Gigabyte Intros Innovative Mouse/Touchpad Hybrid

[exfileme]

The Gigabyte Aivia Xenon is a hybrid peripheral, combining mouse with touchpad capabilities.

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[del35]

Good Apple didn't come up with this crap or we would be subjected to days of for morons media propaganda with claims of "magical" innovation.

 

[doron]

Jack of all trades is master of none, especially when you're supposed to touch it and it's covered in gloss.

 

[balister]

No thanks, I'll stick with my Logitech Wireless Trackball 570

 

[danny2000]

I wish it was in purple while in mouse mode, and blue in touchpad mode.

 

[clubsaucekiller]

[citation][nom]del35[/nom]Good Apple didn't come up with this crap or we would be subjected to days of for morons media propaganda with claims of "magical" innovation.[/citation]

Actually they did, sorry! Check out the Magic Mouse - it also happens to look a lot better than this brick-y piece of shit.

 

[DRosencraft]

Sounds interesting, but I'll have to test one out though because it sounds a little like it would be a pain to use also.

 

[christarp]

[citation][nom]del35[/nom]Good Apple didn't come up with this crap or we would be subjected to days of for morons media propaganda with claims of "magical" innovation.[/citation]
hahahahhaahhaahhaahhaah

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]clubsaucekiller[/nom]Actually they did, sorry! Check out the Magic Mouse - it also happens to look a lot better than this brick-y piece of shit.[/citation]
the magic mouse isn't also a trackpad

 

[erikalikesfire]

I don't understand. I've never been using a mouse and thought to myself, "Man, I wish this were a touchpad." I've never unplugged the mouse from my laptop so I could use the touchpad. Is this something people are looking for?

 

[waethorn]

Microsoft Touch Mice.

That is all.

 

[whimseh]

Worlds first ever....? Don't think so.. You have Apple's Magic Mouse and Microsoft's touch mouse... try again.

 

[rocknrollz]

This would work nice with Windows 8

 

[danwat1234]

[citation][nom]clubsaucekiller[/nom]Actually they did, sorry! Check out the Magic Mouse - it also happens to look a lot better than this brick-y piece of shit.[/citation]
No I don't think the pad on the magic mouse can actually be a mouse, users can only do certain gestures on the pad. So Gigabyte is the first!?

 

[danwat1234]

[citation][nom]waethorn[/nom]Microsoft Touch Mice.That is all.[/citation]
But I don't think the pad on that Microsoft mouse can actually control the mouse cursor. Looks like Gigabyte is the first to make a 2 in 1 mouse like this

 

[srap]

Doesn't seem to be very ergonomic.

 

[f-14]

[citation][nom]clubsaucekiller[/nom]Actually they did, sorry! Check out the Magic Mouse - it also happens to look a lot better than this brick-y piece of shit.[/citation]
they said the ipad looked like a tampon, they never saw that magic mouse then. looks like it should be shoved right up the inventors kitty.

 

[guitarguy92]

Seems pretty cool, and it's Windows 98 compatible

 

[Guest]

The main advantage of a touchpad over a mouse is the multi-finger controls such as pinch to reduce view size and vice-versa. Otherwise, mouse is more convenient and accurate for most general use and of course, gaming.

 

[Guest]

I'll wait until the Leap Motion comes out.

 

[fb39ca4]

They bothered with making drivers for Windows 98 and ME???

 

[ET3D]

[citation][nom]fb39ca4[/nom]They bothered with making drivers for Windows 98 and ME???[/citation]

No, the just made it a normal USB HID device, which is supported on all these OS's (as well as Linux, OS X and probably many other OS's). The gesture software is only currently available for XP, Vista and 7.

 

[ET3D]

I really think they should dedicate some text to what this is good for. The only thing I can think of (looking at how they propose to hold it in touchpad mode) is that the touchpad is meant for when you don't have a surface to put it on. Could be okay for HTPC control from the sofa, for example. Still not a very convincing prospect.

 

[Belardo]

I'm thinking there is a butt-plug mouse out there. No Carpal tunnel syndrome for you!

 

[tomhuang03]

Will stick to the traditional optical/laser mice thank you very much.