pocket-lint.com 

Thanks for the tip, Hankers.

 

 

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Reply #26 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting xinh2, reply 15


I use the Microsoft SideWinder Mouse. I think it has the buttons you are looking for. Very high quality build, large than typical, adjustable sensitivity and weight and I find it generally comfortable. My wife liked it so much that she wanted one when her last (Logitech) mouse died on us. Worth a look anyway
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I thought about a SideWinder, but one costs about ten times as much as the original one I had, and I also have the tendency to accidentally drop my mouse often. The SideWinder doesn't look like it could still work after being cracked open several times. That's why I think it's a conspiracy, they've intentionally removed all cheaper mice with vertically stacked side buttons. It's driving me insane, more so, I'm driving other people insane. I actually got a store clerk from the place I bought the original one to dive into a pile of mouses to find another one. She was never heard from again.  

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 25
Carl, I have the Logitech m570, and I really love it.
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I think I will get one, It's 55 Euros at Amazon.de at the  moment. Although my M705 is great also. I love the unified receiver concept. Have a K340 connected on top.

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Reply #28 from Sins Forums Top

On accident I literally paid for two sets of my logitech mouse keyboard combo. Loved them since never failed me. MX5500

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

i had 2 trackballs by logitec, both were pretty expensive, both of my track balls stopped working, so i stopped buying them, which is a pity

cause i truly loved them.

i actually have a microsoft mouse now, purchased about 2 years ago, still working fine...

Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 21
I have a spare mouse.....
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I have spare Mice and KBs - but all are the cheap kind.  Still, they have not failed me yet (the only ones that did were wireless MS KB and mouse and I never liked the suckers anyway)